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  1. Aug 3, 2026FUNDINGSeed Investors Are Still Funding Wonderfully Boring Ideas→
  2. Jul 31, 2026FUNDINGBidbus Raises $15M Series A for Live Dealer Car Auctions$15M Series A→

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FUNDING· Aug 3, 2026

Seed Investors Are Still Funding Wonderfully Boring Ideas

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FUNDING

Seed Investors Are Still Funding Wonderfully Boring Ideas

Bidbus's $15 million round for live-dealer car auctions and Smallest.ai's $13 million round for narrowly-focused voice models show seed-stage capital still backing unglamorous, defensible niches even as headlines chase AI infrastructure mega-rounds.

Aug 3, 2026
FUNDING· Jul 31, 2026

Bidbus Raises $15M Series A for Live Dealer Car Auctions

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FUNDING$15M Series A

Bidbus Raises $15M Series A for Live Dealer Car Auctions

Bidbus raised a $15 million Series A led by Ibex Investors to scale its real-time marketplace where licensed car dealers bid directly against each other for vehicles sourced straight from consumers.

Jul 31, 2026
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