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Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel

Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the Swedish company at $5.55 billion. The valuation is a big jump from the $1.8 billion Legora achieved just last October, when it raised a $150 million Series C round. The company has now raised a total

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Exclusive: Rebar Lands $14M To Help HVAC Suppliers Generate Quotes Faster With AI

Rebar, a startup building an AI operating system for commercial HVAC suppliers, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Prudence led the financing for the New York-based company. Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, Villain Capital and Optimist Ventures also participated in the round. Founded in October 2024,

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Exclusive: Rebar Lands $14M To Help HVAC Suppliers Generate Quotes Faster With AI

Rebar, a startup building an AI operating system for commercial HVAC suppliers, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Prudence led the financing for the New York-based company. Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, Villain Capital and Optimist Ventures also participated in the round. Founded in October 2024,

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The Series B Pipeline Looks Refreshingly Diversified

Before pulling data, one usually has a preconceived idea of what the results will show. In this case, looking at recent U.S. Series B investments, my assumption was that big rounds would be dominated by a few buzzy AI sectors. The reality, however, looks far more diversified. Startups securing the largest rounds run the gamut

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Space Tech, AI Infrastructure Lead Fundraises

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal

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AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

Hayden AI, a San Francisco startup that makes spatial analytics tools for cities worldwide, has sued its co-founder and former CEO, alleging that he stole a large quantity of proprietary information in the days leading up to his ouster from the company in September 2024. In a lawsuit filed late last month in San Francisco

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