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Monday, October 5UTC

  1. New
    FactoryFactory financingFunding & Deals

    Menlo Ventures joins Factory financing; amount is undisclosed

    Menlo Ventures announced it joined Factory’s latest financing for the AI software development company. Menlo did not disclose its investment amount in the original announcement. A reported prior round valuation is a separate fact and should not be presented as money raised in this transaction.

    Factory1 source

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Friday, October 2UTC

  1. New
    SupabaseSupabase fundingFunding & Deals

    Supabase announces $150 million in funding as AI-built apps expand

    Supabase announced $150 million in new funding led by GIC, with CapitalG, IronArc and SquarePeg participating. The company says the round will support agent-driven infrastructure and provide employee liquidity. This financing is separate from the Turso acquisition announced in the same release; it does not establish a new valuation or independently prove adoption claims.

    Supabase1 source

  2. New
    SupabaseSupabase / TursoFunding & Deals

    Supabase announces Turso acquisition to support the growth of AI-built apps

    Supabase says Turso is joining it to develop infrastructure for large numbers of on-demand databases. Its announcement says existing users are unaffected: Supabase continues building around Postgres and Turso continues its SQLite work. The planned shared experience is a direction for development, not a newly available migration requirement or an announced price cut.

    Supabase2 sources

Thursday, October 1UTC

  1. New
    doxx.netSeries A financingFunding & Deals

    doxx.net announces a $38 million Series A for agent networking

    Andreessen Horowitz confirmed it is leading doxx.net's Series A. A company-issued Business Wire announcement, available through an original syndication, states that the round totals USD 38 million, with Animo and Focal also participating. The company describes private networking for agents and an open beta. The amount raised is not a disclosed valuation, revenue result or independent security assessment; current beta access should be checked separately.

    Andreessen Horowitz3 sources

Wednesday, September 30UTC

  1. New
    ElevenLabsEmployee tender offerFunding & Deals

    ElevenLabs closes a $300 million employee tender at a $22 billion valuation

    ElevenLabs says it closed a $300 million employee tender offer led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price at a $22 billion valuation. This is employee liquidity, not a new $300 million primary financing round. The company attributes its growth to enterprise conversational agents and says enterprise accounts for 55% of revenue; those operating figures are vendor-reported.

    ElevenLabs1 source

  2. New
    YextYext / Flamel.aiFunding & Deals

    Yext signs a deal to acquire Flamel.ai for localized AI marketing

    Yext signed a definitive agreement to acquire Flamel.ai, a platform for localized paid campaigns across Google, Meta and ChatGPT. Yext plans to connect paid-media execution with its brand and location data. The announcement expected closing by the end of its fiscal fourth quarter, January 31, 2027, subject to conditions; the deal and planned integration were not described as completed.

    Yext1 source

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