Stanford Venture Capital Initiative's team researched the educational backgrounds of founders from more than 1,000 U.S. venture-backed companies that...
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How long does it take to build a unicorn? Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Ilya Strebulaev and his Venture Capital Initiative team...
For the past couple of weeks large rounds have barely trickled in, and this week continues that trend. Just three deals hit $100 million or more as...
Startups that launched and scaled with a focus on aiding workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts a few years ago haven’t been heavy...
This is our last weekly Top 10 of the year and we go out with some pretty big rounds — especially in the world of fintech. All in all, 2024 was...
It has not been a good year for edtech startup funding. Barring some last minute mega-rounds, investment in the space for 2024 is on track to hit the...
So far in 2024, just 118 small and midsized U.S. startup investors — excluding funds operated by firms that have raised $2 billion or more in total —...
Another big week for biotech, as startups in the sector scooped up multiple spots on this week’s list. However, there also were big rounds in...
Whatfix, a digital adoption platform that companies use to help train their employees on how to use software tools, raised $125 million in a Series E...
In the first half of 2024, Black-founded U.S. startups received $228 million in funding — or about .3% of the nearly $79 billion that went to U.S...
Education is not a hot area for venture investors lately, with just $1 billion in total funding so far in 2024.


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