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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/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## 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://n...

## 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...

## 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/vid...

## 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/sta...

## 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-c...

## 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 rai...

## 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://...

## 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/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **London-Based Tapestry VC Closes On $80M Third Fund To Invest In Repeat European Founders** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/80m-repeat-founders-fund-europe-na-tapestry/) - **Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup** (Crunchbase News) - [Read...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-funding-solutions-ai-landgren-gilion/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/data-billion-dollar-startup-exits-ma-ipo-spcx-q2-2026/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-marketing-robotics-baseten/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/investors-funding-black-founder-recommendations/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/xcures-lands-seriesb-medical-records-ai/) - **Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ma/2026-mergers-acquisitions-record...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/hard-tech-infrastructure-moat-schroepfer-gigascale/) - **Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages** (Crunchbase News)...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AppsFlyer Reportedly Lands $1B At $2.7B Valuation To Help Companies Track Digital Ads** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/marketing-digital-ad-tracker-appsflyer-lands-1b/) - **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/0...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **European Investor Seedcamp Closes On $320M Across Two Funds To Back Seed Startups And Reaches $1B AUM** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/europe-seed-investor-seedcamp-closes-two-funds/) - **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **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/) - **Silicon Is Back: Playground Global’s Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more]...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/) - **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-aut...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **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/) - **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising) - [Read more](...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-cybersecurity-defense-startup-ai-odyssey-leads/) - **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundr...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The AI Startup Funding Boom Is Not A Global Phenomenon** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/us-ai-startup-funding-boom-data/) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: NinjaOne Leads With $400M As Large Deals Also Go To Blockchain, Cloud Infrastructure, Biotech And Robotics** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-biotech-healthcare-ninjaone-leads/) - **SpaceX Shares Close Up 19% After Largest IPO Of All Time** (Crunchbas...

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Before You Cheer The IPO Window, Watch Where The Money Goes** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/public/ipo-window-liquid-money-ma-schroder-mgv/) - **Base10 Partners Closes 2 Funds Totaling $850M To Invest In Real Economy Automation** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/base10-partners-invest...