Romi Gubes knew her idea sounded outlandish: a small audio-only device that could sit in a senior's home and detect everything from falls to early signs of cognitive decline. "It was like science fiction," she told Business Insider. "When we came up with this idea, everyone thought we were crazy." But what seemed far-fetched in 2019 is now a multimillion-dollar reality. Gubes's startup Sensi.AI just raised $45 million in Series C funding, BI learned exclusively.
On Friday Supabase announced that it raised a fresh $100 million Series E on a $5 billion valuation, led by Accel and Peak XV. This is just four months after closing its $200 million Series D on a $2 billion valuation, led by Accel, with Coatue. And that Series D was just seven months after raising an $80 million Series C led by Sequoia spinoff Peak XV and David Sacks' Craft Ventures at an undisclosed valuation.
THE FAI have lodged their pre-budget submission with government for the support of League of Ireland academies with the football organisation looking for an initial amount of €4.45m per annum for two years that will create a total of 81 new jobs in clubs around the country before a jump to €8m annually with the hope of creating 340 full and part-time jobs to kickstart an industry.
On Wednesday, Enterprise AI model-maker Cohere said it raised an additional $100 million - bumping its valuation to $7 billion - in an extension to a round announced in August. The August round was an oversubscribed $500 million round at a $6.8 billion valuation, the company said at the time.
At a police commission meeting last month, leaders warned this would be the necessary course of action. "We have to be able to answer 911 calls. That's the bare minimum. Everything else is a luxury. We don't like it. I'll tell you right now, the chief is not happy that he has to do it. We have to do this," said Deputy Chief Lisa Ausmus.
Replit has raised a $250 million round, valuing the company at $3 billion. Unlike other fast-growing vibe coders, Replit has not been running to VCs every few months, though we'll see if that changes. Its last raise was in 2023 when it raised about $100 million that valued the company at $1.16 billion post-money. Replit has now raised a total of about $478 million, PitchBook estimates.
The Series D round comes three years after the company's $75 million Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The valuation of the company at $320 million has remained flat over this period. According to sources familiar with the deal who spoke with TechCrunch, investors used nearly a 4x multiple of Citymall's past year of revenue as a benchmark. The company has raised $165 million to date.
XOPS has introduced its Active System of Intelligence platform, which automates complex IT workflows using a living knowledge graph and robotic process management, enhancing efficiency.
The outdated business credit scoring models are shutting out promising UK startups from crucial funding, urging a cultural and systemic rethink to match modern entrepreneurship.
Current staff at the Alan Turing Institute have raised concerns regarding governance and internal culture, highlighting eight key issues that pose a risk of potential collapse due to funding threats.
Leitersdorf aims for Decart to transform user interaction with technology through fun AI experiences, building a billion-user app to rival tech giants.
"FEMA grants remain governed by existing law and policy and not political litmus tests. DHS will enforce all anti-discrimination laws and policies, including as it relates to the BDS movement, which is expressly grounded in antisemitism."
Democrats are stashing millions of dollars, quietly hiring presidential-level campaign staff, fine-tuning potential stump speeches, sitting for glossy profiles, trying to grow their social media followings, and visiting early primary states.