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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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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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KredosAI secures $7M Series A to tackle overdue bills with behavioral science and agentic AI
July 2, 2026

KredosAI secures $7M Series A to tackle overdue bills with behavioral science and agentic AI

Most consumers who fall behind on their bills actually want to pay, but traditional, aggressive collection tactics often alienate them. Seattle-area startup KredosAI is changing the approach by using AI and behavioral ...

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Other Portfolio News
Cleatus closes $4M seed to automate government contracting
June 25, 2026

Cleatus closes $4M seed to automate government contracting

Cleatus is building an agentic AI platform that helps businesses find, apply for, and win government contracts — all without leaving the job site. The Arlington-based startup hit $1 million in revenue in its first year ...

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Marble Technologies closes $30M Series A to automate meatpacking
June 3, 2026

Marble Technologies closes $30M Series A to automate meatpacking

Marble Technologies just closed a $30M Series A — mostly from Nebraska investors — and is already profitable. The Lincoln-based startup builds AI-powered robotics for meatpacking's pack-off stage, and its systems now ...

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Alt Sports Data names Jake Cassaday as its new CEO
May 11, 2026

Alt Sports Data names Jake Cassaday as its new CEO

ALT Sports Data named Jake Cassaday as its new CEO, bringing in an operator with 15+ years across sports media, technology, and betting — most recently as COO of Playmaker Capital and then CEO (Canada) at Better ...

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Firestorm Labs raises $82M to manufacture drones at the front lines
April 29, 2026

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to manufacture drones at the front lines

Firestorm Labs has raised $82M in Series B funding to expand its containerized drone manufacturing platform. The San Diego-based defense startup makes xCell, a shipping container-sized factory that can print drone ...

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How Mycroft scaled to 100+ cybersecurity customers without a playbook
February 19, 2026

How Mycroft scaled to 100+ cybersecurity customers without a playbook

Building a cybersecurity startup is entirely different from standard SaaS — the sales cycles are longer, expectations are higher, and sometimes, you have to tell customers what they need rather than what they want. ...

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Bidbus accelerates growth to reach $120 million annualized GMV milestone
February 16, 2026

Bidbus accelerates growth to reach $120 million annualized GMV milestone

Building on its nationwide expansion momentum, automotive marketplace and MFV portfolio company Bidbus has officially hit an annualized Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) run rate of $120 million. By connecting local ...

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iCapital acquires Passthrough
February 11, 2026

iCapital acquires Passthrough

Passthrough has been acquired by iCapital, the global fintech platform for alternative investments. The acquisition enhances iCapital's investor onboarding capabilities, extending support across both wealth and ...

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Micro1's Ali Ansari: From garage sales to the center of the AI boom
February 7, 2026

Micro1's Ali Ansari: From garage sales to the center of the AI boom

Micro1’s rise has been fast enough to turn its 25-year-old co-founder, Ali Ansari, into one of AI’s youngest breakout figures. This profile traces the path from his early resale hustles in Los Angeles to building a ...

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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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