OpenAI Becomes Sole LP in New $400M Startup Fund
OpenAI Startup Fund II filed a $400M Form D with one investor and no remaining amount to sell. The filing names Ian Hathaway; reporting identifies OpenAI as the sole balance-sheet backer.
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August 26–27 VC News: FPV C-UAS, SMB Agents, Korea AI Unicorn, Beef Data, BH Payers & LDES
Gap-fill investment explainers for Aug 26–27: Mara $7M, Runable $21M, Wrtn ~$72M, Breedr $27M, Onos Health $17M, Certain Energy £10M, and Agentrys $24.5M — who uses the products and why these syndicates fit.
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August 21–27 VC News: Socure, REGENT, OpenAI Fund II, Transfyr, Hike and Gestala
The late-August funding tape: Socure’s $5.2B mark and Fravity acquisition, REGENT’s $240M equity/debt package, OpenAI’s filing-backed $400M fund, Transfyr’s $25M seed, Hike Medical’s $22.5M and Gestala’s $84M across two rounds.
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Atorie’s $9.5M Seed: Factory-Direct Luxury Without the Markup
Atorie raised $9.5M seed with a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, and Lightspeed’s Jeremy Liew named. Company: ~$5M sales last year; expected >$55M annualized run rate this year — company forecast, not audited. No valuation.
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Did Anthropic File for an IPO? Confidential S-1 vs Public Filing
Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft S-1 on June 1, 2026. That is company-confirmed. A public S-1, share count, and price are not out as of August 27. Bloomberg people-familiar: public filing as soon as end of August; size talk vs SpaceX is not a company figure.
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Wrtn’s ~$72M Series C: Korea’s First Consumer AI Service Unicorn
Wrtn Technologies raised about ₩100B (~$72M) Series C at a >₩1T mark — Antler Global returned with Goodwater and new Coreline capital. Character chat and AI entertainment, not another foundation-model lab.