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Ridgeline secures $250M Series E, valuing AI-native investment platform at $1.425B
September 16, 2026

Ridgeline secures $250M Series E, valuing AI-native investment platform at $1.425B

Ridgeline is rebuilding investment management on a single AI-native platform that already underpins more than $750B in assets — and it just landed a $250M Series E led by Dave Duffield, the entrepreneur behind ...

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MenuData raises $3M–$5M to become food's AI data layer
September 2, 2026

MenuData raises $3M–$5M to become food's AI data layer

MenuData turned seven years of restaurant transaction data into an AI agent that tells food and beverage giants what's trending before it hits the news. We joined Lookout Ventures, Growth Warrior Capital, and Gellert ...

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Databento raises $97M to become finance's default data layer
July 9, 2026

Databento raises $97M to become finance's default data layer

Databento builds the market data platform quant traders and hedge funds rely on daily — and it just closed a $97M Series B led by NEA, oversubscribed by over $300M in demand. The company grew revenue 6.65x year over ...

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EdVisorly raises $13.3M to untangle college transfers
July 8, 2026

EdVisorly raises $13.3M to untangle college transfers

EdVisorly automates the paperwork nightmare of transferring community college credits to a four-year degree — reading transcripts, recalculating GPAs, and matching courses against university requirements so students ...

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micro1 selected to support the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission
September 1, 2026

micro1 selected to support the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission

The Department of Energy is calling it the Manhattan Project of AI. micro1 has been picked to help power the inaugural Genesis Mission, bringing its work in technical data, evaluation, and expert review to the national ...

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micro1 turned an AI recruiter into a $2.5B data lab
August 11, 2026

micro1 turned an AI recruiter into a $2.5B data lab

Micro1 built an AI recruiter that screens experts to train frontier AI models, and it's now growing at 6,963% with revenue jumping from $7 million to over $400 million in a year. Founder Ali Ansari is 25, on leave from ...

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Function secures $450M to scale preventive care
July 31, 2026

Function secures $450M to scale preventive care

Function just closed a massive $450M non-dilutive round from General Catalyst to double down on early detection. Offering 160+ labs plus cancer and stroke screenings for $365/year, the startup is betting that keeping ...

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Christina Qi talks Databento on Fortt Knox
July 29, 2026

Christina Qi talks Databento on Fortt Knox

In this Fortt Knox conversation, Databento CEO Christina Qi tells Jon Fortt why she walked away from Domeyard and rebuilt market data infrastructure from scratch: her own servers colocated inside the exchanges, sold ...

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Madison Reed's founder joins Pendulum's board
July 13, 2026

Madison Reed's founder joins Pendulum's board

Pendulum Therapeutics turns microbiome science into real treatments, including the first probiotic clinically proven to lower A1C in people with Type 2 diabetes. The company just added Amy Errett, the four-time ...

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Bidbus raises $15M to let dealers compete for your used car
July 7, 2026

Bidbus raises $15M to let dealers compete for your used car

Bidbus built a digital marketplace where dealerships bid against each other to buy your car — no lot visit required. Sellers are netting $2,000–$3,000 more than they'd get from Carvana, on average, and major dealer ...

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Notes from the Venture Desk
By Abi Malin • June 9, 2026

Is Consumer the Contrarian Bet of the AI Era?

Consumer investing has been venture capital's least favorite table for years. According to Carta, consumer companies captured just 7% of all U.S. venture investment in 2023 — the sector's lowest market share in the data going back to 2018, and the first time in that period ...

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By Abi Malin • May 1, 2026

How Much Should AI Decide Without Asking You?

In response to my recent piece on AI-powered embedded finance, a reader raised a sharp question about the governance and trust layer: As AI agents start making financial decisions autonomously, who defines what an agent is authorized to do, and how do organizations build ...

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Ask the Team
By Jen Kasse • June 3, 2026

Your Private Fund Account and Your Estate Plan: What You Need to Know

Estate planning has a way of prompting great questions about the investments you've worked hard to build. One we hear often: how should my private fund account be titled? Whether you're setting up a trust for the first time, reorganizing how you hold your assets, or simply ...

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By Abi Malin • May 1, 2026

How We Decide to Write a Check

People ask us all the time what our diligence process looks like. Fair question — and one we're happy to answer in detail. Here's how it works at Motley Fool Ventures.

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