AI-powered virtual physical therapy startup Sword Health raised $130M at a $3B valuation, up from $2B in November 2021, taking its total funding to $340M (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2024/06/04/swo… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240604/p19#a24…

Scoop: NEA leads $20M Series A at $95M valuation for Anterior, a prior authorization automation startup. techcrunch.com/2024/06/08/ant…

Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) tcrn.ch/4bZAWSG 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240614/p2#a240…

Scoop: Hebbia, AI-powered large document search engine, raised $100M Series B at $700M valuation from Andreessen Horowitz. techcrunch.com/2024/06/27/heb…

Read Marina Temkin's follow-up scoop to my own HeadSpin scoop from last week techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/pe-…

Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuation (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2024/08/09/any… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240809/p22#a24…

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 of 2023 to ~$80M in recent months (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2024/10/03/inv… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241003/p36#a24…

No M&As or IPOs? Not a problem. A scoop from me about General Catalyst massive continuation fund. techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/gen…

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 passing, would spontaneously band together to write a memoriam like this. The team at TechCrunch is truly special like nowhere else. techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/in-…

Today’s the day. Introducing my new company, @Agency — backed by @Sequoia and Hubspot Ventures; with my friend and mentor @BHalligan on the Board. Enjoyed getting to talk with Marina Temkin TechCrunch about what we’re building. agency.inc

my friend Elias Torres is in his 40's, looks like he's in his 20's, and has the energy of a teenager... and we Sequoia Capital are delighted to be in business with him for the third time! Marina Temkin does a nice job of capturing what he's up to here: techcrunch.com/2024/10/16/aft…

So fun to kick off All Raise with natasha mascarenhas Marina Temkin Eric Newcomer Elisa Schreiber 🔥

Sources: MatX, which designs chips to train LLMs, raised a ~$80M Series A led by Spark Capital, at a ~$300M valuation, after raising a $25M seed in March (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2024/11/22/ai-… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241122/p17#a24…

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."

My last month's deal scoop about Thrive leading Cursor's $100M Series B round confirmed. techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/in-…

Would be great to see more VCs share their returns, whether next to USVs or just on their own.

By now many of you have seen the latest from me and my team. Great reporting by Marina Temkin and Dom ! techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/a16…

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. techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/why…

Over then next 10 years you can count on the Forbes Midas List becoming full of YC alums. Count on it. techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/y-c…

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. techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/lan…