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Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M (inc42.com)
2025-1-5 Startup

Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its executive suite (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-5 Startup

Filing: Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora's board, to focus on his job as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-4 Uber Startup

PitchBook: generative AI companies worldwide raised $56B from VCs in 2024 across 885 deals, up 192% from 2023, with startups outside the US raising just $6.2B (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-4 Startup AI

Paris is vying with London as Europe's top AI hotspot, with 34 of the 40 best-performing startups at the Station F incubator in 2024 focused on AI (t.co)
2025-1-3 Europe Startup AI London Paris

PitchBook: the number of VCs investing in US startups fell from a peak of 8,315 in 2021 to 6,175 in 2024; 9 firms raised 50%+ of the $71B raised by VCs in 2024 (t.co)
2025-1-2 Startup

The US DOJ files a complaint and announces a civil enforcement action against fintech startup Dave and CEO Jason Wilk, replacing an FTC complaint from November (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-31 Fintech Startup

Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-31 Startup

Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff (www.theinformation.com)
2024-12-28 Startup Shopify

A look at OpenAI's interest in humanoid robots, from investing in startups like Figure and Physical Intelligence to, sources say, considering making one itself (www.theinformation.com)
2024-12-25 Startup Robot Intelligence

Shuttered Electric Air Taxi Startup Lilium May Be Saved After All (slashdot.org)
2024-12-25 Startup

Balderton Capital and Dealroom: European AI startups attracted 25% of the region's VC funding, or ~$13.7B, in 2024, compared to 15% in 2020 (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-24 Europe Startup AI

Electric Aircraft Startup Lilium Ceases Operations, 1,000 Workers Laid Off (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-12-24 Startup

Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-22 Asia Startup AI Southeast Asia

Startup Set To Brick $800 Kids Robot Is Trying To Open Source It First (hardware.slashdot.org)
2024-12-21 Startup Robot Open Source

Sensor Tower: Indian quick commerce startup Zepto had 31M MAUs in Nov. 2024, up from 6M in May 2022; Blinkit had 30M MAUs in Nov. 2024, up from 28M in May 2022 (indiadispatch.com)
2024-12-21 India Startup Sensor

Sam Altman says Elon Musk is “clearly a bully” who is suing OpenAI because the startup is doing really well and calls the lawsuits “a little bit of a sideshow” (fortune.com)
2024-12-21 Startup Elon Musk

Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI €15M after its probe found that the startup processed users' personal data to train ChatGPT without an adequate legal basis (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-21 Italy Startup

The EU commission approves Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli AI workload management startup Run:ai, saying the takeover raises no competition concerns in the EU (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-20 Israel Startup AI Nvidia

Singapore-based bolttech, a B2B2C startup that offers “embedded” insurance products, raised a $100M+ Series C led by Dragon Fund at a $2.1B valuation (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-20 Startup Singapore Insurance

Tracxn: Indian startup funding rounds fell 32% YoY to 1,448 in 2024, but overall funding rose 6% YoY to $11.3B; 40+ startups completed IPOs, up 80% YoY (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-19 India IPO Startup

Parafin, a startup run by ex-Robinhood staff offering spend management and savings tools as well as loan products, raised a $100M Series C at a $750M valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-19 Startup

NYC-based AI-powered accounting startup Basis raised a $34M Series A led by Khosla Ventures, with Nat Friedman, Jeff Dean, Adam D'Angelo, and others investing (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-18 Startup AI

Parafin, a startup run by ex-Robinhood staff offering spend management and savings tools as well as loan products, raised a $100 Series C at a $750M valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-18 Startup

Atlanta-based Slip Robotics, a robot-as-a-service startup whose robots speed up the loading and unloading of truck trailers, raised a $28M Series B led by DCVC (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-18 Startup Robot

Grammarly buys productivity startup Coda, set to close in January, and names Coda co-founder and CEO Shishir Mehrotra as CEO; Coda had a $1.4B valuation in 2021 (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-18 Startup

UK-based BVNK, a stablecoin infra startup with ~$40M in annualized revenue, raised a $50M Series B led by Haun Ventures; a source said it values BVNK at ~$750M (fortune.com)
2024-12-18 Startup

Turkish startup Agave Games, developer of Find the Cat, which has 10M+ downloads since its August 2024 release, raised an $18M Series A at a $100M valuation (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-17 Startup

Beijing-based AI startup Zhipu, which aims to make services tailored to the China market, raised $412M, after raising $400M at a ~$3B valuation in May 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-17 China Startup AI

Pune, India-based industrial AI startup Haber raised a $44M Series C, including $38M in equity and $6M in debt, led by Creaegis, BEENEXT, and Accel (www.finsmes.com)
2024-12-17 India Startup AI Equity

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