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December 11, 2025 - Deals
Oboe Raises $16 Million In Series A Round Led By A16z And Other Investors
Oboe, an AI-powered course-generation platform founded by Anchor co-founders and former Spotify execs Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, has raised $16 million in a Series A round led by a16z, with participation from investors including Eniac, Haystack, Offline, Factorial, and notable individuals like Adam D’Angelo and Garry Tan. Launched in September, the platform lets users set a learning goal and generates personalized courses with text, audio, quizzes, and flashcards, now with unlimited course creation under its revamped pricing. Zicherman said the fresh funding will help Oboe scale its vision of reaching billions of learners, while the startup is enhancing STEM content, refining course modalities, and planning mobile support and international language expansion.
FOUNDERS: Nir Zicherman & Michael Mignano
INVESTORS: a16z, Eniac, Haystack, Offline, Factorial, Adam D’Angelo, Garry Tan, Lenny Rachitsky, Mati Staniszewski, Mikey Shulman, Jared Hecht & M.G. Siegler
ROUND: Series A
AMOUNT: $16,000,000
HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC
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OpenAI Secures Amazon's $50 Billion Investment Commitment In AI Infrastructure DevelopmentOpenAI has secured the completion of Amazon’s $50B investment commitment, with the e-commerce and cloud giant finalizing the remaining $35B tranche of the deal. The investment was part of OpenAI’s record $110B funding round, alongside commitments from Nvidia and SoftBank, and strengthens the company’s AI infrastructure ambitions through deeper integration with Amazon Web Services. CEO/founder information was not included in the provided details.
FOUNDERS: Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman & Wojciech Zaremba
INVESTORS: Amazon, Nvidia & SoftBank
AMOUNT: $50,000,000,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
#VentureCapital #OpenAI #SamAltman #Amazon #TradedVC
Function Health Secures $450 Million Financing From General Catalyst To Expand Health PlatformFunction Health, a preventative health platform, secured $450 million in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to accelerate customer acquisition and scale its platform. Led by CEO Jonathan Swerdlin, Function is expanding beyond blood testing into a vertically integrated health ecosystem combining 160-panel labs, at-home draws, full-body MRIs, supplement intelligence, and AI-powered health recommendations through its Medical Intelligence Labs platform. The company has completed more than 100 million lab tests for 500,000 U.S. members and aims to use diagnostics-driven data insights to make personalized preventative healthcare more accessible globally.
FOUNDERS: Jonathan Swerdlin, Mark Hyman, Pranitha Patil, Daniel Swerdlin, Seth Weisfeld & Mike Nemke
INVESTORS: General Catalyst & Customer Value Fund
AMOUNT: $450,000,000
HQ: New York City, New York
#VentureCapital #FunctionHealth #GeneralCatalyst #CustomerValueFund #TradedVC
K2 Space Raises $500 Million In Series D Round Led By Kleiner Perkins And ICONIQK2 Space, a Torrance, California-based satellite manufacturer, has raised $500 million in a Series D round at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, with participation from CapitalG, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, Spark Capital, Sands Capital, ARK Invest, and T. Rowe Price Associates. Founded in 2022 by brothers Karan Kunjur and Neel Kunjur, K2 builds high-power, large-scale satellites for commercial and defense customers. The funding will help expand manufacturing capacity to 100 satellites per year as demand grows for next-generation communications, defense, and space infrastructure.
FOUNDERS: Karan Kunjur & Neel Kunjur
INVESTORS: Kleiner Perkins, ICONIQ, CapitalG, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, Spark Capital, Sands Capital, ARK Invest & T. Rowe Price Associates
ROUND: Series D
AMOUNT: $500,000,000
VALUATION: $6,800,000,000
HQ: Torrance, California
#VentureCapital #K2Space #SpaceTech #Satellite #TradedVC