For Paradigm, the technical frontier will stretch beyond its cryptocurrency investment roots. This fund is expected to expand its investment focus to include robotics and AI.

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the close of a $25 million Fund II.

Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M for its second fund.

AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion. 

Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised a $46.6 million Fund II from LPs, including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures.

General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor.

HaloBraid aims to help salons speed up braiding with its first device, slated to launch later this year, that acts as a braiding assistant for professional stylists.

Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.

Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.

TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.

The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.

African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner.

Orbio announces $21 million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.

Speaking to TechCrunch, Crunchbase’s head of research Gené Teare, said the factors holding back Black founders include “access to networks, relationships, and early introductions."

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios. 

While startups raising back-to-back rounds at steep step-ups have become almost routine, a company whose valuation doubles in three weeks is unusual enough to raise questions, particularly given the investor set in both rounds is the same.

IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP take TechCrunch inside how they are redefining the fan experience.

Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.