PIN (Power in Numbers)

Top 5 funding rounds of the week: 📌 1. Hebbia - building Matrix, a product that allows users to create AI agents to complete end-to-end tasks. Founded by: George Sivulka Raised: $130 million in Series B funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Google Ventures, and Peter Thiel 📌 2. Volley - developing AI-powered games that can be played using voice commands. Founded by: Max Child, James Wilsterman Raised: $55 million in Series C funding from M12 Ventures and Lightspeed 📌 3. Captions - an AI video editing startup Founded by: Gaurav Misra, Dwight Churchill Raised: $60 million in Series C funding from Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, and actor Jared Leto 📌 4. Command Zero - developing investigative cybersecurity technology using large language models. Founded by: Dov Yoran, Dean De Beer, Alfred Huger Raised: $21 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz 📌 5. ENSO - helping small and medium-sized businesses access preprogrammed AI agents to handle repetitive tasks. Founded by: Mickey Haslavsky Raised: $6 million in seed funding from NFX, Yossi Matias (head of Google Research), and Shmil Levy (former GP at Sequoia Capital) Congrats to everyone!

Atari is one of the most iconic companies in the video game industry, credited with pioneering the arcade game & the home video game console. In this week's tech mafia series we're highlighting some of the top founders & startups from the Atari alumni group. Quick stats: 📌 Money raised by Atari alumni: $2.5 billion 📌 Companies founded: 60 📌 1. Nom Nom →Founder: Zach Phillips →Atari Role: Director Business Development - Online & Mobile 📌 2. Rypplzz →Founder: Joshua Pendrick →Atari Role: Director of Digital Marketing / Social Media 📌 3. Moxy.io →Founder: Nolan Bushnell →Atari Role: CEO 📌 4. Massive →Founder: Andy Kleinman →Atari Role: Advisory Board Member 📌 5. Carro →Founder: David Perry →Atari Role: President 📌 6. Confirm →Founder: David Murray →Atari Role: User Experience Lead 📌 7. StoneFly, Inc. →Founder: Mo Tahmasebi →Atari Role: System Design Engineer 📌 8. Pager →Founder: Gaspard de Dreuzy →Atari Role: Executive Producer 📌 9. Nymbl Science →Founder: Tom Virden →Atari Role: Director 📌 10. Fingerprint →Founder: Nancy MacIntyre →Atari Role: VP, Marketing If there's anyone we've missed, tag them below. 👇 ❗Quick plug: Are you an Atari Mafia member interested in bringing your community together to invest in innovative ventures (and enjoy potential profits and other perks along the way)? Or perhaps you're part of another dynamic group that could be a fantastic source of startup investments? 😉 Then sign up to our waitlist. https://www.getpin.xyz/ #startups #techmafia #atari

Atari is one of the most iconic companies in the video game industry, credited with pioneering the arcade game & the home video game console. In this week's tech mafia series we will be highlighting the top companies founded by Atari alumni. Quick stats: 📌 Money raised by Atari alumni: $2.5 billion 📌 Companies founded: 60 Stay tuned for the breakdown!

Michael Ma is the founder of the popular CreatorDAO. He previously founded TalkBin, a feedback platform for businesses that Google acquired. He has also invested in the creator economy by backing companies such as Restream, Karat, Captiv8, and Jetfuel as a VC. Here are some of his most notable startup investments: 🚀 Pipe ($2B valuation) 🚀 Mighty Buildings ($153.8M in funding) 🚀 Mutiny (raised $71.6M in funding) 🚀 Pair Team($19.5M raised in funding) 🚀 Lendflow ($13.5M raised in funding) That's some 🔥 stuff right there.

Top 11 tech mafia groups: 📌 1. Google Mafia - $114B raised, 2,423 companies founded 📌 2. McKinsey & Company Mafia - $88B raised, 1,397 companies founded 📌 3. Microsoft Mafia - $66B raised, 2,495 companies founded 📌 4. Twitter Mafia - $55B raised, 341 companies founded 📌 5. Tesla Mafia - $52.2B raised, 132 companies founded 📌 6. OpenAI Mafia - $43.2B raised, 13 companies founded 📌 7. Oracle Mafia - $42B raised, 884 companies founded 📌 8. Amazon Mafia - $34B raised, 755 companies founded 📌 9. Alibaba.com Mafia - $32B raised, 32 companies founded 📌 10. IBM Mafia - $31.4B raised, 1,360 companies founded 📌 11. Qualcomm Mafia - $30B raised, 163 companies founded Did any of these surprise you? 👀

Top 5 funding rounds of the week: 📌 1. Sentient - developing an open-source AI platform aimed at building community-driven artificial general intelligence Founded by: Sandeep Nailwal Raised: $85 million in seed funding. Investors included Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, Framework Ventures, Robot Ventures, Delphi, Republic, and Arrington Capital. 📌 2. Prodia - API and large-scale GPU infrastructure for AI-powered image generation integration Founded by: Shawn Wilkinson Raised: $15 million in seed funding. Investors included Dragonfly Capital, HashKey Capital, Web3.com, Index Ventures, Symbolic Capital, OKX Ventures, EV3, Artichoke, TRGC, Folius, Tangent Capital, Southern Equity, Balaji Srinivasan, and Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal. 📌 3. Phaidra - develops control systems to optimize the performance of industrial facilities, including data centers Founded by: Jim Gao Raised: $12 million in funding. Investors included Index Ventures. 📌 4. Redactive - tools for data synchronization to help enterprises deploy generative AI applications Founded by: Alexander Valente Raised: $7.5 million in seed funding. Investors included Felicis Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and Zapier. 📌 5. Steep - enabling users to query data in natural language and generate visualizations for accessible data exploration and analysis Founded by: Johan Baltzar and Nino Höglund Raised: $4.3 million in seed funding. Investors included Connect Ventures, Inventure, Alliance VC, Antler, and Greens. Congrats to everyone!

Founded by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch initially launched as a blog. However, it quickly became a leading platform for tech news and startup coverage. TechCrunch also happens to have a growing alumni group that has already raised $590M collectively & founded 120 companies. Let's take a look at some prominent startups & founders from the TechCrunch Mafia group: 📌 1. Yumi Founder: Evelyn Rusli TechCrunch Role: Anchor Reporter 📌 2. Touchcast Founder: Erick Schonfeld TechCrunch Role: Editor in Chief 📌 3. Zengo Founder: Ouriel Ohayon 🇮🇱 TechCrunch Role: Founder 📌 4. HD Founder: Sheji Ho TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer 📌 5. Kaden Health Founder: Christopher Viagrande TechCrunch Role: Invited Presentation 📌 6. Udemy Founder: Gagan Biyani TechCrunch Role: Mobile Writer 📌 7. EquityZen Founder: Shriram Bhashyam TechCrunch Role: Contributing Writer 📌 8. PandoDaily Founder: Sarah Lacy TechCrunch Role: Senior Editor 📌 9. Vantage Founder: Ben Schaechter TechCrunch Role: Web Developer 📌 10. Oncue Founder: Vineet Thanedar TechCrunch Role: Lead Engineer More members from the TechCrunch Mafia group: Unity Stoakes from Startup Health, Steve Satoru Naito from Anyplace, Edouard Gasser from Tilak Healthcare, Keith Teare from SignalRank Corporation, Steve Cheney from Estimote, Nick G. from UNXD, Calley Nye from Popularium, and others. If there's anyone we've missed, tag them below. 👇 ❗Quick plug: Are you a TechCrunch Mafia member interested in bringing your community together to invest in innovative ventures (and enjoy potential profits and other perks along the way)? Or perhaps you're part of another dynamic group that could be a fantastic source of startup investments? 😉 Then sign up to our waitlist. https://www.getpin.xyz/ #startups #techmafia #techcrunch

This week in tech mafia news we have a special & influential group coming up: The TechCrunch Mafia! Quick stats: 📌 $590M raised 📌 120 companies founded Stay tuned for the full breakdown!

Henrique Dubugras is the co-founder Brex, an online payment solution valued at $12 billion. He: → started coding at the age of 12 by hacking video games → co-founded his first startup, Pagar.me, at the age of 16 → dropped out of Stanford University after just a few months to focus on building Brex → was listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for his contributions to fintech Henrique is also an active angel investor. Here are some of his most notable startup investments: 🚀 Superhuman (raised $108 million in funding) 🚀 Mutiny (raised $71.6 million in funding) 🚀 Lean Technologies (raised $36.5 million in funding) 🚀 NG.CASH (raised $24.1 million in funding) 🚀 Exponential DeFi (raised $14 million in funding) 🚀 Alza (raised $3.5 million in funding) That's some 🔥 stuff right there.

There are approx. 8,000-10,000 active VC firms globally. Here are the top 11 VCs in the world and their most notable investments: 📌 1. Neil Shen - ByteDance ($268B valuation) VC Firm: Sequoia China 📌 2. Micky Malka - Coinbase ($57.8B valuation) VC Firm: Ribbit Capital 📌 3. Alfred Lin - Citadel Securities ($1.2B funding) VC Firm: Sequoia 📌 4. Richard Liu - Xiaomi ($55.73B valuation) VC Firm: 5Y Capital 📌 5. Navin Chaddha - HashiCorp ($349.2M funding) VC Firm: Mayfield Fund 📌 6. Garry Tan - Coinbase ($57.8B valuation) VC Firm: Y Combinator 📌 7. Zhen Zhang - Pinduoduo ($205.53 B valuation) VC Firm: Gaorong Capital 📌 8. Lee Fixel - Freshworks ($3.85B valuation) VC Firm: Addition 📌 9. Fred Wilson - Coinbase (($57.8B valuation) VC Firm: Union Square Ventures 📌 10. Hans Tung - Airbnb ($92.69B valuation) VC Firm: GGV Capital 📌 11. David Frankel - Coupang ($40.59 valuation) VC Firm: Founder Collective #VC #startups #funding #venturecapital