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This week confirmed that deals can still happy in a Troubled World, But Price Considerations and Adjustments are now Part of the picture.
Most Interesting Startup Stories from the Week
Uncertain Times are rarely good for m & as, which raies fears that tarif turmoil May have compromised the Startup Exit Outlook for 2025But don’t expect a total deal drough – as confirmed by this week’s news.
Price Conscious: AnySPERE, The Company Behind Cursor, is growing so fast that an acquisition by openai is reportedly off the tableWhether Openai Will Acquire Windsurf Intead Remains to Be Confirmed, but the competition between the two ai coding assistant rivals is heating up,
Plane View: Datadog Acquired AI-Powered Data Observability Startup MetaplaneA yc alum that has raised some $ 22.2 million to date. Deal terms were not disclosed.
Hired: Erik Torenberg BECAME A16Z’s Newest Partner after the VC Firm Acqui-Herred Him and His Podcast NetworkTurpentine, whose shows are set to continue.
Downsized: Ather Energy, An Indian Ev Startup seeking to go public, Trimmed Its IPO Size and Target ValuationCiting Market Conditions.
Most Interesting VC and Funding News This Week
This week confirmed that vibe coding is as hot as can be, but startups in several other sector also also raised funding. Plus, there’s still money to be deployed into emerging markets.
Vibe coding: Supabase, An Open source Database Startup that Benefits from the Hype Around Vibe Coding Tools, Raised a $ 200 million series d Just Seven Months after its Round at a reported $ 900 Million Valuation, which now officially increased to $ 2 billion.
Adaptive Computer, A Vibe Coding Startup that differentiates its focusing on non-programmers from day 1, also also raised fanding: A $ 7 Million seed round LED by Pebbbled.
Too many chaats: Manychat, which provides an ai-enabled tool for businesses to manage and automate conversations Across Across Multiple Messaging Channels, Raised A $ 140 Million Series B LED by Summit Partners.
Spotting Flaws: Endor Labs, A Startup that builds tools to scan ai-generated code for vulnerabilites, Locked a $ 93 million series b round LED by Dfj Growth.
Sovereign ai: Formerly Known as Xayn, Berlin-Based Legal Ai Startup Noxtua Raised A $ 92.2 Million Series B That follows its pivot into developing sovereign ai for law-Related use cases such as drafting legal documents.
Shear money: Fintech API Brokerage Startup Alpaca Picked Up A $ 52 Million Series C to further expand internationally.
Virtual ciso: Cynomi, A London- and Tel aviv-based stekp that provides smbs with an ai-power “Virtual ciso,” raised A $ 37 Million Series B Co-Led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital.
Superpowers: After gathering a 150,000-Person Waitlist, Health Tech Startup Superpower Launched Publicly and Announced it Raised A $ 30 Million Series A Backed by Several Celebrities.
Debt finance: Froda, A Swedish Fintech Startup that developed a Debt Financing Platform for SMBS, Secure A $ 22.7 Million Series B LED by Swedish Fund Incore Invest.
Cheat code: Chungin “Roy” Lee, A 21-Year-old columbia student who was suspended after development a job interview cheating tool, raised $ 5.3 Million in Seed Funding For his Startup, Cluely, which offers an ai tool to “cheat on everything.”
Copy-paste: Backed by more than 75 Unicorn Founders and VCS, Fluent Ventures is Distributing $ 40 Million To International Founders, Replicating Proven Business Models in Emerging Markets.
Last but not least
In case you missed it, techstars recently Updated Its Standard Deal: It will now invest $ 220,000 Into Startups Entering its Three-Month Program. That’s $ 100,000 more than previous, with new deal terms that mirror y combinator’s.