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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 year, hit profitability without touching its last funding ...
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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 stop guessing what actually counts. The company just closed a ...
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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 groups like Lithia Motors and Penske are already on the platform.
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2026
- KredosAI secures $7M Series A to tackle overdue bills with behavioral science and agentic AI
- Cleatus closes $4M seed to automate government contracting
- Marble Technologies closes $30M Series A to automate meatpacking
- Alt Sports Data names Jake Cassaday as its new CEO
- Firestorm Labs raises $82M to manufacture drones at the front lines
- How Mycroft scaled to 100+ cybersecurity customers without a playbook
- Bidbus accelerates growth to reach $120 million annualized GMV milestone
- iCapital acquires Passthrough
- Micro1's Ali Ansari: From garage sales to the center of the AI boom
- Bidbus scales private-party car auctions to bridge the gap between dealerships and consumer inventory
2025
- Sunnyside featured in National Geographic's exploration of naltrexone for alcohol reduction
- Esusu raises $50M to boost credit
- How micro1 pivoted into AI training data
- TransCrypts CEO Zain Zaidi named to Forbes 30 Under 30
- Function Health closes a $298M Series B round, bets on 'medical intelligence'
- Transcripts to TransCrypts: how Zain and Ali built TransCrypts
- TransCrypts raises $15M to expand its verified credential platform
- UrbanStems tests whether Halloween is the next Valentine's Day
- micro1 announces $35M Series A to scale AI-powered talent platform
- Brett Davis named CEO as Bennie founder becomes chairman
- Esusu cracks the CNBC Disruptor 50
- Ask the team: How we go from interest to investment
- Scaling smarter: Leadership, culture, and strategy with Carta's CEO
2024
- Gig Wage innovates gig economy payroll with $8.25M boost
- Fondo tackles accountant shortage with AI-driven bookkeeping for booming startups
- NewRetirement is now Boldin
- UrbanStems' Meenakshi Lala's double life
- How MFV is powering through a tough VC climate
- Esusu wins 2024 World Changing Ideas Award for transforming rent payments into credit scores
- ShiftMed enhances healthcare workforce solutions with CareerStaff Unlimited acquisition
- How NewRetirement's holistic approach sets it apart
- iink's Tom McGrath: From teenage entrepreneur to CEO
2023
- InHerSight: 5 new workplace trends for 2024
- Dilene Upendra, our rising star
- Nickson's Cam Johnson: From Goldman Sachs to entrepreneur
- Sunnyside secures $11.5M to launch drinking coach "Sunny"
- LegalMation raises $15M in Series A funding
- iink gets $12M in fresh capital
- 2023 TIME100 Next: Wemimo Abbey and Samir Goel
- HUNGRY makes Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies
- Esusu and Keyway work together to advance credit-building for residents
- HUNGRY raises $10M Series C1 funding
- Save on car payments with Esusu & Caribou
- MFV increases investment in Bennie Seed round
- Esusu co-founder explains his mission to “do good and do well”
- Passthrough raises $10M Series A
2022
- Ollen Douglass recognized for VC leadership
- Finli founder gives businesses a financial lift
- MFV participates in Bennie Seed round extension
- New MFV portfolio company Finli raises $6M in Seed funding
- Microshare launches app to address labor shortages
- Caribou named 2022 top workplace by Washington Post
- HUNGRY acquires healthy snack company NatureBox
- New MFV portfolio company Bamboo raises $15M Series A
- Esusu raises Series B at $1B valuation
2021
- Nickson is one of 22 Texas tech companies to watch in 2022
- Caribou streamlines auto refinancing experience for consumers
- Esusu uses tech to build financial access and inclusion
- HUNGRY launches new cafe and coffee bar service
- Republic launches $60M crypto fund
- HUNGRY raises $21M Series C
- HomeCare.com CEO talks healthcare disruption
- New MFV portfolio company Esusu raises $10M Series A
- MotoRefi continues growth with $45M funding round
- KETOS CEO Meena Sankaran's journey to CEO
- UrbanStems raises $20M Series C
- Roundtrip partners with the American Cancer Society
- Territory closes $22M Series B funding
- MotoRefi tech makes it easier for millions to refinance car loans
- Republic receives $36M Series A funding
- New MFV portfolio company Madison Reed raises $50M
- MFV invests $5M in funds directly addressing underrepresentation in VC
- MotoRefi raises $10M round
2020
- Blokable's approach a "critical key" to housing affordability
- Nickson continues Dallas growth
- Dorsata improves physician-patient experience
- KETOS CEO aims to make water safer and cleaner
- MFV voted Venture Deal Team of the Year in the D.C. area
- Devoted Health and the positive patient experience
- HUNGRY gets creative with its business during COVID-19
- Motley Fool Ventures’ statement on justice, equitable opportunity, and investing for change
- Roundtrip awarded NIH grant
- Virtual patient support is here to stay
- InHerSight’s new app personalizes job matches to career goals