A total of 34 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in October, adding more than $96 billion in value and $14.8 billion in total funding to the board. The board also reached a new record of 1,900 private companies last month, along with a...
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Global venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15...
From teaching robots to do everyday household chores to using lasers to track satellites in space, this month's crop of interesting startup deals...
A continued boom in late-stage and growth funding combined with a surge in seed-stage funding helped buoy venture investment in Latin America for the...
Semiconductors, financial services and space technology led for new Unicorn Board counts with the remainder hailing from a broad swath of industries...
As the AI startup boom progresses, investors appear to be leaving few niches unfunded. That was apparent in this week’s lineup of large funding...
Europe Posted Its Strongest Quarter In Q3 In 4 Years, As Its Venture Ecosystem Expands Beyond The UK
European startup funding reached $25 billion last quarter, well above the $14 billion invested in Q3 2025 and up slightly from the $24 billion...
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So far in 2026, investors have poured more than $6 billion into companies focused on developing both fission and fusion nuclear energy technology and...
After a week of multiple billion-dollar-plus rounds, startup investors have reduced the number of zeroes on their funding checks. This past week, the...
From putting nuclear reactors on barges to grading how well AI models can control robots, this month’s crop of interesting startup deals takes AI and...
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U.S. venture-backed technology companies have secured around $90 billion in domestic public offerings this year, per Crunchbase data. That’s already...
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