Venture Capital: archive
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AP Ventures closes $300m industrial tech Fund III
The London manager's third fund finished below the $316 million it raised in 2021 and 40% under the ceiling it filed for.
Interlagos Capital seeks $400 million for second venture fund
The Oct. 26 Form D lists no sales yet and names Interlagos Capital, LLC as manager and sponsor.
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Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO under ANT, $16.3B first-half revenue
The filing leaves the share count and price range blank; Anthropic and existing holders will both sell, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among 24 underwriters.
Inspired Capital closes fourth fund at $450 million
Alexa von Tobel told TechCrunch the New York firm now manages $1.4 billion and has more than 10 exits.
Inspired Capital closes $450 million fourth venture fund
The New York firm's fourth pool is 36% larger than the $330 million third fund it closed in early 2024.
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Canada ties C$700 million VC allocation to 3:1 private match
Managers taking federal money must raise at least C$3 of private capital per C$1, with private investors first in line for proceeds.
Robinhood Ventures Fund I files N-2 with SEC
The Oct. 23 filing index entry lists SEC file numbers under the 1933 and 1940 acts but no offering size, fee or liquidity terms.
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Seaya raises €600 million for growth fund Seaya Nova
The EIF-backed vehicle will write €20 million to €50 million checks into Series B to D European technology rounds.
Iconiq partner: founders fail to specify ARR vs run rate
Anu Bharadwaj said pilot-to-production is the hard step and named customer concentration and easy switching as red flags.
Carta and NewView partner on employee tender offers
The firms will combine NewView's secondary deal structuring with Carta's equity platform.
Coatue's $4.75 billion Anthropic stake is marked at $7.5 billion
TechCrunch reported Oct. 23 that Anthropic backers' stakes are marked at a $965 billion private valuation, with an IPO expected this year at up to $2 trillion.
Reach Capital plans 50 deals from $265 million fifth fund
The San Francisco firm's assets near $1 billion after its August announcement; Reach has backed more than 180 companies.
Physical AI startups raised $47.4 billion in first half of 2026
Crunchbase News' Oct. 23 column details a $30 million seed for robot-training startup Maxinsights and an £8.2 million pre-seed for London's Foundational.
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Canada directs $75 million to pre-seed and seed investing
NACO said the Oct. 22 announcement is the first dedicated federal stream for the earliest stage. The release does not specify the investment vehicle.
Series A rounds split into as many as three prices, investors say
Peak XV's Shailendra Singh called terms and conditions unusually dispersed; Index Ventures' Jahanvi Sardana said rounds are split into tranches.
Inovia Capital raises $200M first close toward $325M Fund VI
Six partners will run 15 to 20 seed and Series A positions; Canadian institutions back the first close, HedgeCo News reports.
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Atreides leads Legora's $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal-AI developer Legora's valuation rose from $5.6 billion in April, and it will use the round to expand across North America.
Blacksmith raises $66M Series C led by Sequoia at $1B
The valuation is nearly twice the $550 million Blacksmith carried in its Series B two months earlier, TechCrunch reported.
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Inspired Capital closes fourth venture fund at $450 million
The firm will keep backing about 10 companies a year from napkin stage to Series A, with checks of $1 million to $15 million.
Four AI companies raised $188B in Q1 2026, 65% of global VC
Non-AI startups took 20% of global venture funding while deal count fell 30%, Crunchbase data show.