Venture Capital
Stark Defence Raised €500M From Sequoia and Founders Fund. Why Defense Tech Is VC's New Gold Rush.
Stark Defence, a Berlin-based loitering munitions startup founded in January 2024, raised €500M (~$568M) in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund , pushing its post-money valuation above
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
Startups
A Manufacturing Company That Hires From Dollar Tree Just Hit $1B. Why Sequoia and the Stripe Cofounders Backed a Factory Over Another SaaS Startup.
SendCutSend raised $110 million from Sequoia, Paradigm, and Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison , hitting a $1.01 billion post-money valuation on May 19, 2026. Let that sentence sit for a second. Not another AI...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read