Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million
Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.
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Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
The company named Open Doors Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Hiive, Forge Global, Sydecar and Upmarket as companies that are not authorized to provide access to buy or sell its shares.
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO
Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.
Mother Ventures is looking at moms as the ‘economic engine’
The VC firm, which focuses on mothers as consumers, raised a $10 million debut fund.
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Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B
Prediction market startup Kalshi has raised a $1 billion Series F round led by Coatue.
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Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A
Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion.