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SparkToro Raised a Very Unusual Round of Funding & We're Open-Sourcing Our Docs - SparkToro
The Short Version Our new company, SparkToro, LLC has just completed a $1.3mm angel financing. And, because we think our structure might be right for many
How we raised $3M for an open source project - PostHog
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have significant funding and wanted to share what we did…
Two histories of Myst
The Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter raised $2.8 million from over 19,000 backers in May. Last month, the subsequent re-release of Myst…
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Pledging Another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation
My family is pledging another $400,0001 to the Zig Software Foundation (ZSF). This brings our total pledged support for ZSF to $700,000, after our initial donation in 2024.
Prime Intellect on Twitter / X
Announcing our $130M Series A to build the Open Superintelligence StackLed by Radical Ventures, with NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Dell Capital, and existing investorsTrain, deploy, and continuously improve your own models using our stack.Own your intelligence. pic.twitter.com/BM31LfVUNQ— Prime Intellect (@PrimeIntellect) July 8, 2026
The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education
OpenAI Announces $122 Billion Additional ‘Committed Capital’, and Announces Their ‘Superapp’ Plan for the Future
I don’t see the path from here to there, where *there* is a justification for a trillion-dollar-ish valuation.
A few ways to make money in FOSS
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
If Bain Capital Crypto et al invest $100M at roughly a ~$700M–$1B valuation, they likely own somewhere in the range of 10–15% of the company post-money. For a 10x return on their cheque, a $7B–$10B exit is expected. That’s exciting and scary.
Johannes Ernst
$100 million for Bluesky? A year ago? What the …
I wonder if having some kind of "atproto Foundation" would help with fundraising for the broader atmosphere? Currently there is no easy way to invest in the atmosphere so would-be funders default to bsky cc @ecosystemaction.com
Erin Kissane
Knight Foundation's kind of an exception here, tbh, and has a specific interest that's different from the VCs—and also a specific connection into the protocol. I'd love to see them send money to a slew of atmosphere projects and I wouldn't be super surprised if they did.
I wonder if having some kind of "atproto Foundation" would help with fundraising for the broader atmosphere? Currently there is no easy way to invest in the atmosphere so would-be funders default to bsky cc @ecosystemaction.com
Erin Kissane
Knight Foundation's kind of an exception here, tbh, and has a specific interest that's different from the VCs—and also a specific connection into the protocol. I'd love to see them send money to a slew of atmosphere projects and I wouldn't be super surprised if they did.
ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ve been working on putting together something between a retreat and a hackathon for #atproto builders for the past several weeks. I’ve been in discussion with potential funders and some funding has become available to make this a reality. now, I need your help!! KEEP READING 👇🏽
today, we're announcing our €3,8M ($4.5M) seed financing round, led by byFounders with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Antler, Thomas Dohmke (former CEO of GitHub), Avery Pennarun (CEO of Tailscale) among other incredible angels. read more on what's next: blog.tangled.org/seed
announcing our €3,8M seed round
blog.tangled.orgLast April, we raised $100M in Series B funding. This round gives us the ability to scale our team to meet the rapid growth of Bluesky and the AT Protocol. Read more: bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-…
Bluesky's 2025 $100M Series B Lays Foundation for Open Social Web - Bluesky
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