Funded

By Skyler @ LimitLess AI

Your daily briefing on startup funding news. From seed rounds to Series C and beyond, stay informed on who's raising money and why it matters.... more

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How many episodes does Funded have?

The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.

Funded episodes:

September 12, 2026 The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: The Boring Co., Cognition And Motive Lead A Massive Week
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: The Boring Co., Cognition And Motive Lead A Massive Week** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-boring-co-cognition-massive-week/)
- **Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/khosla-ventures-is-opening-a-new-york-office-this-fall-its-first-outpost-outside-sand-hill-road/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 11, 2026 DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash debuts with $0.003/1M off-peak cached-input rate and benchmarks eclipsing GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash debuts with $0.003/1M off-peak cached-input rate and benchmarks eclipsing GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/deepseek-v4-1-flash-debuts-with-0-003-1m-off-peak-cached-input-rate-and-benchmarks-eclipsing-gpt-5-6-sol-claude-opus-5)
- **Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/thrive-capital-showed-vcs-the-way-into-pro-sports-ownership-collaborative-fund-is-now-trying-its-own-version-of-the-same-play/)
- **The Only 2 Moats That Actually Work In The AI Era** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/moats-that-actually-work-moatti-mighty-capital/)
- **OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with integrated data sources — it pulls research, cites it, and builds decks in minutes** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/data/openai-launches-chatgpt-for-financial-services-with-integrated-data-sources-it-pulls-research-cites-it-and-builds-decks-in-minutes)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 10, 2026 How To Measure An Innovation Economy: South Korea
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **How To Measure An Innovation Economy: South Korea** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/measure-innovation-ecosystem-south-korea-onetti-mind-the-bridge/)
- **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/)
- **AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks/)
- **29 Companies Joined The Unicorn Board In August, Led By AI Software And Semiconductors** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/august-2026-new-unicorns-ai-robotics-semiconductors-xpeng-lumilens-river-source/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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10min
September 09, 2026 CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/cloudnc-raises-20m-to-automate-manufacturings-most-pressing-bottlenecks/)
- **Nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raises $50M seed round, just two months after launch** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/nuclear-startup-bluecore-energy-raises-50m-seed-round-just-two-months-after-launch/)
- **The Sales Test This Norwest Partner Gives Founders Before He’ll Invest** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/startup-investment-qa-ai-hr-fintech-jacobsohn-norwest/)
- **Mistral AI Raises $3.5B At $24B Valuation In Another Record European AI Round** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/europe-record-setting-mistral-ai-raise/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 08, 2026 Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive
## 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/)
- **Companies are spending millions rewiring how AI gets used. Almost none can prove it's working.** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/companies-are-spending-millions-rewiring-how-ai-gets-used-almost-none-can-prove-its-working)
- **VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges** (TechCrunch Fundraising)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/vc-firm-2150-raises-e210m-fund-to-solve-cities-climate-challenges/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 07, 2026 AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **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/)
- **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/)
- **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/)
- **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/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 06, 2026 Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/)
- **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/)
- **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/)
- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Crusoe And Fluidstack Lead Multibillion-Dollar AI Infrastructure Haul** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-crusoe-fluidstack-multibillion-dollar-ai-infrastructure/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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September 05, 2026 Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/less-than-24-hours-to-apply-for-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-side-event/)
- **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/)
- **Nvidia acquires Hugging Face after Stripe nabs OpenRouter: here's what open source AI builders should do** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/nvidia-acquires-hugging-face-after-stripe-nabs-openrouter-heres-what-open-source-ai-builders-should-do)
- **Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/crusoe-reportedly-raises-3b-at-a-30b-valuation/)
- **My first VentureBeat story was the 'Woodstock of AI.' My last is Nvidia buying Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/my-first-venturebeat-story-was-the-woodstock-of-ai-my-last-is-nvidia-buying-hugging-face-for-12-9-billion)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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9min
September 04, 2026 Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/)
- **China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/security/china-linked-hackers-backdoored-executives-laptops-via-usb-exploiting-a-fix-companies-had-but-werent-using)
- **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/)
- **Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/thrives-kushner-defends-involvement-in-fifa-mess-hires-elons-go-to-lawyer/)
- **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*
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11min
September 03, 2026 Former Apple Engineers’ Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation
## Episode Summary
In this episode, we cover:
- **Former Apple Engineers’ Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/robotics-ai-startup-lyte-seriesc-raise-maverick/)
- **a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund** (TechCrunch Venture)
- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/a16z-brings-growth-fund-to-8-5b-days-after-launching-new-1-1b-fund/)
- **Global Venture Funding Jumps 122% In August As Streak Of Billion-Dollar Deals Continues** (Crunchbase News)
- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-funding-billion-dollar-deals-august-2026/)
- **Forward-deployed engineering is how enterprise AI learns** (VentureBeat)
- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/forward-deployed-engineering-is-how-enterprise-ai-learns)
- **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/)
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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*
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15min

FAQs about Funded:

How many episodes does Funded have?

The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.