Several private prices were set or argued over: ByteDance's ~$400bn buyback price, Agile Robots' $8.5bn round, the AI 100's ~$3.5T list and Medici Brands' $2.25bn round. Kyle Harrison argued that thin, privately agreed marks distort all of these, and RedBlue's Fund I returns rest largely on markups.
November 13, 2026 edition: Valuations sector, 7 storiesValuations: latest VC & Startups analysis
Valuations on AT Pulse covers marks, multiples & secondaries. The desk has published 16 stories tagged Valuations across 2 daily editions, from November 12, 2026 to November 13, 2026, citing 179 linked references. The most frequent original sources are Crunchbase News, Sifted, and 20VC. Stories here most often overlap with Funding, Exits, and M&A.
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What recent editions said about Valuations.
Late-stage prices are moving quickly. Uforce rose about sixfold in eight months, Mercor and Nominal doubled and tripled, and Imprint rose to $1.88B, with much of the support coming from company-provided bookings and revenue figures.
November 12, 2026 edition: Valuations sector, 5 storiesLATEST
9 of 16Newest Valuations stories.
M&A
Salesforce's $5.66B Braze Deal Anchors SaaStr Argument That $1B ARR Is the New Safe Scale for Public B2B Software
Salesforce's agreement to buy Braze for about $5.66B, weeks after a 26%-growth quarter sent its shares down 11%, anchors a SaaStr argument that $1B ARR now marks safe scale for public B2B software, as $100M once did.
Valuations
ByteDance Plans Up to $6 Billion Share Buyback From Investors at About $400 Billion Valuation
ByteDance plans to repurchase up to $6 billion of shares from existing investors at roughly $400 billion, about 20% above last year's buyback level but far below the $600 billion-plus that buyers reportedly offered for a founder's stake this year.
Valuations
Bessemer and Newcomer Publish the AI 100, Ranking Anthropic and OpenAI First Among 100 Private AI Companies
Bessemer Venture Partners and Newcomer ranked 100 private AI companies, valued together at roughly $3.5–3.6 trillion, with Anthropic first and OpenAI second.
Funding
Crunchbase News Taste-Tests Venture-Backed Protein Snacks and Finds Most Middling, With Brami Pasta the Standout
As venture money shifts from meat substitutes to protein-fortified packaged foods, including a $250 million round valuing David Protein's parent at $2.25 billion, an informal taste test of seven Target products found most were merely acceptable.
Funding
SoftBank leads $500m Series F in Agile Robots at $8.5bn valuation
Munich-based Agile Robots raised a $500m Series F led by SoftBank at an $8.5bn valuation, with Nvidia, Hitachi and T.Capital joining.
Valuations
Contrary's Kyle Harrison Argues Venture Valuations Should Be Made Public, Citing Kerala Fish-Market Study
Contrary GP Kyle Harrison argues that a startup's price can rest on one term sheet or on GPs agreeing with each other.
Venture funds
RedBlue Capital's Olaf Sakkers holds first close on Fund II, targeting at least $50M amid emerging-manager squeeze
RedBlue's Olaf Sakkers has held a first close on a second fund he expects to reach at least $50 million, citing a $5 million debut fund whose strong returns rest largely on paper markups, as first-time managers face their toughest fundraising market in years.
M&A
WeRoad acquires Swiss group-travel startup TravelTribe in first deal of €70M M&A plan
WeRoad, the Airbnb-backed group-travel company, has bought Zurich-based TravelTribe, a sports-focused community of about 1,600 members, for an undisclosed price.
Funding
Uforce raises $700M Series A at $6B valuation, co-led by Valor Equity Partners and UK National Wealth Fund
Uforce, a drone maker founded in Ukraine and headquartered in London, raised a $700 million Series A at a $6 billion post-money valuation.
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7 moreEarlier Valuations stories.
- Anthropic sets $70–$78 IPO range as Nvidia board investigates Jensen Huang and Sequoia closes London office20VC
- Mercor raises $750M Series D at a $20B valuation and pitches evals to enterprisesSourcery
- Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that AI investors are repeating Theranos-era diligence failuresY Combinator
- Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO Amid Megaspeed Spy Scandal as Anthropic Launches IPO RoadshowTBPN
- Imprint Raises $130 Million at $1.88 Billion Valuation as It Adds Big Retail Card Programs and Targets AI Shopping AgentsUpstarts Media
- Anthropic sets $70–$78 IPO range and adds a $26B placement from chip and cloud suppliers, for a combined raise of up to $88.5BCrunchbase News
- Nominal raises $240M Series C at $3B valuation, triple its March 2026 valuationTechCrunch · Fundraising
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