Venture
Funds, partners, LP moves, market structure.
- Vishal Sikka raises $32M for Hang Ten, an AI bet against the IT services model
Mayfield led the seed round for Hang Ten Systems, which says AI can compress the work behind enterprise software projects.
- Sequoia and Founders Fund back Stark Defence at 3.5B-euro valuation, Bloomberg says
Bloomberg reports the German loitering‑munitions maker is valued at 3.5 billion euros after new backing from Sequoia and Founders Fund.
- Saif Khawaja's Shinkei turns humane fish killing into Founders Fund's supply-chain bet
The El Segundo robotics company is giving fishermen free Poseidon machines, then trying to capture the premium through Seremoni.
- a16z turns SpaceX's IPO week into an Elon Musk victory lap
The 94-second montage disclosed a16z's investment, making the congratulation post both tribute and portfolio marketing.
- Y Combinator Promotes Diana Hu to Managing Partner
The former Escher Reality CTO has worked with nearly 230 YC companies, according to YC, as the firm leans into AI, robotics and hard tech.
- Aaron Harris speeds up his founder-facing VC matching tool
The tool asks founders for a URL or deck, then returns a tailored investor list based on Harris's claimed venture data set.
- Gigascale Capital raises $250M Fund I for physical economy startups
Mike Schroepfer's climate investment firm says its first institutional fund will back early-stage founders in energy, grid infrastructure, manufacturing, materials and AI for physical systems.
- Big checks got bigger: Crunchbase says 80% of 2026 US VC is in $500M-plus rounds
Crunchbase News tallies show funding concentration accelerating past 2021 and 2025 highs, with 29 mega-round companies absorbing most dollars through April.