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Flexjet, the luxury private jet operator, has officially raised $800 million in a round led by L Catterton—the private e...
22/07/2025

Flexjet, the luxury private jet operator, has officially raised $800 million in a round led by L Catterton—the private equity firm backed by LVMH and Bernard Arnault’s family office—bringing Flexjet’s valuation to $4 billion. The round also included participation from KSL Capital Partners and J. Safra Group. The raise comes just two years after a failed S**C deal with Todd Boehly’s Horizon Acquisition Corp. II, which had previously pegged Flexjet at $3.1B. Now, with stronger fundamentals and rising demand for luxury travel, the company is leaning into global expansion.

Flexjet recently signed a $7B deal with Embraer for 182 new executive jets and aims to double its fleet as part of its push into long-haul and international markets. The funding will support fleet growth, international infrastructure, and elevated customer experience—further positioning Flexjet as a boutique alternative to NetJets.

INVESTORS: L Catterton (lead), KSL Capital, J. Safra Group
VALUATION: $4,000,000,000
FUNDING: $800,000,000
SECTOR: Luxury Aviation / Experience Economy

Delve, a San Francisco-based AI compliance startup founded by MIT alumni Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar (who also serve...
22/07/2025

Delve, a San Francisco-based AI compliance startup founded by MIT alumni Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar (who also serves as COO), has raised $32 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from Fortune 500 CISOs. The female-founded company is reimagining compliance by replacing manual, fragmented processes with AI agents that automate tasks across over 25 regulatory frameworks, including SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR. With its total funding now at $35.3 million, Delve plans to accelerate product development, expand its team, and help businesses turn compliance into a competitive advantage.

INVESTORS: Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Funder’s Club, General Catalyst, Soma, e14, & Fortune 500 CISOs

ROUND: Series A
AMOUNT: $32,000,000

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Health-Ade Kombucha, co-founded in 2012 and now led by CEO Chris Lansing, has agreed to be acquired by Generous Brands—a...
22/07/2025

Health-Ade Kombucha, co-founded in 2012 and now led by CEO Chris Lansing, has agreed to be acquired by Generous Brands—a Butterfly-backed platform of premium refrigerated beverages—in a deal reportedly valued at $500 million. Daina Trout co-founded Health-Ade Kombucha in 2012 alongside her husband, Justin Trout, and best friend, Vanessa Dew. The acquisition adds Health-Ade, a top-selling kombucha brand with $250 million in annual retail sales, to a portfolio that includes Bolthouse Farms, Evolution Fresh, and SAMBAZON, and positions Generous Brands to approach $1 billion in retail sales. Founders of Health-Ade and previous investors First Bev and Manna Tree will retain minority stakes as the brand enters its next phase of growth under Generous Brands.

BUYER: Generous Brands

ACQUISITION PRICE: $500,000,000

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Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field is set to cash out approximately $60 million in the company’s upcoming IPO by selli...
22/07/2025

Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field is set to cash out approximately $60 million in the company’s upcoming IPO by selling 2.35 million shares at the proposed $25–$28 price range. Despite the sizable sale, Field will maintain strong control of the company, holding 74% of voting power post-IPO due to supervoting Class B shares and voting rights over co-founder Evan Wallace’s shares. The IPO features an unusually high ratio of secondary to primary shares, with existing shareholders—including major backers Index Ventures, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia—offloading up to 24.7 million shares, plus an additional 5.5 million if demand warrants.

Polymarket, led by Founder and CEO Shayne Coplan, has acquired QCEX — the CFTC-licensed exchange and clearinghouse — for...
21/07/2025

Polymarket, led by Founder and CEO Shayne Coplan, has acquired QCEX — the CFTC-licensed exchange and clearinghouse — for $112 million, marking a major regulatory milestone for the world’s largest prediction market. The deal enables Polymarket’s reentry into the U.S. under a fully compliant framework, paving the way for American users to legally trade on its platform, which has already seen $6 billion in predictions in 2025.

SALE PRICE: $112,000,000

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Midpage, a New York-based AI-native legal research platform, has raised $4 million in Seed funding, bringing its total r...
21/07/2025

Midpage, a New York-based AI-native legal research platform, has raised $4 million in Seed funding, bringing its total raised to $6.2 million. Founded by Otto Zastrow, the round was led by a major legal publishing house, with participation from big law angels and existing investor LEA Partners. Midpage is building the largest caselaw dataset and search engine to support deeper legal research, already covering both state and federal courts. The new funding will be used to expand its New York team and continue advancing its independent data infrastructure.

INVESTOR: LEA Partners

ROUND: Seed
AMOUNT: $4,000,000
TOTAL RAISED: $6,200,000

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Perplexity AI, founded in 2022 and led by CEO Aravind Srinivas, has rapidly become a standout in the generative AI space...
19/07/2025

Perplexity AI, founded in 2022 and led by CEO Aravind Srinivas, has rapidly become a standout in the generative AI space, recently securing $100 million in funding at a soaring $18 billion valuation. Backed by major investors like Nvidia, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, NEA, and IVP, the company has seen explosive revenue growth and launched Comet, its AI-powered browser. Strategic moves, including a landmark partnership with Bharti Airtel in India, have fueled its global reach. Srinivas remains committed to independence and envisions Perplexity as the core of a new AI-native information infrastructure.

INVESTORS: Nvidia, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, New Enterprise Associates & IVP

AMOUNT: $100,000,000
VALUATION: $18,000,000,000

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Substack, founded in 2017 by Chris Best (CEO), has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by BOND and The Chernin G...
17/07/2025

Substack, founded in 2017 by Chris Best (CEO), has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by BOND and The Chernin Group, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Klutch Sports Group’s Rich Paul, and Skims co-founder and CEO Jens Grede. The raise boosts Substack’s valuation to $1.1 billion, marking a 70% jump from its 2021 valuation. Known for empowering writers and publishers to monetize their content directly, the platform now hosts over 5 million paid subscriptions. The company plans to use the new funds to enhance its tools, expand its reach, and strengthen support for creators, including further investment in the Substack app.

INVESTORS: BOND, The Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Rich Paul & Jens Grede

ROUND: Series C
AMOUNT: $100,000,000
VALUATION: $1,100,000,000

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Helios (), founded by CEO Joe Scheidler, CTO Brandon Smith, and President Joseph Farsakh, raised a $4 million seed round...
17/07/2025

Helios (), founded by CEO Joe Scheidler, CTO Brandon Smith, and President Joseph Farsakh, raised a $4 million seed round led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Founders Inc., Alumni Ventures, and strategic angels. Helios is building the first AI-native operating system for public policy professionals, helping policy, legal, compliance, and regulatory teams move faster, stay ahead of risk, and cut through red tape. Its flagship platform, Proxi, serves as a secure agentic workspace to track policy, generate filings, map government relationships, and turn complex regulations into actionable insights.

The founders bring experience from the White House, State Department, Microsoft, Datadog, USAID, and King & Spalding. Helios was born out of Joe’s time in government, where he saw outdated tools stall critical decisions. He teamed up with Joseph, a national security and diplomacy veteran, and Brandon, an engineer from Microsoft and Datadog. The three went full-time in March 2025 and haven’t looked back.

FOUNDERS: Joe Scheidler (), Brandon Smith () & Joseph Farsakh ()

INVESTORS: Unusual Ventures, Founders Inc. & Alumni Ventures

ROUND: Seed
AMOUNT: $4,000,000

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Felt, an Oakland-based provider of a cloud-native GIS platform, has raised $15 million in funding led by Energize Capita...
17/07/2025

Felt, an Oakland-based provider of a cloud-native GIS platform, has raised $15 million in funding led by Energize Capital with participation from BCV and Footwork. Led by CEO Sam Hashemi, Felt will use the capital to grow its team and enhance its offerings, including Felt AI and advanced data analysis tools, helping customers like MSCI and the County of Santa Barbara manage spatial data and accelerate government initiatives more efficiently.

INVESTORS: Energize Capital, BCV & Footwork

AMOUNT: $15,000,000

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Hummus brand Little Sesame, founded in 2016 by CEO Nick Wiseman and Ronen Tenne, has raised an $8.5 million Series A led...
17/07/2025

Hummus brand Little Sesame, founded in 2016 by CEO Nick Wiseman and Ronen Tenne, has raised an $8.5 million Series A led by InvestEco Capital to supercharge its expansion. The New York-based company, whose organic fresh hummus is now in nearly 3,000 US stores including Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Erewhon, will use the funds to open a 23,000-square-foot manufacturing site, boost production by 400%, scale regenerative chickpea farming partnerships, and grow its healthy snacking line, including Hummus for Kids.

INVESTORS: InvestEco Capital, Watchfire Ventures, Santatera Capital & Beliade Consumer Partners

ROUND: Series A
AMOUNT: $8,500,000

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Sydney Sweeney, Emmy-nominated Euphoria star and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum, is expanding her empire with a new lingerie br...
16/07/2025

Sydney Sweeney, Emmy-nominated Euphoria star and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum, is expanding her empire with a new lingerie brand—reportedly backed by Jeff Bezos and Ben Schwerin of Coatue.

The move follows Coatue’s recent $1B investment infusion from Bezos and Michael Dell, and sheds new light on Sweeney’s appearance at Bezos’ star-studded Venice wedding. As celebrity-founded brands continue to scale, Sweeney’s latest venture places her at the intersection of entertainment, fashion, and venture capital.

FOUNDER: Sydney Sweeney
INVESTORS: Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, Ben Schwerin (Coatue)
CATEGORY: Fashion / Consumer / Celebrity Ventures

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