Pluto AI raises $2.1 million to bring intelligence to water treatment

 Former 500 Startups accelerator company Pluto AI is announcing $2.1 million in fundraising today from Fall Line Capital,…

Data Collective and SynBioBeta founder John Cumbers launch a seed stage biotech fund

 Data Collective (DCVC) is bringing Dr. John Cumbers, the founder of synthetic biology platform SynBioBeta and…

Let’s meet in Pittsburgh on April 11

 In preparation for Disrupt New York and our upcoming TC Sessions series on Robotics Matt Burns…

Looker catches the fancy of CapitalG, Goldman and Geodesic with $81.5M Series D

 Business intelligence platform Looker is announcing a wholesome $81.5 million Series D today led by CapitalG,…

Owlet updates its smart baby health monitoring sock so babies can’t kick it off

 Owlet, a Utah-based startup monitoring your babies vitals, has a new and improved smart sock out…

The Art of the Pitch

 Vitaly M. Golomb leads global investments at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley’s…

Permira’s Brian Ruder on private equity’s attraction to tech — and where he’s shopping now

 For the last couple of years, private equity firms have been buying up public software companies…

500 Startups will keep investing in Latin America with new $10M fund

 500 Startups is increasing its commitment to global investing with a new Latin America fund, targeting $10…