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Khosla Ventures is an American venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla. It focuses on early-stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile, financial services, agriculture, healthcare and clean technology sectors. Some of its most successful investments include Affirm, DoorDash, Square, Impossible Foods, and Instacart.
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Discovery Loop seeks $1 billion raise at $10 billion valuation
Odaily News: Sources reveal that Discovery Loop, an AI startup founded by former Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, is in talks to raise $1 billion at a valuation of approximately $10 billion. Specific terms of the funding round are still subject to change.Discovery Loop aims to accelerate discovery in science and engineering through automated machine learning, science and engineering, and parallel execution of thousands of experiments. Its initial funding was led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, and Doerr Capital, while Alphabet serves as founding investor and cloud services partner. The founding team of Discovery Loop also includes former core Google researchers such as Sanjay Ghemawat, Quoc Le, and Oriol Vinyals. (businessinsider)
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Corma Raises $60 Million Seed Round Led by Sequoia Capital, Launches AI Model for Defensive Cybersecurity
According to Fortune, cybersecurity AI startup Corma announced the completion of a $60 million seed round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, the company has now deployed its first model to multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies across industries such as healthcare, financial services, energy, critical infrastructure, and retail.
AI Weather Company WindBorne Systems Completes $37 Million Series B Financing
Weather technology company WindBorne Systems completed a $37 million Series B financing round, co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize, with a post-money valuation of $250 million.
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Software-driven mining startup Mariana Minerals closes $310 million Series B funding round, led by Khosla Ventures
According to Fortune, software-driven mining startup Mariana Minerals has completed a $310 million Series B funding round, led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Greenoaks, BHP Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, and other institutions. This brings the company's total funding to $400 million, with a valuation of $1.5 billion. Mariana was co-founded in 2024 by Turner Caldwell, a former member of Tesla's factory design and construction team. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company is dedicated to reshaping the traditional mining industry with software technology. The company currently operates two mines: Copper One in Utah (a copper mine targeting an annual production of 50,000 tons of refined copper) and Lithium One in Texas (a lithium mine expected to enter commercial production in 2027).
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Six Major VCs Including Sequoia and a16z Sign MOU with South Korea's National Pension Fund to Boost Investment in AI and Other Strategic Industries
According to Korean media Asiae, six top Silicon Valley VC firms, including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and NEA, announced the signing of a strategic investment cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the South Korean National Pension Service (NPS), planning to jointly explore investment opportunities, share investment information, and strengthen their global venture capital layout. Additionally, with the South Korean government accelerating policies to attract overseas venture capital, coupled with the launch of the 200 trillion won "National Growth Fund," the market expects the Korean venture capital sector to see simultaneous inflows of policy funds, private capital, and overseas capital, with strategic industries such as AI and semiconductors expected to receive more investment. However, industry insiders warn that if a large amount of capital concentrates on a few popular enterprises, it may push up corporate valuations and create bubbles, potentially facing valuation correction pressure during future IPO and M&A exits, affecting fund return rates.
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Indian AI startup Emergent raises $130 million Series C funding, valuation reaches $1.5 billion
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has completed a $130 million Series C financing round, with a post-money valuation reaching $1.5 billion, representing a significant increase from its $300 million valuation during its Series B round in January this year. The round was led by Creaegis, with participation from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and others, bringing the company's total cumulative funding to $230 million.
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AI Financial Platform Rogo Closes $160M Series D Led by Kleiner Perkins
Odaily AI financial workflow platform Rogo announced the completion of a $160 million Series D funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, and others. Rogo stated that its AI system has been deployed at several of the world's top investment banks, asset management firms, and private equity institutions to enhance efficiency in investment research, modeling, and client communication. The proceeds will be used to deepen system integration, expand on-site engineering and investment banking teams, and accelerate expansion into European and Asian markets. The company emphasized that AI is driving the 'democratization and efficiency restructuring' of high-end financial services capabilities.
Former Twitter CEO Launches AI Startup Parallel Web Systems, Raises $100M in Series B Funding with $2B Valuation
According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems—an AI startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal—has raised $100 million in its Series B funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. The company’s valuation has risen to $2 billion, bringing its total funding to $230 million. Parallel focuses on building web search infrastructure for AI agents, supporting in-depth research use cases such as investment research, insurance claims processing, and government contract analysis. Over 100,000 developers are already using its platform, with customers including legal AI company Harvey. Proceeds from this round will be used to expand the sales team and strengthen R&D efforts.
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Digital Banking Platform Slash Completes $100 Million Series C Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital
Odaily News: Digital banking platform for businesses, Slash, announced the completion of a $100 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Goodwater Capital and Khosla Ventures. The post-money valuation is approximately $1.4 billion, bringing the total funding raised to $160 million. Slash claims to serve over 5,000 business clients, offering services including corporate accounts, virtual accounts, stablecoin payments, expense management, bookkeeping automation, and real-time payments. The company stated that the new funds will be used to accelerate product iteration and advance its strategy of positioning the "bank account as the command center for corporate finance."
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