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Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm specializing in investing in incubation, early-stage, and growth companies.
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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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Live streaming e-commerce platform Whatnot completes $545 million Series G financing, valuation reaches $20 billion
According to Fortune, live streaming e-commerce platform Whatnot completed a $545 million Series G funding round, with its valuation nearly doubling from $11.5 billion in October 2025 to $20 billion. The round was led by ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and Avra, with new investors including Kleiner Perkins, Wellington Management, and others, while existing shareholders such as Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, and CapitalG continued to participate. Since its founding in 2019, Whatnot has raised approximately $1.5 billion in total funding, expanding its business from collectibles to hundreds of categories including designer bags and fresh food, covering multiple national markets, and surpassing 1 billion in order volume.
AI Agent infrastructure Sail Research completes $80 million funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and others
AI Agent infrastructure company Sail Research has announced the completion of an $80 million Seed and Series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Redpoint Ventures, CRV, Theory Ventures, and others. Sail Research focuses on building infrastructure for AI Agents, aiming to address the computational power, cost, and operational limitations of current AI systems in long-duration, multi-step tasks. Its API is compatible with the OpenAI interface and supports mainstream open-source models such as DeepSeek and Gemma. (PRNewswire)
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Allium, a blockchain data analytics startup, has closed a $40 million Series B funding round led by Amplify Partners.
According to Fortune, New York-based blockchain analytics firm Allium has announced a $40 million Series B funding round, led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Theory Ventures. Allium specializes in cleaning and integrating complex on-chain data, serving institutional clients including Visa, the Federal Reserve, Coinbase, and a16z Crypto.
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Coinbase Founder's New Company NewLimit Raises $435 Million in Series C Funding, Valued at $3.1 Billion
: NewLimit, a longevity technology startup co-founded by Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong, announced the completion of a $435 million Series C funding round, achieving a valuation of $3.1 billion. The round was led by Peter Thiel's fund, Founders Fund, with continued participation from Abstract Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, NFDG, Eli Lilly Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and others. New investors introduced in this round include Thrive Capital, Greenoaks, and Quiet Capital.In 2021, Brian Armstrong, along with former GV partner and bioengineer Blake Byers and stem cell biologist Jacob Kimmel, jointly invested $110 million to establish NewLimit in South San Francisco.
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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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