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Gumloop's quest to create a $1B startup with 10 people

22 hours ago | pitchbook.com | Rosie Bradbury

Max Brodeur-Urbas’ Gumloop, has an ambitious goal: reach a $1 billion valuation with just 10 people on its full-time staff. Right now, it has nine. The two-year-old AI-enabled workflow automation startup, a Y Combinator graduate backed by First Round Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, is taking the aspirational Silicon Valley concept of a “10x engineer” and extending it to its logical conclusion: Creating a billion-dollar company can be done with a few extremely efficient people.
BlackRock expands 401(k) reach through Great Gray target date fund

1 day ago | pitchbook.com | Janelle Bradley

BlackRock is gaining access to 401(k) investors through a new offering provided by Great Gray Trust that will leverage private equity funds operated by the world’s largest asset manager. BlackRock’s private equity offerings, along with index equity and index fixed income strategies, will be made available in Great Gray’s first target date fund in an effort to give retirement account holders greater exposure to private market investments.
Courting the wealth channel, VC struggles even as other private funds soar

1 day ago | pitchbook.com | Alec Davis

Featured image by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Fifteen years have passed since Naval Ravikant popularized a novel way for angel investors to break into a startup-funding system that was ruled by the clubby VC industry. Following the paradigm shift that Ravikant’s AngelList helped launch, scores of innovative asset managers and fintech platforms today are raising billions of dollars from wealthy individuals who seek access to the once-exclusive private markets.
VCs shoot for the stars, send space-tech funding on course for new record

3 days ago | pitchbook.com | Leah Hodgson

Global VC funding for space-tech startups is set to reach new heights this year, but investor bets are becoming more concentrated as the vertical matures. According to PitchBook data, VC investment in space tech has already reached $5.9 billion this year, which puts 2025 on course to exceed 2021’s record. However, the deal count could land below last year’s level, with most capital going toward mature startups.
Wisdom Ventures is raising a second fund to invest in wellness

3 days ago | pitchbook.com | Michael Bodley

Wisdom Ventures has raised an initial $16 million of a $50 million target for a second fund, betting in part on tech startups working to curb technology addiction. The firm’s new fund comes as Silicon Valley and the world beyond grapple with the early impacts on users of the fast rise of AI and other emerging technologies. Numerous studies and reports indicate that average screen time is increasing and that heavy social media usage has exacerbated adolescent mental health issues.
Morgan Stanley's latest middle-market fund raises $3.2B amid exit recovery

4 days ago | pitchbook.com | Janelle Bradley

Morgan Stanley’s latest middle-market private equity fund raised $3.2 billion in 12 months in a 60% step up from its predecessor, as private equity funds’ time to close improved in the first three months of the year. “It’s increasingly difficult to be another buyout because the market’s crowded,” said Aaron Sack, head of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. “Our exits during fundraising exceeded our own expectations,” he added.
UK cybersecurity startups struggle for VC funding despite surge of threats

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Leah Hodgson

Even as the UK government scrambles to support the cybersecurity industry following a string of attacks, VC funding for UK cybersecurity startups is on track to hit its lowest level in a decadeIn the spring, the UK was gripped by a series of high-profile cyberattacks, with hackers targeting major retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Co-op. Government statistics show that just over 4 in 10 businesses in the UK have reported a cybersecurity breach in the past 12 months.
Just months after its founding, Mira Murati's Thinking Machines raises $2B at $10B valuation

1 week ago | pitchbook.com | Jacob E. Robbins

Kimberly White/Getty Images for WIRED Thinking Machines, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has reportedly raised $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation. The round could be one of the largest seed rounds ever, another sign that VCs are increasingly focusing on AI investing at the earliest stages. The Financial Times reported that Andreessen Horowitz led the round into the four-month-old company.
Buyout firms hope for improved IPO window in H2

1 week ago | pitchbook.com | Janelle Bradley

Buyout firms are hoping for an IPO comeback in the second half of the year, after an initial spark of optimism has been tempered by a slow second quarter. Venture Global, a formerly PE-backed provider of liquefied natural gas, made its debut on the NYSE in January, making its mark as the largest PE exit in Q1 with a valuation of $58.7 billion, according to PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown.
X.AI sets sizes, boosts potential yield for $5B loan/bond offering

1 week ago | pitchbook.com | John Atkins |Jakema Lewis

X.AI Corp. has set the amounts for its $5 billion three-part financing at $1 billion each for five-year floating- and fixed-rate term loans, and $3 billion of five-year (non-call two) senior secured bonds, according to market sources. After documentation changes to the offering, books are slated to close on June 20 at 1 p.m. EDT. Price talk was revised wider.