## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Deals For Cyber And AI Infrastructure Lead** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/biggest-funding-rounds-billion-dollar-cyber-ai-keyfactor-sambanova/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: AI That Dispatches The Plumber, Underground Warfare And Cutting Down Private-Market Paperwork** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/interesting-startup-deals-ai-defense-tech-healthcare/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Exclusive: EdVisorly Raises $13.3M Series A To Fix The Messy College Transfer Process With AI** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/edtech-university-ai-platform-funding-edvisorly/)

- **Europe Posted Its Strongest Venture Funding Quarter In 4 Years As UK Gains, M&A Holds Up** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-funding-ai-ma-up-europe-q2-2026/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **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/)

- **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/)

- **Familiar Names Top Active US Investor Ranks In Q2** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-top-active-us-investors-general-catalyst-a16z-q2-2026/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/na-startup-funding-ma-shattered-records-ai-q2-2026/)

- **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/)

- **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/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **A Year Of Misplaced Fear (And Why It’s Time For Investors To Leave The Crowd)** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/megafund-vs-emerging-managers-zulkosky-recast/)

- **Sector Snapshot: Cleantech Startup Funding Stabilizes As Energy Demand Grows** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/startup-funding-clean-energy-exits-ipo-q2-2026/)

- **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/)

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

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

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

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

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **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/)

- **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/)

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

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

- **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:

- **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/)

- **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/)

- **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/)

- **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/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **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/)

- **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/)

- **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/)

- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Energy And Biotech Lead The Way** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-energy-biotech-joulent/)

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

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

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Crunchbase Data: Global Startup Investment Hit Record $510B In H1 2026 As AI Boom Accelerates Funding And Exits** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-startup-exits-ipo-ma-soar-ai-q2-h1-2026/)

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