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Rox, an AI-powered sales startup co-founded and led by CEO Ishan Mukherjee, raised $100 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was co-led by General Catalyst and March Capital, with participation from returning investors Sequoia and GV, and new…
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OpenAI has reportedly raised $15 billion in new funding at a $1.25 trillion valuation, as the artificial intelligence company continues to strengthen its position in the AI market. The round falls short of its earlier $30 billion fundraising target and $1.4 trillion…
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Claude for Manufacturing from @AnthropicAI ships with 17 skills.
Somewhere a vertical AI founder just added a slide called "Why not Anthropic?" to the Series A deck.
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Joe Montana has four Super Bowl rings. Then he became a seed investor.
@JoeMontana's firm put $100K into @gitlab at a $12M valuation, plus follow-on. At the 2021 IPO, the stake was worth about $42M.
Fund V has raised $84M toward a $90M target.
The fourth ring wasn't the exit.
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Peyton Manning didn't just call the games. He built the company that produces them.
@OmahaProd sold a 10% stake at a $750M+ valuation in 2025:
- Founded in 2020
- 30+ series, including the ManningCast
- Profitable since day one
The booth was the top of the funnel.
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Palomma , a Medellín-based platform building AI and financial services for Latin America’s real estate sector, raised $14 million across its Pre-Series A and Series A rounds, with the Series A led by Cometa and participation from Volpe Capital, Y Combinator, 17Sigma, Nido…
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Early backers in Palomma before this $14M raise:
• @ycombinator: backed it in the Winter 2023 batch
It started with pay-by-bank payments in Colombia. Now it's building AI for rent.
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Dr. Dre didn't just license his name to a headphone company. He owned it.
Apple bought @beatsbydre for $3B in 2014.
- @drdre made about $620M that year, mostly from the sale
The headphones paid better than the records.
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Hailey Bieber founded a skincare line in 2022. Three years later she sold it for up to $1B.
rhode sales:
- $212M in the 12 months ended March 2025
- @elfcosmetics paid $800M at close, plus a $200M earnout
She stayed on as founder and CCO. The posts were the distribution.
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Kim Kardashian's shapewear company is now a $5B business.
@SKIMS in 2025:
- Raised $225M at a $5B valuation, up from $4B in 2023
- Targeted $1B in sales, up from $750M
- She owns just under a third
The show was marketing. The equity is the fortune.
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New York-based Pinpoint, founded by Joshua Cohen, Justin Krokoff and Luke Dobrovic, raised $4.5 million from True Global, Phoenix Capital Ventures, Flybridge, Antler, KSI/Sidemen and others. The company describes itself as the world’s first agentic social media team, with…
Parents keep buying one kids' line at Dick's. @DangeRussWilson and @ciara cofounded the company that makes it.
3BRAND sales:
- 2024: $100M+
- First half of 2025: $70M+
- In 150 Dick's stores
Nike came in later. Equity still beats endorsements.
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JUST IN: @DatabentoHQ raised $100M at a $1.1B valuation
• Lead: Fifth Down Capital
• Also in: @NEA, DRW Venture Capital and @tribecap
• Prior: $97M Series B earlier this year
It sells market data to trading firms and AI labs. Team size at close: 39.
CEO @christinaqi
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Early backers in @DatabentoHQ before the $1.1B round:
• Fifth Down Capital: first in, before revenue
• @NEA, DRW Venture Capital, @tribecap, Hedosophia: existing investors
• @Redpoint, Greycroft, @Unusual_VC: early backers
A unicorn with 39 employees.
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David Beckham's 2007 Galaxy contract came with a $25M option to buy an MLS team.
He used it. MLS later offered $50M to buy the club back. He said no.
@InterMiamiCF now:
- Forbes value: $1.35B
- His 26% stake: $300M+
- Revenue: $200M
The option was the real contract.
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Imprint, a startup that builds co-branded credit cards for retailers, has raised $130 million at a $1.88 billion valuation, up from its previous $1.2 billion valuation. The round includes new investor Positive Sum, co-founded by Patrick O’Shaughnessy, alongside existing…
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Early backers in Imprint before this $130M round:
• Thrive Capital and Affirm: backed the $15M seed
• @kleinerperkins and @stripe: co-led the $38M Series A (Nov 2021)
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Early backers in @OpenAI before the $1.25T round:
• @khoslaventures and Reid Hoffman's foundation: first outside investors (Mar 2019)
• @Microsoft: $1B partnership investment (Jul 2019)
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