Published on: 2025-06-20 21:30:00
Enchant is launching a new zero-equity accelerator for gaming and AI startups, with applications now open for its three-month program. The accelerator is dedicated to early-stage teams at the crossroads of gaming and artificial intelligence. Founded by veterans of Sony, Supercell, EA, Ubisoft and Playrix, the fully remote program gives founders hands-on product sprints, weekly one-on-one sessions with industry leaders and direct access to a global investor network — while letting every startup
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 09:00:00
South Loop Ventures, a Houston-based venture firm, announced a $21 million Fund I, with Rice Management Company and Chevron Technology Ventures serving as anchor investors. The firm, which launched in 2022, focuses on seed and pre-seed companies, with $400,000 as the average check size. It also primarily hopes to focus on backing founders of color. Zach Ellis, the firm’s founder and managing director, spoke to TechCrunch about his final close. He said the fund is general and will invest in fo
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Mercury co-founder and CEO Immad Akhund today announced the launch of a $26 million fund to back early-stage startups, a move that formalizes his extensive history of angel investing. Axios first reported in February. Akhund has been an active angel investor since 2016, backing over 350 startups at their earliest stages. His portfolio includes companies such as Airtable, Applied Intuition, Decagon, Gecko Robotics, Linear and Substack, among others. “I love supporting entrepreneurs – whether it
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We’re thrilled to announce that Ellen Chisa, partner at Boldstart Ventures, will be joining us at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 for an energizing conversation about investing in enterprise startups from day one. She’s one of the standout voices shaping this year’s lineup of founders, funders, and operators gathering July 15 in Boston’s SoWa Power Station, and you won’t want to miss what she brings to the table. All Stage is where startup builders get real answers to real questions — from how to rai
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Why you should join Ciro Ciro is building AI agents for sales prospecting. Today, founders and sales reps spend 30%+ of their time manually searching, qualifying, and engaging leads. Ciro makes prospecting on platforms like LinkedIn 10x easier by automatically scanning profiles, qualifying them, and enriching them. Ciro is a tight-knit team of engineers, sales execs, and product managers with experience from Meta, Stanford, Google and Bain & Co. Two of the founders served as VPs of Sales at hi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:02:15
Rork founders Levan Kvirkvelia and Daniel Dhawan are living a life that sounds like a plot for a movie. But it really happened. They went from broke, life savings spent, and in debt $15,000 apiece on credit cards — Dhawan was even sleeping on a mattress at a friend’s apartment — to $100,000 of revenue in five days. And that led to a $2.8 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s new Speedrun program, with other backers piling in like Hustle Fund’s Elizabeth Yin, ChapterOne, Founders Inc.
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Make your first $$ online, with Reddit. Postonreddit is the ultimate Reddit post scheduler for SaaS founders and startups. Easily automate Reddit posts, analyze performance, and grow your audience. Join hundreds of makers and startups using Reddit to make their first online revenue.
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Today’s the day! The application to speak at TechCrunch All Stage closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT — this is your final chance to share real-world insights with 1,200+ startup founders and VCs attending the event. Whether you’ve built or backed startups, battled bottlenecks, or cracked the code on growth, the stage is yours. TC All Stage lands in Boston on July 15, and we’re giving the mic to those who’ve lived the scaling grind. Step-by-step: What to expect Make your voice count. Your experie
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The ultimate founder summit returns — now bigger than ever! Formerly TechCrunch Early Stage, TC All Stage is bringing together founders and VCs from every stage, not just early stage. We’re thrilled to unveil the full breakout session lineup at TC All Stage. Packed with scaling pioneers and top-tier VCs, these sessions are designed for founders and startups at every stage — covering everything from fundraising strategies to scaling operations. Join 1,200+ founders and VCs on July 15 in Boston t
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In Brief Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has completed the raise of its third growth fund, according to an SEC filing. Beyond the sum — which is a big step up from its last previous $3.4 billion growth fund closed in early 2022 — there’s a couple of other interesting things to note about this raise. For one, it’s more than the $3 billion growth fund the firm was said to be raising, according to reports in February. Founders Fund is so big and successful that it can always raise an oversubscribed f
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The application to speak at TechCrunch All Stage closes this Friday, April 18 — don’t miss your chance to share hard-won insights with 1,200+ startup founders and VCs. If you’ve been in the trenches and cracked tough growth problems, now’s the time to step up and share your scaling strategies onstage at TC All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston. Ready to make your mark? Use your experience to guide the next wave of startups. Apply now, and you could land a spot in our Audience Choice round — wh
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In Brief Peter Thiel’s Founder’s Fund has completed the raise of its third growth fund, according to an SEC filing. Beyond the sum — which is a big step up from its last previous $3.4 billion growth fund closed in early 2022 — there’s a couple of other interesting things to note about this raise. For one, it’s more than the $3 billion growth fund the firm was said to be raising, according to reports in February. Founder’s Fund is so big and successful that it can always raise an oversubscribed
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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Founders Fund, the venture capital firm run by billionaire Peter Thiel, has closed a $4.6 billion late-stage venture fund, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund, Founders Fund Growth III, includes capital from 270 investors, the fil
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In Brief Symphonic Capital announced today in a blog post that it raised $13.5 million for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage companies. Sydney Thomas launched the firm in 2022 after leaving Charles Hudson’s Precursor Ventures, where she was the first hire. Thomas said her fund will focus on founders outside of the Bay who are building in healthcare and financial services. Check sizes will be around $250,000. In the blog post, the firm wrote that “everyone should have access to relia
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In Brief Symphonic Capital announced today in a blog post that it raised $13.5 million for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage companies. Sydney Thomas launched the firm in 2022 after leaving Charles Hudson’s Percursor Ventures, where she was the first hire. Thomas said her fund will focus on founders outside of the Bay who are building in health care and financial services. Check sizes will be around $250,000. In the blog post, the firm wrote that “everyone should have access to reli
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Last chance! Less than 24 hours left to grab your $300+ discount on TechCrunch All Stage founder and investor passes. Planning to bring more than just you? Bundle tickets for even greater savings! Don’t wait — prices rise at 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. TC All Stage is the ultimate event where founders turbocharge growth, and investors spot the next big investment. Gain game-changing insights and connect with industry leaders on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. Secure your discounted ticket
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A16z Speedrun announced that its opening applications for its upcoming event, SR005, the fifth edition of its signature event. The 12-week startup speedrunning program begins on July 28 in Los Angeles, with a16z planning to invest up to $1 million into each company selected to participate. The event culminates in Demo Day, held on October 7 during SF Tech Week. Applications for the program close on May 11. Speedrun’s participants usually include those in the AI and interactive spaces, and their
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Time is running out! Less than 48 hours left to lock in your $300+ discount for TechCrunch All Stage founder and investor passes. More than just you? Save even more with bundle tickets. Rates increase on March 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. TC All Stage is where founders accelerate their growth and investors discover their next big opportunity. Get ready for actionable insights and new connections that will take your business to the next level. Join us on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston — don’t m
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The final countdown is here! This is your last weekend to lock in Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch All Stage founder and investor tickets. Save up to $320 before the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT on March 31. Founders, charge ahead. Investors, power the mission! On July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, 1,200 founders and VCs will unite at TC All Stage to accelerate their journey from seed to IPO. Secure your spot and savings before prices go up! Lock in your $300+ ticket savings before 11:59
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Time’s running out — 4 days left to save over $300 on Founder and Investor Passes for TechCrunch All Stage! Founders, accelerate your journey. Investors, fuel their success. Join us on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, MA, for TC All Stage, where 1,200 founders and VCs come together to scale from seed to IPO. Don’t miss the chance to save — offer ends March 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT! Lock in your $300+ ticket savings here. What’s at TC All Stage Take your startup from traction to exponentia
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The clock is ticking — less than a week left until TechCrunch All Stage ticket prices go up! Save over $300 on founder and investor passes before March 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Founders, accelerate your path. Investors, empower their rise. On July 15, join 1,200 founders and VCs at SoWa Power Station in Boston, MA for TC All Stage, the ultimate founder summit by TechCrunch, designed for scaling from seed to IPO. This is where growth goes big. Secure the best price and take your startup to the next
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Founders Future, a Paris-based VC firm with €300 million in assets under management (around $324 million at current exchange rates), is opening up the capital of the holding company that manages Founders Future’s funds and Sowefund. The company has sold a 25% stake in the holding company to MACSF, the Dassault family, CMA CGM Group and others. Since 2018, Founders Future has had an interesting track record with some early-stage bets in Lydia, Alma, Taster, La Fourche, Riot, Swan, Yuka and many
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TechCrunch All Stage is returning to Boston, Massachusetts, on July 15 for a jam-packed day where founders — no matter what stage they’re in — will gain practical insights to fuel their startup growth. With a lineup of expert-led sessions, founders will leave with actionable strategies they can implement right away. Investors will also be there, eager to network and find the next big opportunity to support. It’s a perfect blend of learning, connection, and innovation. The event formerly known as
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TechCrunch All Stage is returning to Boston, MA on July 15 for a jam-packed day where founders – no matter what stage they’re in — will gain practical insights to fuel their startup growth. With a lineup of expert-led sessions, founders will leave with actionable strategies they can implement right away. Investors will also be there, eager to network and find the next big opportunity to support. It’s a perfect blend of learning, connection, and innovation. The event formerly known as Early Stage
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Spend time at a university, and inevitably you’ll come across someone who has a plan to save the world, or at least make some small part of it better. It might be merely the optimism of youth, but sometimes, they’re actually onto something. Critical Venture Partners is betting that young founders plucked fresh from universities can solve some of the world’s most intractable problems, including climate change, healthcare, and economic opportunity. The firm was founded by a trio of recent graduat
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Over the last 15 years or so, as European venture capital shifted into a higher gear, one way to help a nation’s ecosystem flourish was to invest in founders from that country, regardless of where they were based. This would help re-patriate the entrepreneurial mindset back home. In Europe, the approach was pioneered in part by Paris-based Kima Ventures. Now, a new venture firm hopes to replicate that idea from Italy. Vento, one of Italy’s most active private early-stage VCs, is launching its s
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A recurring theme in Europe’s tech world is that the region needs its own Google or Microsoft. Now comes the launch of a new fund to support this initiative. Project Europe — a new fund for founders “solving hard problems with technical solutions” — says it has initially pulled together $10 million from 128 different founders and tech execs from startups both in Europe and further afield. The list, which you can view here, includes the founders of Klarna, Mistral, and SoundCloud; successful rec
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On July 15, 1,200 founders and VCs across all stages will gather at SoWa Power Station in Boston for TechCrunch All Stage 2025 — the ultimate summit for startup founders. What does this mean for you? A golden opportunity to showcase your brand to a powerhouse crowd eager to scale. It’s easy — just head to this exhibit page and grab your booth now! The power of exhibiting at TC All Stage Expand your reach: Exhibit your cutting-edge solutions on the energetic TC All Stage Expo floor, where more
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Just weeks after Google said it would review its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the Google for Startups Founders Fund webpage is peppered with changes. Most notably Google is now using past tense to describe all of its fund programs for underrepresented founders. This is a change that took place after December, according to the internet archives. And the site currently says that there are zero fund programs available. Google’s Startup Founders Fund launched in 2020 to provide monet
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