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...
Defense tech
This week brought another plethora of large funding rounds for startups and growth-stage companies. Shield AI, a defense tech player focused on...
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More than half of all seed- through growth-stage venture capital raised in the U.S. so far in 2026 went to seven companies founded or led by men who...
This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace...
California companies have scooped up more than three-fourths of all U.S. startup funding this year. That, per Crunchbase data, is an apparent record...
It was another interesting week for AI-related startup funding, with a number of large rounds and quirky companies. The largest financings went to...
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For the third quarter of 2026, global cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups pulled in a total of $6.8 billion, per Crunchbase data. That’s up...
Semiconductors, financial services and space technology led for new Unicorn Board counts with the remainder hailing from a broad swath of industries...
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...
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Van Espahbodi, general parter at Generational Partners, discusses how AI is changing hardware economics, why...
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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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