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Quite a year for Index
Over a decade ago, @Wealthfront bet that the next generation of investors would trust software more than people. With today’s IPO, we celebrate an incredible team that is aiming to rewrite the rules of wealth management and never wavered from their vision. Read more from
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Double, an accounting software startup has raised a $6.5m Series A, led by @albumvc Founded in 2020, and initially known as Keeper, their product "is used by more than 4,000 accounting and bookkeeping firms across North America to manage month-end close, client communication,
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Double, the modern close management and practice management platform for accounting and bookkeeping firms, today announced a $6.5 million Series A round led ...
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Another System of Action, this time in the ITSM space, doing some high-velocity fundraising After Rillet and Campfire in the ERP category earlier this year, @getserval just announced a $75m Series B only two months after raising a $47m Series A Since then, revenue has grown
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Serval is the AI-native ITSM for modern teams. Use natural language to automate routine tasks and resolve help desk requests.
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A big Exit in Europe ! GoCardless has been acquired for €1.05b by Dutch payments provider Mollie in a 90% stock transaction The combined entity is said to now be worth €3b and serves 350k customers
🎉BIG NEWS We’re excited to announce that Mollie, one of Europe's fastest-growing financial service providers, has signed an agreement to acquire GoCardless. ➡️Read more here: https://t.co/krg6uFGpZz
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A few weeks ago on @uncapped_pod, Thomas Laffont claimed that the System of Record was dead Pointing to a Workday press release in which the company announced partnerships with Snowflake and Databricks to make data in its systems more easily accessible, Laffont predicted that:
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Another AI-native system of record deal! Israel-based startup Shapes just announced $24m in funding from its Seed and Series A rounds In the company's own words: "Shapes is the first AI-native PeopleOS, purpose-built for a world that never stops changing." Founded by
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Tel Aviv-based startup Shapes, founded by ex–monday.com team members, raises $24 million to launch the world’s first AI-native PeopleOS — an adaptive HR platform designed to replace outdated,...
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Solve Intelligence raises a $40m Series B just a few months after its $12m Series A Initially focused on patent drafting and prosecution, Solve Intelligence aims to be the Operating System for all things IP Congrats to the team!
We’ve raised a $40M Series B (total $55M) to build the AI platform for patents. 400+ IP teams use Solve, ARR >10x to 8 figures & already profitable. Launching Charts for claim charts, FTO & portfolio analysis. Huge thanks to customers & team! Led by @VisionariesVC and @20vcFund
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Menlo Ventures Posted its third State of Generative AI in the Enterprise report and it is packed with insightful data: - In 2 years, Enterprise AI spend has grown from $1.7b to $37b - 50 products are generating $100m in ARR and 10 are generating $1b - 76% of AI use cases are
$37B was invested in enterprise AI this year, making it the fastest category expansion in enterprise software history. Conversion rates doubled traditional software. 50+ products over $100M in ARR. Our third annual 2025 State of Generative AI in the Enterprise report firmly
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The AI-enabled Roll-up is one of the most thought-provoking theses in Venture right now, and General Catalyst are really running with it. Marc Bhargava, who leads the strategy at the firm, broke it down on @sourceryy : Thesis - By automating the repetitive tasks and freeing
BREAKING: Inside General Catalyst’s $1.5B AI Roll-Up Engine: The Creation Strategy Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst leads the Creation Strategies for incubations, transformations, & venture buyouts, as well as leading early stage crypto & fintech investing.
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Fal raises its $140m Series D led by Sequoia, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and other existing investors, at a $4.5b valuation (3x its Series C valuation in July) No revenue was disclosed but the company says it has doubled its run-rate since July This is the
Today, we're excited to share that we have raised a $140M Series D, welcoming new investors @sequoia, @kleinerperkins and @nvidia alongside the continued support of our existing partners!
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Revolut is slowly turning into a software powerhouse
JUST IN: Revolut just launched Revolut BillPay, an AI-powered tool designed to automate accounts payable (AP) processes 😳 BillPay intensifies competition in the $20B+ global AP automation and B2B payments market and puts it in competition against Wise, Stripe, Tipalti, Melio,
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Can’t wait for this one
Releasing an Uncapped pod tomorrow with @gradypb and @Alfred_Lin. By far the most detailed episode we've ever done about the craft of venture and I loved it.
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Unconventional AI just raised a $475m Seed Round led by a16z and Lightspeed, valuing the company at $4.5b Co-founded by Naveen Rao, who previously sold companies to Intel and Databricks, Unconventional AI aims to solve the "energy bottleneck for AI" by "building a
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Whoever wins the deal will also get to make the movie about it
Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war for the legacy assets, company officials told CNBC. Full story: https://t.co/aaEBKikmw5
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Huge round from @airwallex, which reaches an $8b valuation just six months after being valued at $5b
Airwallex, the business banking and payments firm, raised $330 million in a funding round that valued it at $8 billion
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European companies were also off to a strong start this week, here are 7 noteworthy rounds (Seed through Series B) @bfl_ml @GradiumAI #TitanOS @SokinGlobal #ImperAI @duvoai @bitstack Congrats !
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@fin raised a $17m Series A for its Stablecoin-powered B2B payments platform @UseQuanta raised a $15m Series A for its AI-powered accounting system
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@gradialai raised a $34m Series B for its content workflow automation platform @neviswealth raised a $35m Series A for its wealth management back office automation solution @OstiumLabs raised a $20m Series A for its crypto-native trading platform
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