After a frenetic first couple of weeks as far as big rounds go, this week was quieter than a library. Only one round of more than $100 million was reported — although it was actually $1 billion — as everything came to a crawl.
Cloud computing
Insight Partners, known for its bets on companies such as Wiz, Fanatics and Shopify, raised $12.5 billion for its 13th flagship fund and a structured...
Cybersecurity venture investment jumped 43% in 2024 from the previous year as big rounds came back strong. That was despite flat funding quarter to...
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Thanks to venture capitalists’ appetite for artificial intelligence deals, startups saw a measurable pickup in funding last year. But not all...
Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN, valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage...
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Although 2024 was an exceptionally lackluster year for new public offerings, the IPO market could gain momentum in 2025. In that vein, the Crunchbase...
Artificial intelligence dominated the venture landscape last year. That’s especially clear when you consider how many startups in the industry raised...
After another slow year in 2024 for new tech listings, there is an expectation that the IPO markets will pick up in 2025. A year ago, the outlook was...
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AI cloud infrastructure startup Vultr raised $333 million in growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation, marking the decade-old startup’s first...
Three firms led the way as the busiest U.S. startup investors in November — Andreessen Horowitz (again), General Catalyst and Sequoia Capital — but...
What’s the best bet when the pressure shifts in your business from growth to profitability? Guest author Bryan House, president at Elastic Path...
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