Archive - Newcomer

Exclusive: Boldstart Ventures Raises $250 Million Fund VII for Inception-Stage Enterprise Bets

General partner Ed Sim says investing exclusively in founders focused on enterprise customers has been key to Boldstart’s success

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Madeline Renbarger

June 2025

12 Videos from CVAI London: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Dylan Field from Figma, Anton Osika from Lovable & More

Listen to our talks from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in London

Jun 27 •

CVAI London: Voice App Leaders Tease a Post-Text Era As AI Wall Fears Are Forgotten

We hosted the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in London Wednesday

Jun 26 •

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Happening Now: ICONIQ Debuts Annual ‘State of AI Research' Report at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit London

The survey of 300 software execs shows trends in spending, R&D AI

Jun 25 •

Madeline Renbarger

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Pope Leo XIV Will Have Things to Say About the Future of AI

Plus, Coatue slides on private market AI investing.

Jun 20 •

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Madeline Renbarger

AI Talent Wars Bring Unprecedented Pay Packages as Meta Throws Down

"Pascal's wager" is the play of the moment.

Jun 19 •

We're Headed to London. Here's the Agenda for Our Cerebral Valley AI Summit Next Week.

Investors at Index, Accel, GV, 20VC & ICONIQ set to speak. See the full schedule.

Jun 19

AI Roll-Up Deals Accelerate as Top VC Firms Edge Towards Private Equity

Fresh details on roll-up plays by General Catalyst, Slow Ventures & 8VC

Jun 18 •

Madeline Renbarger

SCOOP: Substack in Talks to Raise Financing as It Taps Into the Zeitgeist of Trump II

Substack is generating about $45 million in annual recurring revenue: sources

Jun 17 •

AI Moguls Vie for Leadership Crown

Plus, Chime IPO scorecard, Musk's robotaxi gamble & the latest from Y Combinator

Jun 13 •

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Madeline Renbarger

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang in the Driver's Seat With Meta Deal

Plus, startup Handshake and others take aim at Scale as human training of LLMs becomes more critical

Jun 10 •

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My Conversation with Roy Bahat As Bloomberg Beta Announces New $75M Fund

Bloomberg Beta tells Newcomer it has raised $75 million for its fifth fund

Jun 9 •

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