Marina Temkin Profile
Marina Temkin

@MTemkin

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Financial analyst turned journalist. Covering VC/startups at @TechCrunch. Previously @PitchBook, @VCjournal. email for Signal: [email protected].

San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2013
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@MTemkin
Marina Temkin
7 days
Scoop: LangChain is raising fresh capital at about $1B valuation from IVP. A rich price for a startup whose revenues are ARR is $12M - $16M, according to sources.
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Marina Temkin
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RT @garrytan: Over then next 10 years you can count on the Forbes Midas List becoming full of YC alums. Count on it. .
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@MTemkin
Marina Temkin
2 months
Two weeks ago, @Zeff and I scooped that Cursor maker @anysphere reached $300 million in ARR. Our reporting has since been confirmed by Anysphere's CEO Michael Truell.
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Lenny Rachitsky
2 months
Here's our full conversation.
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Marina Temkin
4 months
RT @Julie188: By now many of you have seen the latest from me and my team. Great reporting by @MTemkin and @DominicMadori ! .
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Marina Temkin
5 months
Would be great to see more VCs share their returns, whether next to USVs or just on their own.
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Adam Draper ⏻
5 months
In the spirit of VC transparency, someone asked me for the @BoostVC returns. We put them next to @usv numbers, which can help with context. AMA
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Marina Temkin
6 months
My last month's deal scoop about Thrive leading Cursor's $100M Series B round confirmed.
@sarahdingwang
Sarah Wang
6 months
Thrilled to announce that @a16z is co-leading the Series B of @cursor_ai. We couldn't be more excited to continuing working with the Cursor team as they take the world of coding by storm.
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Marina Temkin
7 months
Scoop about the Kalshi - Polymarket cut-throat competition. "The podcast segment discussing Kalshi’s response to the raid and the rivalry with Polymarket was deleted shortly after it initially aired. TechCrunch, however, has obtained and listened to the deleted portion.".
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TechCrunch
7 months
Kalshi’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, confirmed on a podcast interview that his employees did ask social media influencers to promote memes about the FBI’s raid on the home of his arch rival, the CEO of Polymarket
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Marina Temkin
8 months
RT @Techmeme: Sources: MatX, which designs chips to train LLMs, raised a ~$80M Series A led by Spark Capital, at a ~$300M valuation, after….
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Marina Temkin
8 months
RT @nbsteel: So fun to kick off @AllRaise with @nmasc_ @MTemkin @EricNewcomer .@ElisaSchreiber 🔥
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Marina Temkin
9 months
RT @eliast: Today’s the day. Introducing my new company, @Agency — backed by @Sequoia and Hubspot Ventures; with my friend and mentor @BHal….
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Marina Temkin
9 months
RT @gradypb: my friend @eliast is in his 40's, looks like he's in his 20's, and has the energy of a teenager. and we @sequoia are deligh….
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Marina Temkin
9 months
RT @MattRosoff: I did not know Steve O'Hear, but I am so gratified to be working at a place that, upon hearing of a former colleague's pass….
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Marina Temkin
9 months
No M&As or IPOs? Not a problem. A scoop from me about @generalcatalyst massive continuation fund.
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Marina Temkin
10 months
RT @Techmeme: Sources: ElevenLabs is raising a new round that could value it at up to $3B; source: its ARR has grown from $25M at the end o….
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Marina Temkin
11 months
RT @Techmeme: Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuat….
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Marina Temkin
1 year
RT @bayareawriter: Read @MTemkin's follow-up scoop to my own HeadSpin scoop from last week.
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Marina Temkin
1 year
Scoop: Hebbia, AI-powered large document search engine, raised $100M Series B at $700M valuation from Andreessen Horowitz.
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Marina Temkin
1 year
RT @Techmeme: Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension….
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Marina Temkin
1 year
Scoop: @NEA leads $20M Series A at $95M valuation for Anterior, a prior authorization automation startup.
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Marina Temkin
1 year
RT @Techmeme: AI-powered virtual physical therapy startup Sword Health raised $130M at a $3B valuation, up from $2B in November 2021, takin….
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