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Disney to Lay Off 1,000 Employees Across Company

The Walt Disney Company announced this week that it is cutting about 1,000 jobs to “streamline operations,” according to a memo from CEO Josh D’Amaro. The layoffs will impact employees across Disney’s businesses, including studios, TV networks, sports and experiences. One of the hardest-hit divisions is Marvel, which is cutting jobs in both New York […]

April 15, 2026
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9 strap Receives $800K Investment Led by Daniel Lubetzky

9 strap, a San Clemente, CA-based sports performance brand, has received an $800K investment led by Daniel Lubetzky, Rashaun Williams, Kevin O’Leary, and Kendra Scott. The company plans to use the funds to grow its operations and continue developing its technology. During the episode, founders Ryan and Alyson Vaughn presented 9 STRAP, a patented training […]

April 15, 2026
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Fintech startup Ratio Raises $15.8M in Funding

Ratio, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI Fintech platform for B2B scale-ups, has raised $15.8 million in venture financing and secured $100 million in lending capacity. The company will use the funds to accelerate its product development using AI agents. The funding comes as Ratio launches its AI Proposal Agent, now in beta. […]

April 15, 2026
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Calyxo Secures $40M in Series F Funding Led by Ally Bridge Group

Calyxo, Inc., a Pleasanton, CA-based medical device company, has raised $40 million in a Series F funding round led by Ally Bridge Group and Janus Henderson Investors. The round also saw participation from Questa Capital, Avidity Partners, and CRG. The company plans to use the funds to grow its commercial operations, support clinical studies to […]

April 15, 2026
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Sygaldry Raises $105M in Series A Funding

Sygaldry Technologies, Inc., an Ann Arbor, MI provider of quantum-accelerated AI servers, has raised $105 million in a Series A funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The funding round brings the company’s total funding to $139 million, following a $34 million seed round led by Initialized Capital, with participation from investors including Y Combinator, […]

April 15, 2026
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Spiral Therapeutics Raises $27M in Series B Funding

Spiral Therapeutics, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage company developing novel therapies for inner ear disorders, has raised $27 million in a Series B funding round led by Gund Investment. The round also saw participation from Advanced Bionics, Ferring Ventures, Uni-Bio Science Group, and other existing investors. The company plans to use the funds to […]

April 15, 2026
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Bluefish Raises $43M in Series B Funding

Bluefish, a NYC-based provider of an agentic marketing platform for Fortune 500 brands, has raised $43 million in a Series B funding round led by Threshold Ventures and NEA. The round also saw participation from Amex Ventures, TIAA Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Crane Venture Partners, Laconia, and Swift Ventures. The raise brought the total […]

April 15, 2026
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OpenGradient Raises $9.5M in Total Funding

OpenGradient, a NYC-based provider of a compute layer service for verifiable AI, has raised $9.5 million in a total funding round led by a16z crypto. The round also saw participation from Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon, NEAR, Celestia, and Thanefield Capital. Angel investors included Balaji Srinivasan (ex-CoinbaseCTO), Illia Polosukhin […]

April 15, 2026
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Prefix Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding

Prefix, a NYC-based provider of a facility management platform for multi-site restaurant and retail operators, has raised a $7.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Collide Capital and Slow Ventures. The round also saw participation from Connexa Capital, Kyle Archer of Elevated Inc, and existing investors I2BF and Bienville Capital. The company plans to use the funds to keep building […]

April 15, 2026
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Yoga Joint Raises $5.5M in Funding

Yoga Joint, a NYC-based infrared fitness brand, has raised $5.5 million in a funding round led by Adam Shane, Port Street Ventures, and Jon Canarick. The round also saw other investors, including Jared Solomon, Alex Alimanestianu, Anthony DiMaggio, and Isaac Chera. The company plans to use the funds to open its first locations in Fall […]

April 15, 2026
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