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Exclusive: Stripe Alum Raises $9M For Meadow To Help People Plan Funerals Online

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 18, 2026

Co-founded by Stripes alum Sam Gerstenzang, online funeral planning startup Meadow Memorials has raised a $9 million Series A funding round led by...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Candex Extends Series C To $40M+ To Help Enterprises Easily Onboard Global Vendors

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 17, 2026

New York-based Candex, a startup that helps large companies pay small, one-time, or irregular vendors without the administrative headache or risk...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Venture

The Rising Investors Behind The New Unicorn Class

Gené Teare

March 17, 2026

The race to back the next generation of billion-dollar startups accelerated last year as the stable of unicorn startups filled up again. A total of...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • E-commerce • Robotics • SaaS • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Robotics And E-Commerce Top The Ranks

Joanna Glasner

March 13, 2026

Busy week, big checks, lots of AI and robotics. That, in ultra-brief synopsis form, characterized the general startup fundraising environment this...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Startups • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Blood-Drawing Robots, Inboxes For AI Agents, Franchised Defense Manufacturing, And More

Marlize van Romburgh

March 13, 2026

A whole host of under-the-radar startups have drawn investor checks lately. Among those that most piqued our interest: A phlebotomy robot, a company...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

While OpenAI Shattered Records, Robotics and Semiconductor Startups Quietly Added The Most New Unicorns In February

Gené Teare

March 12, 2026

A total of 27 companies joined the Unicorn Board last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

From Hype To Outcomes: How VCs Recalibrate Around Agentic AI

Guest Author

March 11, 2026

Investors are prioritizing startups that demonstrate real production usage, measurable outcomes and revenue — focusing less on flashy demos and more...

Artificial intelligence • Job market • Startups • Venture • Workplace

Khosla’s Ethan Choi On AI, Founder-First Investing And The Fate Of Entry-Level Jobs

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 11, 2026

Ethan Choi, a partner at Khosla Ventures, recently spoke to SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ News about AI's impact, why he thinks entry-level jobs could be disappearing...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Turing Winner LeCun’s New ‘World Model’ AI Lab Raises $1B In Europe’s Largest Seed Round Ever

Marlize van Romburgh

March 10, 2026

The funding for Paris-based AMI to help it build AI "world models" represents the largest seed round ever for a European startup and one of the...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 10, 2026

Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the Swedish company at $5.55 billion.

Artificial intelligence • Real estate & property tech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Rebar Lands $14M To Help HVAC Suppliers Generate Quotes Faster With AI

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 10, 2026

Rebar, a New York-based startup building an AI-generated quote system for commercial HVAC suppliers, told SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ News exclusively that it has...