Herdr2026-09-09 07:13:36Herdr raises $6 million seed round after four months and 36,000 GitHub starsHerdr, a runtime built for coding agents, has raised a $6 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator and e2vc. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht, and fal co-founder Görkem Yurtseven also joined the round. The project is still a one-person effort developed by Can Celik. The company says Herdr works like a tmux built for coding agents, letting users run tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor Agent CLI in a unified environment while keeping them active in the background. Agents can continue running even if the terminal closes or an SSH session drops. About four months after launch, Herdr had recorded more than 36,000 GitHub stars, 780,000 downloads, and more than 1,000 community-built plugins and related projects at the time of financing. Celik plans to use the new capital mainly to hire and form a small team focused on runtime stability, performance, and extensibility. The project also said its core runtime will remain open source under Apache 2.0 and will not move to closed source after the fundraise. A day before the financing news, Herdr launched multi-machine management, allowing users to manage agents across a local machine, servers, and a Mac mini from a single terminal.770
Wintermute Ve2026-09-04 08:36:38Wintermute Ventures Joins OpenReserve's Seed RoundWintermute Ventures has joined the seed round of emerging bank OpenReserve. The $25 million round was led by a16z crypto and closed in April 2026, with participation from Jump Capital, Acrew, Coinbase Ventures, Clocktower, Quona, and Middle East VC AAF Management.910
Tether2026-09-04 02:38:39Tether Led $3M Seed Round for Colombian Fintech PlentiColombian fintech Plenti has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Tether, with participation from Verda Ventures. The funds will support existing operations in Colombia and expansion into Peru and Bolivia. The app enables users to hold and transfer USD, EUR, and Colombian pesos, fund international brokerage accounts, and invest fractionally in US stocks, ETFs, digital gold, and crypto assets. Plenti has over 150,000 active users and processes over $3.1 billion in transactions annually.920
prediction ma2026-09-04 02:06:21Prediction Market Data Startup Oddpool Joins Kalshi, Backed by Y Combinator and $3M Seed RoundOddpool, a startup specializing in prediction market data, has announced its integration with Kalshi. The company, which graduated from Y Combinator this spring with a $3 million seed round, is building tools for institutional adoption of prediction markets, treating them as a real asset class. Oddpool aims to aggregate information through matching buyers and sellers in open auctions, covering areas beyond traditional derivatives like politics, sports, climate, and culture. The firm believes joining Kalshi will allow it to build from within the ecosystem.830
OpenReserve2026-09-03 17:02:18OpenReserve Raises $25M Seed Round Led by a16z CryptoBlockchain-native bank OpenReserve has raised $25 million in a seed round led by a16z Crypto. The funds will be used to build an OCC-approved, compliant blockchain-native U.S. national bank. Other investors remain undisclosed.880
Plenti2026-09-03 02:38:54Colombian Fintech Plenti Raises $3M Seed Round Led by TetherColombian fintech Plenti has secured $3 million in seed funding, led by stablecoin issuer Tether with participation from Verda Ventures. The funds will support expansion into Peru and Bolivia. Plenti offers multi-currency accounts for freelancers and remote workers, allowing users to hold dollars, euros, and Colombian pesos, earn yield, and invest in US stocks, ETFs, digital gold, and crypto assets. The company serves over 150,000 active users, processes $3.1 billion in annual transactions, and has handled 680 million USDT since 2023.860
Keenable2026-08-25 13:01:21Accel-backed Keenable raises $26 million seed round to build search indexes for AI agentsKeenable, a startup backed by Accel, said it has raised a $26 million seed round as it comes out of stealth. The company is building a large web search index designed for AI agents. The announcement was reported by TechCrunch and carried by Techub News. No other funding terms were disclosed in the input.320
Market Analys2026-08-20 01:43:00Has Venture Capital Died? A Satirical Open Letter Says Smaller Funds Are Being Squeezed OutPANews published a sharply satirical open letter by Michael Dempsey, translated by TechFlow, arguing that venture capital is being reshaped by larger funds moving down into seed-stage deals. The piece says founders are increasingly choosing brand-name firms, that only a handful of companies matter in any given year, and that capital is concentrating around AI. It also mocks the idea that small funds can still compete on price, access, or influence. Beyond seed investing, the letter urges managers to move into growth rounds, back obvious winners using existing data, and accept that the strongest founders are often the easiest to identify. The tone is intentionally dismissive, but the article’s core message is clear: scale, brand recognition, and capital concentration are making life harder for traditional early-stage investors.1360
