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Jessica Powell’s AudioShake, already with more than 40 enterprise customers, recently raised its $14 million seed round, led by Shine Capital.

Accel has led longevity startup Generation Lab’s $11 million seed round, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Term Sheet asked: Will we ever see trillion-dollar startups? And what should we call them?

Asymmetric has raised its $137 million second fund, passing its original $125 million target, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Sharon Goldman’s profile of Leopold Aschenbrenner is a remarkable story in its own right.

When Goldman Sachs announced plans on Monday to acquire Industry Ventures, eyebrows shot up.

Flow Engineering has raised a $23 million Series A, led by Sequoia and including the Collisons, Fortune has exclusively learned.

As the former VMware CEO joins VC firm a16z, Raghuram and Horowitz sat with Fortune for a candid conversation about the state of things.

Though much of OpenAI’s DevDay looked to the future, I was especially curious about what OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap had to say about the past.

PitchBook data says it’s all happening in AI.

OpenAI’s DevDay, held Monday at San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason, was exceptionally Apple-coded.

After getting rejected at least 3 times by Y Combinator, the founders of EvenUp have become legal tech leaders.

Assort Health has raised a $76 million Series B, led by Lightspeed, Fortune can exclusively report.

Annual recurring revenue is the metric VCs and founders love to tout. But skeptics think these overblown numbers are helping fuel a bubble.

Founded in 2023, Touring Capital has now closed its first fund at $330 million, Fortune has exclusively learned.

GV’s Sangeen Zeb is the latest Term Sheet Next spotlight.

The AI shopping agent startup has a cap table also featuring Hailey Bieber and Kris Jenner.

Recently, Modern Animal raised $46 million in Series D funding, the company exclusively told Fortune.

Would going public be good or bad for the world's most valuable startup?

“It’s absolutely a long cycle, and we’re at the very, very, very beginning,” said Settle.

Baseten has raised a $150 million Series D, led by Bond, Fortune has exclusively learned.

In an interview with Fortune, the cofounder and chief executive of the newly public Figma discussed the increasingly interconnected future of design...

Philip Clark has been promoted to partner at Thrive Capital, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Predoc—which uses AI to automate medical records management—has raised $30 million in funding, Fortune has exclusively learned.

This week, tech earnings came in, Silicon Valley is thinking about midterms, and more.

CrowdStrike, which went public in 2019, is a longtime acquirer, and has acquired data observability startup Onum for about $290 million.

The cybersecurity company, which went public in 2019, is a longtime acquirer, and has acquired data observability startup Onum for about $290 million.

In Q2 2025, the VC direct secondary market in the U.S. was $61.1 billion, according to new data from PitchBook.

Blue Water Autonomy has raised a $50 million Series A, led by GV, Fortune has exclusively learned.

PitchBook data shows a 32% year-over-year decline in aerospace and defense deal count, a drop the research platform links to tariffs and broader...

Twin Health raised a $53 million Series E led by Maj Invest of Denmark, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Some startups have embraced the hyper intense work style—but it may not last.

PitchBook data revealed that 15.9% of venture-backed deals in 2025 to date have been down rounds, marking a decade high.

Canvas Ventures’ Rebecca Lynn is spinning out into a new firm as a solo GP, she exclusively told Fortune.

Squint has raised a $40 million Series B at a valuation of $265 million, Fortune has exclusively learned.

OpenAI’s reported new valuation is $500 billion, a half-a-trillion number that’s stunning on many levels.

Decart has closed a $100 million Series B, valuing the company at $3.1 billion, Fortune has exclusively learned.

The Marin Community Foundation netted $440 million as the IPO's largest selling shareholder. The philanthropic organization is itself the product of a...

The design software company's market cap soared to $46 billion in a stunning first-day IPO pop.

Figma, the design software unicorn run by Dylan Field, will go public on Thursday in a moment bigger than any one company.

Eventual’s AI model predicts how insurance prices will evolve for any given U.S. property as far ahead as five years in the future.

It has been, to say the least, a wild week in the private markets. I’m taking you briefly inside my reporter’s notebook.

H2Ok Innovations raised a $12.42 million Series A, led by Greycroft, Fortune can exclusively report.

According to PitchBook, AUM in VC doubled between 2019 and 2024, and are projected to grow about 38% over the next five years.

A long-time podcast host, Inspired Capital cofounder Alexa von Tobel has launched a new podcast called “Inspired.”

Windsurf is now free to explore other options.

Virtru has recently raised a $50 million Series D, led by Iconiq Capital, Fortune has exclusively learned.

In an unsurprising turn of events, Linda Yaccarino’s tenure as CEO of X has come to an end.

Runway, the $3 billion AI video startup, has hosted the AI Film Festival since 2023 to showcase short films made with AI. This year’s festival...

The design software startup, helmed by cofounder Dylan Field, moved closer towards one of the most anticipated public offerings of the year.
