Usual suspects lead top investor list in a slow July, sports startup Overtime scores, and more - August 10, 2022

August 10, 2022 [Y Combinator, Elevate Ventures and a16z led July’s slow investment]( While July’s list of most active investors in the U.S. includes familiar names such as Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz, some of the other large firms that normally populate this list seemed to take the long summer month off. Big-name firms such as Tiger Global, Insight Partners, General Catalyst, Accel and Sequoia Capital all were significantly lower on the list than normal. [Overtime scores huge $100M Series D at $500M valuation]( Sports league startup Overtime closed a $100 million Series D valuing the company at $500 million. The new cash brings the total amount raised by the 6-year-old company to more than $250 million. [Meet the 14 new unicorns that joined the board in July]( Web3 startups lead this small but mighty cohort of new unicorns on [The Crunchbase Unicorn Board]( followed by finance and health care. We break down the newest additions by industry and amount raised. [Why SoftBank’s mea culpa is a rarity among investors]( It took a $22.7 billion loss to do it, but SoftBank’s CEO offered a rare “oops, my bad” among the startup investment world. But SoftBank wasn’t the only one to turn “somewhat delirious” during the heady days of Uber and WeWork. Why do so few investors admit to their bad bets? [5 startup deals in July you may have missed]( July has come and gone, and there were a few interesting rounds that may have flown under the radar as everyone tried to beat the heat. Here are some startup deals of note that may have been overlooked last month. [Will we see more startups offering abortion pills?]( How this summer’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade will or won’t impact abortion pill providers continues to be in muddy regulatory waters. In the meantime, existing digital health companies could expand their offerings to include abortion pills. We take a look. [11 of the hottest companies to sell to in August]( In the latest edition of The Lead List, we highlight 11 of the hottest high-growth startups with new funding to add to your pipeline. Learn more about these emerging unicorns and find all the information you need to sell to them in August. 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