Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort

The six startups were selected from over 2,000 applications and will receive $500,000 to $2 million each.

BKR Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders

BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian toward its $50 million target.

Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund

As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.

Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund

London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way

Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.

AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good

AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share.

The best AI investment might be in energy tech

Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That’s creating an opening for investors.

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky’s team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky’s app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open

Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access.