## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Cybersecurity, AI And Health Take The Lead ** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-cybersecurity-ai-health-island-cyera/)

- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Large Rounds For AI Infrastructure, Space Tech And Investment Management Lead** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-space-fintech-temporal/)

- **Exhibit tables added: One last chance to showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/exhibitor-program-reopened-book-by-sept-30/)

- **What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/whats-next-for-cybersecurity-according-to-index-ventures-shardul-shah/)

- **Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/morphotonics-raises-e40m-to-expand-its-display-tech-into-data-centers/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Gaming Startup Funding Levels Up A Bit In 2026** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/2026-global-gaming-startup-funding-up-ai-meshy-decart/)

- **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/)

- **Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/thiel-capitals-jack-selby-nabs-stakes-in-hot-startups-like-etched-through-arizona-connections/)

- **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/)

- **Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/lightspeed-targets-250m-for-new-india-fund-focusing-on-early-stage-ai/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-backs-programmable-optics-startup-lumotive/)

- **VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/vc-firm-bessemer-now-has-another-5-75b-to-invest-in-what-else-ai/)

- **Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/doorstep-raises-8m-seed-to-help-find-missing-food-deliveries/)

- **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/)

- **Jumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Are On The Rise** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/megaround-seriesa-ai-chips-robotics-2026/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Exclusive: From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/dextr-ai-hospitality-agents-raises-seed-funding/)

- **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/)

- **StrictlyVC at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Inside the changing rules of venture capital** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/strictlyvc-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-inside-the-changing-rules-of-venture-capital/)

- **Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/catalio-capital-closes-over-400m-fund-iv/)

- **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/ouras-2-2b-ipo-is-mostly-a-payday-for-existing-shareholders/)

- **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/)

- **Exclusive: Can You Trust That AI Agent? Baselayer Raises $35M To Help Companies Decide** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/verifying-ai-agents-baselayer-35m-raise/)

- **Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/next-wave-of-vcs-judging-startup-battlefield-200-contenders-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-revealed/)

- **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/)

- **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/)

- **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/)

- **How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/how-bain-capital-ventures-plans-to-deploy-its-fresh-1-6b-fund/)

- **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/3-days-left-to-exhibit-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/)

- **Exclusive: Fintech Offers Startups Alternative To Venture Debt With A New Model To Finance Customer Acquisition Costs** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/fintech-alternative-funding-customer-acquisition-skalar/)

- **What 25,000 Startup Applications Reveal About The New Rules Of Seed-Stage Startups** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/seed/startup-funding-rules-ai-gtm-golbin-lvlup/)

- **2 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/2-days-left-to-exhibit-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/)

- **Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular ‘AI factories’** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/crusoe-raises-3-9b-to-build-massive-data-centers-and-small-modular-ai-factories/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/)

- **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/)

- **Salesforce researchers took an AI agent from finishing 43.5% of browser tasks to 93% without touching the model** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/salesforce-researchers-took-an-ai-agent-from-finishing-43-5-of-browser-tasks-to-93-without-touching-the-model)

- **Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/musks-long-time-backer-is-giving-spacex-stock-to-its-investors/)

- **Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/comp-ai-sets-eyes-on-a-continiously-agentic-future-for-security-and-complaince/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Insight Partners’ Deven Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/insight-partners-devin-parekh-on-why-the-firm-is-diversifying-while-everyone-else-bets-the-farm-on-openai-and-anthropic/)

- **A Hard Year For Software IPOs** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/energy-ai-defense-saas-ipos-2026/)

- **5 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-exhibit-table-deadline-5-days/)

- **The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/the-9-buzziest-startups-from-y-combinators-latest-demo-day-according-to-vcs/)

- **Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women’s health research with vaginal microbiome data** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/evvy-raises-40m-as-it-seeks-to-further-womens-health-research-with-vaginal-microbiome-data/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **4 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/4-days-left-to-exhibit-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/)

- **Dead Weight On The Cap Table: The Startup Equity Problem Causing Litigation And How You Can Fix It** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/cap-table-dead-weight-avoiding-litigation-siegel-grellas/)

- **Sector Snapshot: AI Takes A Growing Share Of Sales And Marketing Startup Funding** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/sales-marketing/ai-growing-share-ecommerce-saas-crm-startup-funding/)

- **Y Combinator Still Busiest Startup Investor In August As Nvidia Ramps Up Its Dealmaking Pace** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/y-combinator-busiest-startup-investor-nvda-ramps-up-august-2026/)

- **AI Is Creating Wealth Faster Than Financial Lives Can Adapt** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/ai-creating-wealth-fast-honig-from-honig/)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*