# News archive - boldstart ventures The boldstart archive # News archive 98 published entries [All news](/news/archive/) · [All resources](/resources/) · [Companies](/companies/) news · 2026-06-02 ## [Congrats Generalist AI on $400M raise at $2B valuation](/news/congrats-generalist-ai-on-400m-raise-at-2b-valuation/) news · 2026-04-02 ## [GeneralistAI — When Robots Start to Improvise — Welcome to boldstart](/news/generalistai-when-robots-start-to-improvise-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2026-03-17 ## [Surf AI 🏄: The New Agentic Operating Model for Security | Welcome to boldstart](/news/surf-ai-the-agentic-ops-platform-for-security-teams-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2026-01-08 ## [ToposBio – unlocking “Undruggable” Targets – welcome to boldstart](/news/toposbio-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2025-12-30 ## [boldstart 2025 recap](/news/boldstart-2025-recap/) news · 2025-11-12 ## [Humanix – Human Threat Detection & Response for Social Engineering Attacks. Welcome to boldstart.](/news/humanix-human-threat-detection-response-for-social-engineering-attacks-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2025-10-21 ## [Keycard: The Identity and Access Platform for AI Agents, Welcome to boldstart!](/news/keycard-solving-the-ai-agent-identity-and-access-problem-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2025-10-01 ## [Waldo — the leading agentic platform for marketing agencies and brand teams. Welcome to boldstart!](/news/waldo-the-leading-agentic-platform-for-marketing-agencies-and-brand-teams-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2025-08-07 ## [Kustomer raises $30M Series B -Meta Acquired His Company for $1 Billion, and Then Changed Its Mind. Now, He’s Charting a New Path](/news/meta-acquired-his-company-for-1-billion-and-then-changed-its-mind-now-hes-charting-a-new-path/) news · 2025-08-05 ## [NYT – Clay, a Sales Tool for the A.I. Era, Raises $100 Million at $3.1 billion valuation](/news/clay-a-sales-tool-for-the-a-i-era-raises-100-million-at-3-1-billion-valuation/) news · 2025-07-08 ## [WSJ – Boldstart Ventures Raises $250 Million AI Fund, Looking to Move Fast](/news/wsj-boldstart-ventures-raises-250-million-ai-fund-looking-to-move-fast/) news · 2025-07-08 ## [Announcing boldstart Fund VII: Inception Reloaded — $250M to Build the Autonomous Enterprise](/news/announcing-boldstart-fund-vii-inception-reloaded-250m-to-build-the-autonomous-enterprise/) news · 2025-05-28 ## [👏🏼 Ed Sim selected to Forbes Midas Seed List for 4th Year!](/news/%f0%9f%91%8f%f0%9f%8f%bc-ed-sim-selected-to-forbes-midas-seed-list-for-4th-year/) news · 2025-04-28 ## [From Inception to AI security leader – ProtectAI’s journey to $700M+ exit to Palo Alto Networks](/news/from-inception-to-ai-security-leader-protectais-journey-to-exit-to-palo-alto-networks/) news · 2025-01-29 ## [Baz – Your AI Code Review Agent – Welcome to boldstart!](/news/baz-your-ai-code-review-agent-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2025-01-23 ## [Clay boosts valuation to $1.3 billion – “a secret weapon for Anthropic and OpenAI”](/news/clay-a-secret-weapon-for-anthropic-and-openai-boosts-valuation-to-1-3-billion/) news · 2025-01-22 ## [Grepr – Next Generation Reliability Platform for an AI-Powered World – Welcome to boldstart!](/news/grepr-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2024-12-27 ## [boldstart 2024 recap](/news/boldstart-ventures-2024-recap-on-inception-investing-venture-capital-seed-investing-enterprise-software-and-ai/) news · 2024-12-03 ## [Welcome Ron Miller, our new Operating Partner and Head of Editorial, FastForward Launch Day](/news/welcome-ron-miller-our-new-operating-partner-and-head-of-editorial-fastforward-launch-day/) news · 2024-11-14 ## [Tessl — AI Native Software Development — Welcome to boldstart!](/news/tessl-ai-native-software-development-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2024-11-14 ## [Tessl worth a reported $750 million after latest $100 million funding to help it build ‘AI native’ software development platform (Fortune)](/news/tessl-worth-a-reported-750-million-after-latest-100-million-funding-to-help-it-build-ai-native-software-development-platform-fortune/) news · 2024-10-22 ## [Announcing our investment in CrewAI; powering the future of AI in the enterprise with multi-agent automation — Welcome to boldstart!](/news/announcing-our-investment-in-crewai-powering-the-future-of-ai-in-the-enterprise-with-multi-agent-automation-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2024-10-02 ## [Snyk Code’s $100 Million Milestone: AI-Driven Growth (Forbes)](/news/unlocking-the-future-of-enterprise-security-with-ai-powered-innovation-forbes/) news · 2024-09-03 ## [Web3 security firm Hypernative raises $16 million in Series A funding (The Block)](/news/web3-security-firm-hypernative-raises-16-million-in-series-a-funding-the-block/) news · 2024-06-28 ## [Clay, Inception to Series B at $500M Valuation: Reinventing Prospecting & Outreach for Sales with AI.](/news/clay-inception-to-series-b-reinventing-prospecting-outreach-for-sales-with-ai/) news · 2024-06-20 ## [Ed shares 28 years of lessons as an enterprise inception investor on The Peel Podcast](/news/ed-shares-28-years-of-lessons-as-an-enterprise-inception-investor-on-the-peel-podcast/) news · 2024-06-05 ## [Forbes Cover Story on Ed for Midas Seed List 2024](/news/ed-on-forbes-profile-daily-cover-for-midas-seed-list-2024/) news · 2024-06-05 ## [The Midas Seed List 2024: Congrats Ed on 3rd Annual Top 10 ranking of Top 25 Seed Investors worldwide](/news/the-midas-seed-list-2024-ed-boldstart-10-in-annual-ranking-of-top-25-seed-investors-worldwide/) news · 2024-05-07 ## [Congrats Ed for #1 on “The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2024” for 2nd year](/news/congrats-ed-for-topping-the-seed-100-the-best-early-stage-investors-of-2024-for-2nd-year/) news · 2023-12-22 ## [boldstart 2023 recap](/news/boldstart-2023-recap/) news · 2023-07-26 ## [Protect AI raises $35M to build a suite of AI-defending tools](/news/protect-ai-raises-35m-to-build-a-suite-of-ai-defending-tools/) news · 2023-05-23 ## [Ed Sim got into VC by answering a newspaper ad. Today he’s the industry’s No. 1 seed investor (Insider).](/news/ed-sim-got-into-venture-capital-by-answering-a-newspaper-ad-today-hes-the-industrys-no-1-seed-investor-insider/) news · 2023-05-05 ## [The Midas Seed List 2023: Ed + boldstart #9 in annual ranking of top 25 seed investors worldwide](/news/the-midas-seed-list-2023-ed-repping-boldstart-at-9-in-annual-ranking-of-top-25-seed-investors-worldwide/) news · 2023-05-05 ## [Congrats Ed! Midas Seed List 2023: The Earliest Venture Capital Backers In Today’s Tech Icons (Forbes)](/news/congrats-ed-midas-seed-list-2023-the-earliest-venture-capital-backers-in-todays-tech-icons-forbes/) news · 2023-03-24 ## [Dope Security nabs $16M led by GV to build out secure web gateways designed to work on endpoints, not in the cloud](/news/dope-security-nabs-16m-led-by-gv-to-build-out-secure-web-gateways-designed-to-work-on-endpoints-not-in-the-cloud/) news · 2023-01-30 ## [Crypto security startup Hypernative raises $9M to help prevent web3 cyber attacks (TechCrunch)](/news/crypto-security-startup-hypernative-raises-9m-to-help-prevent-web3-cyber-attacks-techcrunch/) news · 2023-01-25 ## [AtomicJar raises $25M Series A, opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud (TechCrunch)](/news/atomicjar-raises-25m-series-a-opens-public-beta-of-testcontainers-cloud-techcrunch/) news · 2022-12-26 ## [boldstart 2022 recap: +11 new teams, >$750M raised across portfolio…](/news/boldstart-2022-recap/) news · 2022-12-18 ## [Cybersecurity startup Protect AI launches with $13.5 million in funding](/news/cybersecurity-startup-protect-ai-launches-with-13-5-million-in-funding-silicon-angle/) news · 2022-12-15 ## [Protect AI — MLSecOps, shift left security for AI/ML, welcome to boldstart](/news/protect-ai-mlsecops-shift-left-security-for-ai-ml-welcome-to-boldstart/) news · 2022-12-13 ## [Snyk Closes $196.5 Million Series G Funding at $7.4 Billion Valuation](/news/snyk-closes-196-5-million-series-g-funding-at-7-4-billion-valuation/) news · 2022-09-28 ## [Jeli.io keeps rolling with free Slack incident response bot and new investment – Techcrunch](/news/jeli-io-keeps-rolling-with-free-slack-incident-response-bot-and-new-investment/) news · 2022-09-22 ## [Steadybit wants developers involved in chaos engineering before production – Techcrunch](/news/steadybit-wants-developers-involved-in-chaos-engineering-before-production-techcrunch/) news · 2022-09-20 ## [Tres raises $7.6M to help web3 teams manage their financials and crypto data (TechCrunch)](/news/tres-raises-7-6m-to-help-web3-teams-manage-their-financials-and-crypto-data-techcrunch/) news · 2022-09-14 ## [Dope Security emerges from stealth to shake up the SWG market (TechCrunch)](/news/dope-security-emerges-from-stealth-to-shake-up-the-swg-market-techcrunch/) news · 2022-06-23 ## [Security-as-code startup Jit comes out of stealth with $38.5M in seed funding](/news/security-as-code-startup-jit-comes-out-of-stealth-with-38-5m-in-seed-funding/) news · 2022-06-17 ## [Cybersecurity startup Jit raises $38.5 million in Seed funding (CTech)](/news/cybersecurity-startup-jit-raises-38-5-million-in-seed-funding-ctech/) news · 2022-06-13 ## [Reco comes out of stealth to secure collaboration – Announcing $4.2M Seed and $25M Series A](/news/reco-comes-out-of-stealth-to-secure-collaboration-announcing-4-2m-seed-and-25m-series-a/) news · 2022-06-01 ## [boldstart vi + opportunities iii, $367M to back dev first, crypto infra & SaaS founders from Day One 🌴](/news/boldstart-vi-opportunities-iii-367m-to-back-dev-first-crypto-infra-saas-founders-from-day-one-%f0%9f%8c%b4/) news · 2022-04-14 ## [The Midas Seed List 2022 – Ed repping boldstart at #10 in its first annual ranking of top 25 seed investors worldwide](/news/the-midas-seed-list-2022/) news · 2022-04-13 ## [Congrats Ed! The Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Rising Stars for 2022](/news/ed-sim-recognized-on-the-midas-brink-list-meet-venture-capitals-rising-stars-for-2022/) news · 2022-03-23 ## [Liveblocks is an API that lets you add real-time collaboration to your product](/news/liveblocks-is-an-api-that-lets-you-add-real-time-collaboration-to-your-product-techcrunch/) news · 2022-03-23 ## [Spectro Cloud Locks In $40M Series B – Investors Still See Potential In Kubernetes](/news/spectro-cloud-locks-in-40m-series-b-crunchbase-exclusive-investors-still-see-potential-in-kubernetes/) news · 2022-03-16 ## [Liveblocks grabs $5 million for its real-time collaboration API](/news/liveblocks-grabs-5-million-for-its-real-time-collaboration-api-techcrunch/) news · 2022-03-03 ## [Building Liquid Staking for Institutional DeFi & Strategic Investment from Blockdaemon & boldstart ventures](/news/building-liquid-staking-for-institutional-defi-strategic-investment-from-blockdaemon-boldstart-ventures/) news · 2022-03-02 ## [Contracts as APIs — closing enterprise deals at the speed of SaaS, Welcome Common Paper to boldstart](/news/commonpaper/) news · 2022-01-27 ## [Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockdaemon Raises $207M at $3.25B Valuation](/news/crypto-infrastructure-firm-blockdaemon-raises-207m-at-3-25b-valuation/) news · 2022-01-26 ## [Slim.AI lands $31M funding round to automate security best practices in container app development](/news/slim-ai-lands-31m-funding-round-to-automate-security-best-practices-in-container-app-development/) news · 2022-01-05 ## [boldstart 2021 recap & what’s 🔥 in enterprise 2022](/news/boldstart-2021-recap-whats-%f0%9f%94%a5-in-enterprise-2022/) news · 2021-12-11 ## [💪🏼 boldstart is seed firm w/ highest % of 🦄](/news/%f0%9f%92%aa%f0%9f%8f%bc-boldstart-is-seed-firm-w-highest-of-%f0%9f%a6%84/) news · 2021-09-22 ## [Blockdaemon raises $155M at $1.255B valuation as it becomes the world’s largest blockchain node infrastructure company](/news/blockdaemon-raises-155m-at-1-255b-valuation/) news · 2021-09-12 ## [Snyk raises $530M at $8.5B valuation reflecting market shift to developer security](/news/snyk-raises-530m-at-8-5b-valuation/) news · 2021-09-12 ## [Jit emerges out of stealth to bring minimal viable security to developers](/news/jit-out-of-stealth-to-bring-minimal-viable-security-to-developers/) news · 2021-08-04 ## [Superhuman Raises $75 Million For Its Waitlist-Only Email Productivity App led by IVP](/news/superhuman-raises-75-million-for-its-waitlist-only-email-productivity-app-led-by-ivp/) news · 2021-07-27 ## [Replicated raises $50M for its on-premises software delivery tools](/news/replicated-raises-50m-for-its-on-premises-software-delivery-tools/) news · 2021-06-20 ## [Streamlining Service management – Welcoming UtilizeCore to the boldstart Family.](/news/streamlining-service-management-welcoming-utilizecore-to-the-boldstart-family/) news · 2021-03-03 ## [The Fastest and Most Joyful Note-Taking Experience for Go-To-Market Teams: Welcome Dooly.ai to the boldstart Family!](/news/the-fastest-and-most-joyful-note-taking-experience-for-go-to-market-teams-welcome-dooly-ai-to-the-boldstart-family/) news · 2021-02-17 ## [Boldstart V and Opportunity II, $230mm to back enterprise founders from day one to scale](/news/boldstart-v-and-opportunity-ii-230mm-to-back-enterprise-founders-from-day-one-to-scale/) news · 2021-02-02 ## [Welcome Ellen Chisa! Announcing Boldstart’s First Founder in Residence](/news/welcome-ellen-chisa-announcing-boldstarts-first-founder-in-residence/) news · 2021-01-12 ## [Delivering Containerized Applications Faster: Excited to Announce boldstart’s Investment in Slim.ai](/news/delivering-containerized-applications-faster-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-slim-ai/) news · 2020-12-30 ## [boldstart 2020 recap and what’s 🔥 in enterprise 2021](/news/boldstart-2020-recap-and-whats-%f0%9f%94%a5-in-enterprise-2021/) news · 2020-12-07 ## [Learning From Incidents — Excited to Announce Boldstart’s Investment in Jeli](/news/learning-from-incidents-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-jeli/) news · 2020-10-27 ## [Replicated — Whiteboard to Series B](/news/replicated-whiteboard-to-series-b/) news · 2020-07-14 ## [The VCs who founders love the most](/news/the-vcs-who-founders-love-the-most/) news · 2020-07-10 ## [What do investors bidding up tech shares know that the rest of us don’t?](/news/what-do-investors-bidding-up-tech-shares-know-that-the-rest-of-us-dont/) news · 2020-07-07 ## [Venture Capital Viewpoints](/news/venture-capital-viewpoints/) news · 2020-06-24 ## [Privacy Platform for Collaborative Data Science: Excited to Announce boldstart’s Investment in Cape Privacy](/news/privacy-platform-for-collaborative-data-science-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-cape-privacy/) news · 2020-06-24 ## [Building stronger, more aligned partnerships with Slack Connect](/news/building-stronger-more-aligned-partnerships-with-slack-connect/) news · 2020-06-16 ## [Ed Sim of boldstart on Breaking Into Your First Enterprise IT Account](/news/ed-sim-of-boldstart-on-breaking-into-your-first-enterprise-it-account/) news · 2020-06-09 ## [Enterprise investors remain flexible as they navigate COVID-19](/news/enterprise-investors-remain-flexible-as-they-navigate-covid-19/) news · 2020-05-21 ## [12 VCs share their thoughts on enterprise startup trends and opportunities](/news/12-vcs-share-their-thoughts-on-enterprise-startup-trends-and-opportunities/) news · 2020-05-18 ## [Introducing “Boldstart CXO Connect” (and Six Takeaways From Our First Event!)](/news/introducing-boldstart-cxo-connect-and-six-takeaways-from-our-first-event/) news · 2020-05-12 ## [Guardian Life, Priceline Step Up Pace of Digital Initiatives](/news/guardian-life-priceline-step-up-pace-of-digital-initiatives/) news · 2020-05-07 ## [Secure Data & Model Collaboration Within and Across Enterprises: Excited to Announce Boldstart’s Investment in Harbr](/news/secure-data-model-collaboration-within-and-across-enterprises-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-harbr/) news · 2020-04-21 ## [Self service and dynamic cloud environments: Excited to announce boldstart’s investment in env0](/news/self-service-and-dynamic-cloud-environments-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-env0/) news · 2020-03-17 ## [Run Kubernetes your way, anywhere: Excited to Announce Boldstart’s Investment in Spectro Cloud](/news/run-kubernetes-your-way-anywhere-excited-to-announce-boldstarts-investment-in-spectro-cloud/) news · 2020-01-07 ## [Welcome to Boldstart: Natalie Ledbetter (Head of People and Platform) & Shomik Ghosh (Principal)](/news/welcome-to-boldstart-natalie-ledbetter-head-of-people-and-platform-shomik-ghosh-principal/) news · 2019-12-29 ## [boldstart 2019 recap and what’s 🔥 in enterprise 2020](/news/boldstart-2019-recap-and-whats-%f0%9f%94%a5-in-enterprise-2020/) news · 2019-11-12 ## [Announcing Boldstart IV and Opportunity I, $157mm to back enterprise founders from day one to scale](/news/announcing-boldstart-iv-and-opportunity-i-157mm-to-back-enterprise-founders-from-day-one-to-scale/) news · 2019-02-14 ## [Pinpoint — a system of intelligence for software engineering](/news/pinpoint-a-system-of-intelligence-for-software-engineering/) news · 2018-12-31 ## [boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019](/news/boldstart-2018-recap-and-whats-hot-in-enterprise-2019/) news · 2018-03-07 ## [Snyk, from first check to leader in dev-friendly open source security](/news/snyk-from-first-check-to-leader-in-dev-friendly-open-source-security/) news · 2017-12-29 ## [boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018](/news/boldstart-in-2017-enterprise-tech-in-2018/) news · 2017-10-09 ## [boldstart fall 2017 update](/news/boldstart-fall-2017-update/) news · 2016-12-29 ## [boldstart in 2016, enterprise tech in 2017](/news/boldstart-in-2016-enterprise-tech-in-2017/) news · 2016-11-17 ## [our journey to an oversubscribed fund iii for first check enterprise](/news/our-journey-to-an-oversubscribed-fund-iii-for-first-check-enterprise/) news · 2016-01-01 ## [boldstart ventures, the enterprise in 2016](/news/boldstart-ventures-the-enterprise-in-2016/) news · 2015-06-19 ## [A better way to deploy SaaS on-premise](/news/a-better-way-to-deploy-saas-on-premise/) --- Source page: /news/archive/