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Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI

Beijing, Beijing, CN

Founded

2023

Stage

Series D

Total Raised

$3.6B

Light Pong
Light Pong

Chicago, IL, US

Founded

2021

Stage

Pre-Seed

Total Raised

$147.5k

Sitoa
Sitoa

San Francisco, CA, US

Founded

2001

Stage

Series D

Total Raised

$26.8M

Potrero Medical
Potrero Medical

Hayward, CA, US

Founded

2012

Stage

Series B

Total Raised

$70.4M

Upgrade Industries
Upgrade Industries

Fredericksburg, VA, US

Founded

2011

Stage

Angel

Total Raised

$13.1k

QuiGig
QuiGig

Houston, TX, US

Founded

2017

Stage

Series A

Total Raised

$800k

Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI

Beijing, Beijing, CN

Founded

2023

Stage

Series D

Total Raised

$3.6B

Light Pong
Light Pong

Chicago, IL, US

Founded

2021

Stage

Pre-Seed

Total Raised

$147.5k

Sitoa
Sitoa

San Francisco, CA, US

Founded

2001

Stage

Series D

Total Raised

$26.8M

Potrero Medical
Potrero Medical

Hayward, CA, US

Founded

2012

Stage

Series B

Total Raised

$70.4M

Upgrade Industries
Upgrade Industries

Fredericksburg, VA, US

Founded

2011

Stage

Angel

Total Raised

$13.1k

QuiGig
QuiGig

Houston, TX, US

Founded

2017

Stage

Series A

Total Raised

$800k

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Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.

Jul 29, 2026

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining property records, maintenance schedules, home documents, and an AI assistant into a single app.

Jul 29, 2026

‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation

‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation

Watch as Light co-founders join Equity to talk about why they think the anti-smartphone backlash is just getting started and what it takes to break an addiction that fits in your pocket.

Jul 29, 2026

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.

Jul 28, 2026

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Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy

Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned by Bose.

Jul 28, 2026

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing

Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.

Jul 27, 2026

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military

Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.

Jul 27, 2026

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research

After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase.

Jul 27, 2026

Enigma raises $71M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume

Enigma raises $71M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume

The massive seed round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo's Conviction Partners.

Jul 27, 2026

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.

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Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now

AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.

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AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing

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Jul 23, 2026

Fundraising Rounds

Photon Queue
Photon Queue

Jul 2026

$4M

Seed

Command Code
Command Code

Jul 2026

$5M

Seed

Kraken Technology Group
Kraken Technology Group

Jul 2026

$175M

Series B

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QIZ Security

Jul 2026

$17M

Seed

Lyzr AI
Lyzr AI

Jul 2026

$100M

Series B

Ollama
Ollama

Jul 2026

$65M

Series B

Hippo Harvest
Hippo Harvest

Jul 2026

$30M

Series C

Prime Intellect
Prime Intellect

Jul 2026

$130M

Series A

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As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it

As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it

Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model in research preview.

Jul 29, 2026

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight

Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.

Jul 28, 2026

Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot

Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot

The five-day format will look quite similar to the two-day format. There will be a live show from 12 p.m. U.K. time to 3 p.m., breaking down trending stories, and then for two hours, they will have guests on the show talking about whatever they want.

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Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules

Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules

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Jul 26, 2026

Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20B valuation

Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20B valuation

Elon Musk's tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.

Jul 25, 2026

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks

In the AI-funding frenzy, many startups are raising back-to-back rounds at ever-increasing valuations — but even by those standards, Corgi stands out.

Jul 23, 2026

Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code

Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code

Imagi announced a $4.5 million seed round, with investors including Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and artist Will.i.am.

Jul 23, 2026

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

Jul 22, 2026

Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects

Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects

a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade's $3.5 million seed round.

Jul 22, 2026

Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.

Jul 21, 2026

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges

Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.

Jul 21, 2026

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.

Jul 20, 2026

Venture Has Had Better Risk-Adjusted Returns

Since 1984, venture funds have exhibited comparable risk to some public and private equity investments, while potentially offering better returns.

Source: Morgan Stanley (2020), "Public to Private Equity in the United States: A Long-Term Look". Past performance does not ensure future results and expected risk, returns, or other projections may not reflect future performance. All asset classes correspond to the period 1984-2015, except for venture capital funds, which reflect the period 1984-2013, representing the most recent data available at the time of the study publication.

Risk Level vs Other Equities

Comparable Risk Profile

Similar long-run standard deviation to small public companies

Returns

Best Risk Adjusted Returns

Well above average risk-adjusted returns of any asset class

High Growth Companies Are Often VC Investments

Since 2006, the number of deals and the capital raised have been growing exponentially, reaching a total of $164 billion invested across 11,651 deals in 2020 alone.

Annual VC Investment

$164B

Annual deployed venture capital investment in last measured year

Annual Investment Rounds

11,651

Number of VC funding rounds in most recent year

Growth Trend

+243% Increase

Number of annual VC investment rounds vs. 15 years ago

Venture capital investments over time

Venture capital investments over time chart

Source: NVCA, 2021. “NVCA 2021 Yearbook”, with underlying data provided by Pitchbook. Analysis period 2002-2020. The chart as displayed includes the total capital raised for each year in the VC asset class and the number of investments made by VC funds.

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