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September 9, 2025 - Deals
Hero Assistant Raises $3.5M Seed Round Led By Forerunner Ventures At $30M Valuation
Hero Assistant (@Hero_Assistant), a San Francisco-based startup founded by Brad Kowalk and Seung Lee, has raised a $3.5M Seed round, bringing its total funding to $7M at a $30M valuation. The company is building the first “Daily Assistant” superapp designed to consolidate calendars, weather, tasks, habits, goals, grocery ordering, notes, and news into one platform, already replacing up to 8 apps for its 300,000+ users. The round was backed by Forerunner Ventures, Mantis VC (The Chainsmokers), Neo, Abstract, and angel investors, including Instacart co-founder Max Mullen, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky, and Julie Zhuo.
INVESTORS: Mantis VC, Forerunner Ventures, Neo, Abstract, Max Mullen, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky, & Ime Archibong
ROUND: Seed
AMOUNT: $3,500,000
TOTAL RAISED: $7,000,000
VALUATION: $30,000,000
HQ: #SanFrancisco #California
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View AllCrusoe Secures $3.9 Billion Series F Funding From Multiple Investors At $30.9 Billion ValuationCrusoe has raised $3.9 billion in Series F funding at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, bringing the AI infrastructure company’s contracted value to more than $140 billion. The Denver-based company is expanding its vertically integrated platform across energy generation, data centers and AI cloud services, with more than 6 GW of gross contracted capacity and 1 GW already delivered and operational.
FOUNDERS: Chase Lochmiller & Cully Cavness
INVESTORS: Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, GIC, NVIDIA, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Radical Ventures & TPG.
ROUND: Series F
AMOUNT: $3,900,000,000
VALUATION: $30,900,000,000
HQ: Denver, Colorado
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