Travis Kalanick’s robotics company Atoms has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board of directors following the investment. Bain Capital, Fifth Wall and others participated in the round. Perhaps most notably, Uber also joined the funding round, reconnecting Kalanick with the company he founded,
Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures and Snowball VC. Launched in 2025, Cascade is the result of its founders, Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira, witnessing firsthand the difficulties construction companies face
While many newer venture capital firms are still struggling to raise fresh capital, Dimension Capital, founded in late 2022, has been raising larger and larger funds in rapid succession. On Tuesday, the New York firm, which invests at the intersection of science and computing, announced an $800 million fund, up 60% from its second $500
AI infrastructure company Infinity on Monday announced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers at companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The startup is creating software to make it easier for AI chips to run AI models. A big reason why Nvidia became the top
AI agents are starting to perform more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying suppliers that can deliver cargo, comparing prices, and sending messages to the supplier to arrange a delivery. But when it comes to paying for shipping, they still need to involve a human. Today’s financial sector depends on financial pathways, the underlying infrastructure that
For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC returns to New York City and we’ll be providing the kind of access you’d expect from a secret event to the entire startup, VC and dealmaking community. For years, StrictlyVC has hosted a series of some of the most interesting nights a VC, founder or dealmaker can spend,
