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By Ingrid Lunden
October 16, 2023
Smartphone sales have had their worst quarterly performance in over a decade, a fact that raises two big questions. Have the latest models finally bored the market with mere incremental improvements? And if they have, what will the next form factor (and function) be? Today a deep tech startup called Xpanceo is announcing $40 million […]
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11x.ai, a developer of AI sales reps, has raised $50M Series B led by A16Z, sources say
11x.ai, a startup that develops AI-powered sales development bots, has secured roughly $50 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has learned. The new round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $350 million, multiple sources told TechCrunch. The recent deal follows the company’s $24 million Series A, which was led by Benchmark with the participation of other investors including 20VC, Project A, Lux Capital, and SV Angel. While 11x.ai announced its Series A round earlie
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Apollo.io, a full-stack sales tech platform, bags $100M at a $1.6B valuation
While working at his first startup, BrainGenie, a math and science skills practice website, Tim Zheng experienced firsthand the challenge of maintaining a small business — and expanding it. After trying a number of sales prospecting tools and finding that they weren’t that effective in getting the word out to customers, Zheng decided to build […]
Aug 29, 2023
Wispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app
CEO Tanay Kothari noted that the startup will soon achieve profitability at the current rate of growth. Initially, he didn't want to raise money, but he worried that Big Tech players with a massive distribution advantage could be a risk to the company. He wanted to rapidly multiply the company's revenue and reach and decided to take the investment.
Jun 24, 2025
From Skims to Stripe, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year
Last year’s investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we settle in to the second half of the year. This year delivered four venture-backed tech IPOs — Reddit, Astera Labs, Ibotta and Rubrik — in March and April, which made it seem like this year could spur the momentum investors had hoped for in 2023. But secondary investors and IPO lawyers recently told TechCrunch that despite these four successes, macro conditions like the upcoming presidential ele
Aug 7, 2024