Armadin's $255.5M Series B Caps Kevin Mandia's Next Act
Kevin Mandia, after building and selling Mandiant to Google, has steered Armadin to a $255.5M Series B at a $2.5B+ valuation. The round mixes new and existing blue-chip investors.
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Menlo Ventures
CompanyCoverage clusters in funding, which accounts for 4 of those 5, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. At 7.2, the average consequence score sits above the same-window beat average of 6.2. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 5 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer.
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Coverage balance Positive coverage leads. Positive coverage exceeds negative coverage by 80 percentage points.
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What the coverage shows about Menlo Ventures
Coverage clusters in funding, which accounts for 4 of those 5, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. At 7.2, the average consequence score sits above the same-window beat average of 6.2. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 5 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer. The 51-day window averages about 0.7 stories each week. Negative sentiment reaches 0% here, compared with 10% across the 160-story beat baseline for the same window. They are better corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2.6 original sources each against 2.3 for the same window. We currently track 5 Startup stories that mention Menlo Ventures, published between August 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
- Stories tracked
- 5
- Per week
- 0.7
- Negative
- 0%
- Sources per story
- 2.6
Computed from the 5 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 160 Startup stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Menlo Ventures. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Timeline
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Listen Labs signs Series C term sheet
Listen Labs signs a $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation, with Menlo Ventures set to lead.
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$400M Series C at $13.3B
Lovable announces $400 million Series C, doubling valuation to $13.3 billion; ARR tracking toward $600 million by end of August.
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Simile closes $200M Series B
Simile announces a $200 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Greenoaks, setting a new benchmark for Listen Labs.
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$330M at $6.6B valuation
Lovable raises $330 million at a $6.6 billion valuation, roughly doubling its prior private-market mark.
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Lovable launches
Platform opens to public, enabling users to build software through natural-language prompts.
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Listen Labs founded
Florian Jüngermann and Alfred Wahlf co-found Listen Labs to automate customer research with voice AI.
Stories mentioning Menlo Ventures 5
Listen Labs walks from $125M term sheet after $2B Salesforce talks emerge
In a rare startup move, Listen Labs signed a $125M Series C term sheet at a $1.5B valuation and then backed out amid Salesforce acquisition discussions. For founders, the saga shows how late-stage M&A interest can upend fundraising and reset valuation benchmarks.
Wispr Flow's $280M Series B triples valuation to $2B in 9 months
For startup founders and VCs, Wispr Flow's rise from $700 million to $2 billion in nine months shows how fast capital is concentrating in AI application-layer companies. The $280 million Series B drew existing and new backers, bringing total funding to $361 million.
Stripe's $7B OpenRouter Buy Hands VCs a 5x Return in Months
Stripe's reported $7B+ acquisition of OpenRouter marks a rapid exit for its venture backers, turning a $1.3B valuation months ago into a roughly 5x paper return. It validates AI infrastructure startups as prime M&A targets.
Lovable's $400M Series C Doubles Valuation to $13.3B
The Swedish startup's $400 million Series C, co-led by Menlo Ventures and EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, doubled its valuation to $13.3 billion in eight months. The round includes Tencent and Balderton as new backers, while existing investors Accel, Antler, CapitalG, and HubSpot Ventures retain stakes. ARR is tracking toward $600 million by end of August.
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