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Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from top early-stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb (GV) share how to win Series A funding in 2026 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Numeral raises $35M to automate sales tax with AI
The two-year-old sales tax startup Numeral is now valued at $350 million.
How to Increase Your Option Pool By 10% For “Free”: Move to 5 Year Vesting
So Carta’s latest equity report below has a ton of great interesting data. One is that nowadays, about 50% of your employees leave in 3 years, 60% in 4 years, and 66% in 5 years. This delta between years 4 and 5 may seem relatively small, but it’s not on a percentage basis. It probably... Continue Reading
From scrappy challenger to IPO: Chris Britt brings Chime’s playbook to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Chris Britt brings Chime’s playbook to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October. Whether you’re building in fintech or another fast-moving sector, this is a rare opportunity to hear firsthand how to scale with resilience, discipline, and purpose.
The First Week of a Great VP of Sales. And The First Month of a Mediocre One.
So I’ve been doing this SaaS thing for a while ;). I’ve made the right VP of Sales hire and the wrong one, and invested in 30+ top B2B companies and seen them make the same mistakes as well. And what I do know is you can tell. You can tell if the VP of... Continue Reading
One Reason to Make Your Startup “Hot”: It’s Just So Much Easier to Hire Sales Talent
So net net, most folks in tech want to join “hot” start-ups. So being “hot” almost always helps with recruiting the best. But it’s not always that simple. Many top engineers just don’t want to work at somewhere obvious, and looking for interesting problems others aren’t solving. A lot of marketers are looking as... Continue Reading
Building the future of Open AI with Thomas Wolf at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf joins Disrupt 2025 to share how open science and moonshot projects are shaping the future of AI.
Merck opens new €150m Cork manufacturing site, plans 200 jobs
Merck says the new Blarney site is its first manufacturing facility designed for 'full climate-neutral operations' and will operate on 100pc renewable electricity. Read more: Merck opens new 150m Cork manufacturing site, plans 200 jobs
Building confidence with a graduate consulting programme
Carina Völkerling discusses how a graduate programme can empower young professionals to grow into their future roles. Read more: Building confidence with a graduate consulting programme
According to Finch Capital report, fintech proves its resilience as Europe’s prime tech sector
Today, Finch Capital released the tenth edition of its State of European Fintech Report, offering a detailed snapshot of funding flows, deal activity, and emerging trends shaping the sector in the fir...
Europe's 10 biggest software deals in H1 2025
In the first half of 2025, software companies in Europeraised 3.6 billion across 335 deals, representing around 11 per cent of totalEuropean tech funding (33.7 billion) and around 17 per cent of all...
French Moodwork raises €3.1M to expand AI-driven workplace mental health platform
Paris-based mental health startup Moodwork has raised 3.1 million in fresh funding. The round was led by French VC firm Newfund, with participation from new investor and Co-CEO Grégory Salinger, alon...
Announcing the First Round of Speakers for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026!
We are thrilled to unveil the first round of speakers for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026. The two-day event will take place 21–22 April 2026 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, bringing togeth...
Dear SaaStr: We’re Going to Need to Do a Downround at a Lower Valuation. How Do We Handle It?
Dear SaaStr: We’re Going to Need to Do a Downround at a Lower Valuation. How Do We Handle It? This is a tough spot, but it’s not the end of the world. Plenty of great companies have faced this exact challenge and come out stronger. Public stock prices go up and down. It happens to... Continue Reading
Conduct emerges from stealth to transform legacy IT with AI agents
London-basedenterprise AI start-up Conduct has closed a $12 million seed round and emergedfrom stealth with a mission to lead the largest transformation in enterprise ITby modernising legacy ERP syste...
Eagl raises €825K to bring AI-native automation to finance teams
AI startup Eagl has raised 825,000 in funding to accelerate the development of its AI-native financial agentic platform, expand its AI and engineering teams, and scale across Europe. Eagl is an AI-n...
Former Facebook policy lead Niamh Sweeney appointed DPC commissioner
Sweeney was a special advisor to the Government before moving on to lead public policy at companies including Facebook. Read more: Former Facebook policy lead Niamh Sweeney appointed DPC commissioner
The Leaders’ Room: A lifetime of learning with Datavant’s Deirdre Giblin
The latest episode of The Leaders’ Room features Deirdre Giblin, vice-president of operations and site lead for Datavant Ireland. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. Read more: The Leaders’ Room: A lifetime of learning with Datavant’s Deirdre Giblin
Irish co-founded space-tech bags $6.1m for a robot labour force
Icarus is building robots that could take over menial tasks in a spacecraft, allowing astronauts to focus on research instead. Read more: Irish co-founded space-tech bags $6.1m for a robot labour force
Outlast Fund closes €21M debut fund to back Baltic-Nordic founders
Outlast Fund, a Baltic-Nordic VC fund, has closed its first fund at 21M to invest in Pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups from the region. The fund is based in Riga and Stockholm, and aims to be the fir...
Stripe alumni challenge banks with AI financial home for startups
Seapoint, a financial platform for European startups, has raised$3 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Frontline Ventures withparticipation from Tapestry VC and former COOs of Stripe, Re...
Shapers launches $75M fintech fund I as Finary hits €25M Series B
Today, fintech investment firm Shapers announces the successful launch of $75 million fund I. The news coincides with a milestone for one of its portfolio companies, Finary, which has just closed a ...
Dublin finance platform built by Stripe alumni raises $3m
Seapoint, dubbed as a ‘financial home for start-ups’, has also launched a private beta for the platform with a waiting list open from today. Read more: Dublin finance platform built by Stripe alumni raises $3m
The 90% Rule: Why Zapier’s $5B AI Strategy Mixes Humans + Agents (And 4 Mistakes That Kill AI Rollouts) with CEO Wade Foster
How Zapier’s Wade Foster Is Building the World’s Most Connected AI-First Company: 5 Key Learnings + 4 Critical Mistakes to Avoid From the SaaStr AI Podcast with Co-hosts Amelia Lerutte (Chief AI Officer at SaaStr) and Guillaume Cabane (Advisor at HyperGrowth Partners) When Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, sits down to talk AI... Continue Reading
Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation
The fresh raise comes in above the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that it was raising.
Kleiner Perkins-backed voice AI startup Keplar aims to replace traditional market research
The two-year-old startup raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Kleiner Perkins.
Why European founders are winning (and it’s not about working less)
Europe’s startup scene is having a moment, with European unicorns multiplying and American VCs setting up shop across the pond. But while European funding dominates the early stages, late-stage capital still flows primarily from the U.S. So what does this mean for European founders, and how is the continent carving out its own identity in […]
Airbuds is the music social network Apple and Spotify wish they had built
Airbuds, a music social app aimed at Gen Z, raises $5M as the app reaches 5 million monthly users.
AI and the Future of Defense: Mach Industries’ Ethan Thornton at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Ethan Thornton, CEO of Mach Industries, joins the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 (Oct. 27–29, San Francisco) to discuss how AI is transforming defense — from autonomous weapons to decentralized strategy. Register now and save up to $650 before rates increase.
Sonair raises $6M to roll out safe 3D ultrasonic sensors for robots
Oslo-basedSonair, a sensing technology company, has raised $6 million from a group ofexisting and new international investors, including Copenhagen-based Scale Capital and Norway’s state-backed Invest...
From Startup Battlefield to the Disrupt Stage: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
From Startup Battlefield in 2013 to the Disrupt Stage in 2018: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27-29.
The Great AI Token Paradox: How We’re Simultaneously Driving AI Costs Down and … Up
A tale of two new SaaStr AI tools that reveals the future of enterprise AI economics We just shipped two new AI-powered tools at SaaStr, and the LLM costs and token usage patterns tell a bimodal story about where enterprise AI costs are headed. Both SaaStr AI tools are equally cool, and provide a ton... Continue Reading
My #1 Tip When You Are Pitching VCs: Just Ask Them What The Odds Are They’d Invest.
It's totally OK to ask a VC at the end of a pitch meeting, "Based on what you know now, what are the odds you'd invest?" In fact, it can save a lot of time — Jason SaaStr.Ai Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 8, 2025 It’s totally OK to ask a VC at the end of a... Continue Reading
Launching a STEM career? Top tips for securing an internship
Securing a STEM internship takes research, resources and time, so here is some useful information to get you started. Read more: Launching a STEM career? Top tips for securing an internship