Local Kitchens raised $40M to run multi-brand restaurants as ghost kitchens died
Founded by ex-DoorDash operators, Local Kitchens employs the cooks itself and serves eight brands from one kitchen — 5x growth since its 2021 Series A.
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500 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDUnified Women's Healthcare bought Gennev, menopause care's first startup exit
Jill Angelo's Seattle telehealth startup — $8M raised, ten employees, a dozen contract OB-GYNs — sold to the largest US OB-GYN practice platform.
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Ex-Android and Stripe leaders raised $56M led by Index and CapitalG at a $500M valuation for a cloud operating system on which AI agents are built.
Read the caseDandelion's ex-CTO raised $1M for Balto to finance whole-home electrification
Balto Energy gives solar installers a decision-tree tool for electrification projects, plus asset-owning financing it says halves interest rates.
Read the caseBabblebots pivoted from interview coaching to AI recruiters doing the hiring
Roli Gupta's Mumbai startup sells AI agents that conduct human-like video interviews, claiming hiring timelines cut from 30 days to 3 for 100-plus clients.
Read the caseAdventr went all-in on voice-built interactive media with a late-stage co-founder
Daydream's ex-CTO Matt Fisher joined Devo Harris's Adventr to make voice the way audiences build and play games, videos and music — starting from Adventr.tv.
Read the caseWhite Castle put Miso's Flippy fry robot in a Chicago kitchen, a fast-food first
In July 2020 White Castle became the first national fast-food chain to trial Miso's Flippy fry robot, keeping the project despite COVID-era pay cuts.
Read the caseVimag Labs raised $5M from Accel to build motors with no rare-earth magnets
The Bengaluru startup replaces permanent magnets with power electronics and software-defined control, breaking China's 80%-plus grip on rare-earth processing.
Read the caseRevolut alums launched Vault to give Canadian SMBs a Mercury-style bank
Vault went public with a $3.7M seed: no-fee multi-currency accounts, a 1% cashback card, and free transfers to 180 countries for Canadian SMBs.
Read the caseSuun Health built maternal care around wellbeing, not survival: 50,000 families
Starting with postpartum home visits, not an app, it added studios in Berlin and Tallinn, medically reviewed content and an AI assistant.
Read the caseRefer charges job seekers 20% of first-month salary — only if they land the job
The 'reverse recruiter' has its AI agent, Lia, introduce candidates only after both sides opt in, then charges the hire — never the employer.
Read the caseUruguay's Prometeo raised $13M to treat Latin America as one open-banking market
One API now reaches 350 channels across 283 financial institutions in 10 countries; Antler Elevate led, with PayPal Ventures and Samsung Next in.
Read the caseNetflix bet on sub-$5 mobile-only plans to unlock Asia's price-sensitive markets
While rivals chased premium pricing, Netflix sold India mobile-only plans at 199 rupees and tied up with Jio, making APAC its fastest-growing region.
Read the caseModern Fertility's co-founder left Ro a year after their $225M-plus deal
Afton Vechery exited as Ro's president of women's health in May 2022, after an employee exodus and 'acquisition for optics' critiques shadowed the deal.
Read the caseIntuit bought Relevvo's AI account-targeting tech from the under-10-person startup
Intuit acquired the tech of Seattle AI account-targeting startup Relevvo — under 10 employees, $1.5M seed — for undisclosed terms in June 2025.
Read the caseInfinite Machine raised a16z-led $9M to sell Americans a $10,000 design-first scooter
Infinite Machine raised $9M led by a16z to ship the P1, a $10,000 design-first 'non-car' scooter, into a US category littered with bankrupt rivals.
Read the caseBought bought a dead marketplace's data to relist 200,000 users' wardrobes
The Finnish startup that auto-generates resale listings from your email receipts acquired defunct Netflea — not for traffic, but for dormant supply and history.
Read the caseMukunda's cofounder bets Indian kitchens want software-upgradeable appliances
Beyond Appliances sells AI chimneys and hobtops that learn from sensor data — 1,500-plus units sold and a $2M seed led by Fireside Ventures.
Read the caseAnthropic paused its Agent SDK API-rate billing switch days before it took effect
Anthropic's May 13 plan to bill Claude Agent SDK usage at API rates was paused on June 15 as it took effect, after power users warned of major cost increases.
Read the caseWiz paid a reported $350M for Gem Security, its second deal in four months
Investors kept asking how to get into Gem — so Wiz bought the cloud detection and response startup, and its CEO declared 2024 'the year of acquisitions'.
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