Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg
New details have emerged about Valor’s latest fund, which last year announced it was raising an unspecified amount of capital.
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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
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Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic
General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor.
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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.
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Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher’s new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.
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After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck
The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup’s failure.
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Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading
The company has grown rapidly by acquiring and revamping last-generation tech brands like AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote, Meetup, and Vimeo.
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Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II
Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised a $46.6 million Fund II from LPs, including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures.
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Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
Selby’s VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.
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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public
Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
