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Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels

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New York-based startup Daytona Platforms has secured $60 million in a Series B funding round led by FirstMark Growth, achieving a $1 billion valuation.
The company has raised $91 million to date with backing from prominent tech executives and venture firms.

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Daytona Platforms previously raised $24 million in a Series A round led by FirstMark in February.

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Daytona Platforms announced on Friday that it had raised a $60 million Series B round at a $1 billion valuation led by FirstMark Growth. The company says it has now raised a total of $91 million.

The New York-based startup has attracted not just FirstMark (which also led its $24 million Series A in February), but a host of well-known angels in this latest round. Daytona says they include Stripe’s Patrick Collison, Shopify’s Tobi Lütke, Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas, Zoom’s Eric Yuan, Datadog’s Olivier Pomel, Quora’s Adam D’Angelo (who is also an OpenAI board member), and Mercor’s Brendan Foody. It also names Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Next, and Okta Ventures as participants.

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What is the specific product focus of Daytona Platforms?

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels

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New York-based startup Daytona Platforms has secured $60 million in a Series B funding round led by FirstMark Growth, achieving a $1 billion valuation.
The company has raised $91 million to date with backing from prominent tech executives and venture firms.

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Why It Matters

Daytona Platforms previously raised $24 million in a Series A round led by FirstMark in February.

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Daytona Platforms announced on Friday that it had raised a $60 million Series B round at a $1 billion valuation led by FirstMark Growth. The company says it has now raised a total of $91 million.

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What is the specific product focus of Daytona Platforms?

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