Dominic Madori Davis

New York

Senior Venture Capital and Startup Reporter at TechCrunch

venture reporter @techcrunch

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New York-focused VC Work-Bench has raised a fresh $160M

1 day ago | technewstube.com | Dominic Madori Davis

Work-Bench, whose portfolio includes unicorns Spring Health and Socure, just raised a $160 million Fund IV to quadruple down on backing companies in New York City. The firm announced the raise in a blog post on Monday, saying the latest fund will support seed-stage founders building enterprise software. Checks…
New York-focused VC Work-Bench has raised a fresh $160M

1 day ago | techcrunch.com | Dominic Madori Davis

Work-Bench, whose portfolio includes unicorns Spring Health and Socure, just raised a $160 million Fund IV to quadruple down on backing companies in New York City. The firm announced the raise in a blog post on Monday, saying the latest fund will support seed-stage founders building enterprise software. Checks will range from $2 million to $4 million, and the team is looking specifically for companies building in AI, cybersecurity, developer tools, and enterprise applications.
NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit

1 day ago | techcrunch.com | Dominic Madori Davis

Yuga Labs, known as the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other notable NFTs, sold its iconic CryptoPunks to the nonprofit NODE Foundation, which focuses on preserving digital art. The deal details are undisclosed, and a representative declined to comment. Back in April, NODE announced it received a $25 million grant to “build the future of digital art” from investor Micky Malka and Becky Kleiner. The former is chair of the foundation.
NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit

1 day ago | technewstube.com | Dominic Madori Davis

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NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit

1 day ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Dominic Madori Davis

Dominic-Madori Davis Tue, 13 May 2025 at 5:00 pm GMT-4 1 min read Yuga Labs, known as the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other notable NFTs, sold its iconic CryptoPunks to the nonprofit NODE Foundation, which focuses on preserving digital art. The deal details are undisclosed, and a representative declined to comment. Back in April, NODE announced it received a $25 million grant to “build the future of digital art” from investor Micky Malka and Becky Kleiner.
Microsoft is reportedly about to layoff 3% of its workforce

1 day ago | techcrunch.com | Dominic Madori Davis

Microsoft is about to trim its worldwide workforce by 3%, CNBC reports. The company had around 228,000 employees worldwide as of June, it says, meaning more than 6,500 could be affected by the cuts. It would be one of the company’s largest staff reductions since it cut 10,000 people in 2023.
Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI

2 days ago | technewstube.com | Dominic Madori Davis

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Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI

2 days ago | techcrunch.com | Dominic Madori Davis

On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab. The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing founders to have early access to Google AI models from DeepMind, the ability to work with Google experts from DeepMind and Google Labs, and Google Cloud credits.
Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Dominic Madori Davis

4 hours agoAmericans are poised to set a new record for travel over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to projections from AAA. AAA forecasted on Monday that a total of 45.1 million people will take trips at least 50 miles from where they live between Thursday, May 22, and Monday, May 26, the …
Serena-backed health tech lands first FDA approval for home cervical cancer test

5 days ago | techcrunch.com | Dominic Madori Davis

For the first time, the FDA has just approved a device that lets people screen for cervical cancer from home. Known as the Teal Wand, from the company Teal Health, the prescription device lets patients self-collect samples and mail them to a lab to receive the same testing as would be done at a doctor’s office. Teal Health announced a $10 million seed extension round in January, bringing its total funding amount to $23 million, TechCrunch covered at the time.