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Allie Garfinkle

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SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could be 3 of the biggest venture-backed IPOs of all time

If all three went public it could “conceivably create more value than all VC-backed IPOs since 2000 have collectively.”

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From robotics to AI agents, Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote was full of signals that startups can’t afford to ignore

Three takeaways from what’s become the biggest stage in tech.

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The Google-backed AI investors nobody took seriously in 2017 just raised $220 million

When Google stood up Gradient to back AI startups, even other VCs were skeptical. Eight years later, the firm is closing its fifth fund—and taking...

17.03.2026 2

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Exclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A

After seeing the challenges of rural hospitals firsthand, Jack O’Hara set his sights on transforming the financials of healthcare.

11.03.2026 3

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Anthropic’s Department of War lawsuit is even higher-stakes amid the AI boom

Anthropic suing the U.S. Department of War perhaps wasn’t a surprise, but it was nevertheless a shock.

10.03.2026 0

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Meet the breakout VC who goes deep to make a ‘360-degree’ behavioral map before investing in founders

Adam Zeplain, cofounder and managing partner of Mark VC, takes an unconventional coaching approach to venture capital.

06.03.2026 2

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This VC backed CrowdStrike and Anduril. His due diligence starts with your father

Mark VC’s Adam Zeplain—who has backed Ring, Reddit, and Anduril— has garnered comparisons to legendary CEO coach Bill Campbell.

06.03.2026 20

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Making sense of Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon—and OpenAI’s opportunity

Anthropic—valued at $380 billion—faces what my colleague Jeremy Kahn calls “the biggest crisis in its five-year existence.”

03.03.2026 10

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Exclusive: Flux, backed by 8VC, raises $37 million to vibe code electronics

Matthias Wagner’s Flux, built to vibe code electronics, has raised $37 million from 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Outsiders Fund.

27.02.2026 10

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Exclusive: SolveAI, at eight months old, raises $50 million to take on the AI coding tool race

Steve Basher’s startup wants his AI to generate software that mimics what an enterprise’s own engineers would have written.

25.02.2026 10

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Why the exploding secondaries market is hard to pin down

New PitchBook data estimates that in 2025, somewhere between $62.5 billion to $120.9 billion were traded in U.S. direct secondaries.

24.02.2026 8

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Defy Ventures teaches entrepreneurship in prisons. It changed how I think about founders

Andrew Glazier is the CEO of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit running entrepreneurship training programs in prisons. And twice now, I’ve tagged along at...

20.02.2026 10

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Exclusive: Badge raises $17 million to chase the next era of digital wallets

Badge has raised $17.1 million in funding, Fortune has exclusively learned. The company’s backers include Stripe.

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Exclusive: Sen. Bill Frist’s Frist Cressey Ventures raises $425 million fourth fund

Frist Cressey Ventures has raised its $425 million fourth fund, Fortune has exclusively learned.

18.02.2026 10

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A scary SaaS selloff changes the calculus for startups and private markets: “code alone was never a real moat”

On this Friday the 13th, I didn’t have to try hard to come up with a scary SaaS story for you.

13.02.2026 10

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Exclusive: Seligman Ventures debuts with $500 million and a new model for the blurring line between public and private markets

Seligman, today, is launching venture arm Seligman Ventures, a $500 million fund emphasizing early-stage AI investing.

12.02.2026 7

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Meta expands its already massive Louisiana data center project

Last week, my colleague Sharon Goldman learned that Meta has bought about 1,400 acres, next to its already massive 2,250-acre Hyperion AI data center...

09.02.2026 5

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Moltbook is the talk of Silicon Valley. But the furor is eerily reminiscent of a 2017 Facebook research experiment

As Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn points out, we’ve seen this film before.

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The 2026 private equity outlook appears hazy, says PitchBook

PitchBook data shows private equity exit value surged, even as fundraising struggled.

05.02.2026 5

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Kleiner Perkins’s Leigh Marie Braswell learned about risk from playing poker: “If the odds are in your favor, you push your chips to the center”

She was an early employee at Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI. Now, she’s writing checks to some of the buzziest AI startups around.

04.02.2026 9

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Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up

For the first time in eight years, Kleiner Perkins opened its doors to a reporter. Fortune gets an exclusive look inside the legendary VC firm's...

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$100 million-plus funding rounds used to be incredibly rare. Now, 40% of seed and Series A rounds are clearing that bar

The mind-numbing math pushing AI funding rounds into the stratosphere.

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Exclusive: Snout, pet wellness plan startup, raises $110 million in debt and equity

Snout has raised $10 million in Series A funding, led by Footwork, and $100 million in debt financing from Clear Haven Capital Management, the company...

28.01.2026 7

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As vet bills jump 40% in recent years, startup Snout raises $110 million for its ‘membership’ model to defray costs

Costs vary based on plan, but on average customers are paying $65 a month for Snout to help take care of vet costs upfront.

28.01.2026 10

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Exclusive: Pace raises $10 million from Sequoia as enterprise AI collides with insurance

Pace is betting insurance is ripe for AI disruption.

27.01.2026 3

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Startup Cubby is bringing a tech mindset to the wild world of self-storage—and just raised a $63 million Series A

Self-storage is a business that tends to have 30% to 40% profit margins—and is growing rapidly thanks to Gen Z, who rents more than any previous...

23.01.2026 7

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Exclusive: Cubby raises $63 million in Goldman Sachs-led funding to scale self-storage software

Cubby just raised a $63 million Series A, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Fortune has exclusively learned.

22.01.2026 10

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Exclusive: Alphabet’s CapitalG names Jill Chase and Alex Nichols as general partners

For the first time since CapitalG was started in 2013, the firm is promoting two general partners, Jill Chase and Alex Nichols, Fortune has...

21.01.2026 10

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Exclusive: Mytra raises $120 million Series C to scale supply chain robotics amid industry boom

Mytra has raised a $120 million Series C, led by Avenir Growth, the company exclusively told Fortune.

16.01.2026 7

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2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.

2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, not far from 2021 highs of $358.2 billion, PitchBook data shows. But most of that money is going to...

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Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding

Good Day exclusively told Fortune they've raised $7 million in seed funding, from current investors like Ridge Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex...

16.01.2026 7

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How Strava ran toward a comeback and set its sights on an IPO

In 2024, Mike Martin stepped into the CEO role at Strava—and quickly began steering a turnaround driven by Gen Z runners, acquisitions, and global...

13.01.2026 10

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Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

Andreessen Horowitz has raised over $15 billion across various funds, as venture firms raise more and more.

09.01.2026 10

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Exclusive: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on raising $400 million and why the stakes in cybersecurity are getting higher

Just six months after fetching a $6 billion valuation, cyber startup Cyera has raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation.

08.01.2026 20

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Crystal Ball: What 2026 holds for cybersecurity, healthcare, robotics, and more

Term Sheet readers predict healthcare is due for a shakeup, cybersecurity breaches are imminent, and robotics is promising as ever.

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Crystal Ball: Where venture capital and private equity are headed in 2026

Term Sheet readers sound off what 2026 holds for venture capital and private equity investors.

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Crystal Ball: How IPOs and dealmaking will shake out in 2026

Term Sheet readers sounded off on how they think the state of exits in the private markets will evolve through 2026.

06.01.2026 8

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Crystal Ball: Will the AI bubble burst or balloon in 2026?

For the first installment of the Term Sheet 2026 Crystal Ball, we look at what readers say about one of the most pressing questions of our time: What...

05.01.2026 10

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The AI startups founders and VCs say could be acquisition targets in 2026

Some businesses have the tools and track records that tech giants crave.

24.12.2025 10

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As AI investors fret over ROI, these startups attracted serious cash from customers in 2025

A Brex survey shows that coding and video are reaping big customer gains.

23.12.2025 10

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Startup Stuffers and its pre-teen founders offer lessons in how to make the most of AI

Jackson and Quincy Fuller, ages ten and seven, use AI design tools to make better, more memorable corporate swag.

22.12.2025 8

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Inside OpenAI’s ‘code red’

Fortune’s tech team recently dove into what’s going on behind the scenes at OpenAI.

19.12.2025 5

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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi on where AI is most bubbly, and how the company settled on its $134 billion valuation

On Tuesday, Databricks announced it had raised more than $4 billion at a $134 billion valuation for its Series L.

17.12.2025 8

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Valerie Health raises $30 million Series A to scale “AI front offices” for physicians

Valerie Health has raised its $30 million Series A, led by Redpoint Ventures, Fortune has exclusively learned.

16.12.2025 10

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This Thrive-backed startup says it aspires to be the “Amazon of homes”

Since 2022, Homebound has raised a combined $400 million in equity and real estate capital, the company told Fortune.

15.12.2025 10

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Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco starts today, with Databricks, OpenAI, Cursor, and more on deck

Today, Fortune Brainstorm AI starts, and so many key players in AI will be with us live in San Francisco.

10.12.2025 4

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Exclusive: Glean hits $200 million ARR, up from $100 million nine months back

Glean, an enterprise AI unicorn, has hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue, CEO Arvind Jain said at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference.

09.12.2025 10

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This Khosla Ventures–backed startup is using AI to personalize cancer care

Radical Health just emerged from stealth, having raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by Khosla Ventures.

05.12.2025 10

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How Anthropic grew—and what the $183 billion giant faces next

In our latest Fortune cover story, AI editor Jeremy Kahn explores what's driving Anthropic's growth.

04.12.2025 20

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Exclusive: Angle Health raises $134 million Series B to grow its AI-driven healthcare benefits offerings

Angle Health has raised a $134 million Series B, led by Portage, Fortune has exclusively learned.

03.12.2025 10

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