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🔎 Deep Dive
Top Tools for Startups in 2025
Running a startup in 2025 means having the right tools at your fingertips to stay ahead of the competition. As we get ready to welcome the new year, having access to the right tools can make all the difference in helping your startup thrive.
Whether you're just starting out or scaling up, these tools are the secret weapons every entrepreneur needs. Let’s dive in and explore what each one has to offer!
💻 Resources of the Week
In this section, you will find the best resources that we have seen in the last week. All of them help you grow your startup from 0 to 1.
Meme marketing is effective, cheap, and high-leverage. Check out this 24-hour playbook for creating a meme marketing strategy.
Learn how to build your sales process - keep demos tight, lean on case studies, and always book next steps on the call.
Understanding how to exit is a crucial part of the venture capital craft. Read this deep dive on winning with secondaries by The Generalist.
Great ideas for blog posts, social media clips, and carousels.
⚙️ Founder Tool of the Week
In this section, we share one tool that helps you build your startup.
⚙️ You
This AI search engine provides users with a customizable search engine. It integrates large language models (LLMs) to deliver precise answers to complicated questions.
📕 Interesting read
The difference between a mediocre and a great company is how many preferences they fulfill that consumers care about that a competitor couldn’t fulfill.
This article explores how even the most mediocre businesses are differentiated across some factor, but the problem for them, it's something consumers are generally indifferent about.
Great businesses, on the other hand, are doing something for someone that somebody else can't do.
💼 Get a Startup Job
🟢 Klever is looking for an Account Executive.
🟢 Ashby is looking for a Sr. Marketing Manager, Enterprise.
🟢 GoLinks is looking for a Content Marketing Manager.
🟢 Momence is looking for a Sales Development Manager.
🟢 Finni Health is looking for a Head of Care Operations.
🗒️ Best Startup News of the Week
🗒️ Elon Musk's AI startup xAI raises $6 billion in latest funding round
xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup, raised $6 billion from investors, including US venture capitalists, NVIDIA, AMD, and investment funds from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This funding will be used to develop products for billions of users and advance research. xAI is now valued at $50 billion, competing with OpenAI.
🗒️ Telegram's $1 billion payday: Profits are soaring, but legal hurdles persist
Despite legal challenges, Telegram reached a financial milestone of $1 billion in revenue in 2024, driven by advertising and subscription fees. The company is exploring cryptocurrency ventures to further increase revenue. However, Telegram faces an uncertain future due to its founder's legal troubles (who was arrested recently in France) and lack of a clear succession plan.
🗒️ AI startups attracted 25% of Europe’s VC funding
Venture funding in Europe's AI sector is booming, attracting a quarter of all VC funding in the region. The trend is likely to continue as AI adoption increases, and more companies leverage its capabilities for productivity gains.
🗒️ Crypto headhunter-turned-VC uses talent chops to court startups
Dan Eskow, a veteran crypto recruite, is launching his own venture capital fund, Up Top Capital. The fund will focus on early-stage investments in crypto infrastructure, tokenized assets, and consumer-facing applications. Eskow believes his deep understanding of the crypto talent landscape will give him a unique edge in identifying and supporting promising startups, mirroring the approach of larger VCs like Andreessen Horowitz.
🗒️ 2025 IPO Outlook
The US IPO market witnessed a revival in 2024, with 266 companies going public, a significant increase from the previous year. This renewed activity, driven by a robust stock market and hopes of a soft economic landing, has investors eagerly anticipating the next wave of IPOs in 2025. Several companies are already positioning themselves for potential public offerings, with some having already filed preliminary paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
🦄 Mega Funding Rounds of the Week
➡️ CleanCapital, a company that invests in and manages solar and energy storage projects on behalf of businesses, schools, non-profits, and municipalities.
Raised: $145 million round. Manulife Investment Management was one of the investors.
➡️ SandboxAQ, a startup that combines AI and quantum technology to tackle complex challenges in various sectors such as life sciences, financial services, and telecommunications.
Raised: $300+ million round at a $5.3 billion pre-money valuation. Investors included Fred Alger Management, T. Rowe Price Mumtalakat, Parkway Venture Capital, Breyer Capital, Rizvi Traverse, S32, US Innovative Technology Fund, Ava Investments, IQT, Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, and Yann LeCun.
➡️ SiteOne Therapeutics, a company developing non-opioid medications to treat pain and other conditions caused by overactive nerve signals.
Raised: $100 million Series C round led by Novo Holdings, with participation from OrbiMed, Wellington Management, Mission BioCapital, and BSQUARED Capital.
➡️ Vultr, a company providing access to virtual machines, storage, and AI computing through leased graphics processing units for running AI models.
Raised: $333 million round at a $3.5 billion valuation. Investors included Advanced Micro Devices and LuminArx Capital Management.
➡️ Aiwyn, a startup that streamlines processes such as payments, collections, engagement letters, and billing for accounting professionals.
Raised: $113 million. KKR and Bessemer Venture Partners co-led the round. The company has raised a total of $127 million.
➡️ Anysphere, a startup whose AI-powered coding assistant helps developers by providing code suggestions, autocompletions, and debugging support.
Raised: $100 million Series B at a $2.6 billion post-money valuation. Thrive Capital led the round, joined by Neo, Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, and Arash Ferdowsi.
➡️ Oura Health, a company making the Oura Ring, a smart wearable device that tracks sleep, activity, and health metrics.
Raised: $200 million Series D round at a $5.2 billion valuation. Investors included Fidelity and DexCom.
➡️ Perplexity, a startup that built an AI-powered search and answer engine using natural language processing.
Raised: $500 million round at a $9 billion post-money valuation. IVP led the round.
➡️ 1KOMMA5, a startup providing solar power systems, energy storage, EV charging stations, and heat pumps to homeowners.
Raised: $156.6 million round led by G2 Venture Partners, with participation from CalSTRS, 2150, Norrsken, Hamilton Lane, b2venture, Eurazeo, and eCAPITAL.
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🤝 About this newsletter
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