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Ripple, a San Francisco-based crypto payments startup, has raised $500 million at a $40 billion valuation, the company announced on Wednesday.
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The Crunchbase Unicorn Board crested $6 trillion in total value for the first time in August 2025, adding another half-trillion-plus in value, an...
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After a career filled with contact with some of the sharpest minds in venture and entrepreneurship, guest author Jeff Seibert of Digits shares what...
Since its 2012 inception, Coinbase has acquired dozens of companies and has been keeping up the pace. We take a look at what caught the publicly...
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Brazil is back in the lead in Latin America's venture funding tally — and in a big way. Brazil-based startups raised $692 million in Q3, up 47% year...
Shares of Neptune Insurance Holdings were up in early first-day trading Wednesday, as the market tides delivered a moderate rise for the flood...
This week was a fairly busy one for large financings, with eight of the top 10 exceeding the $100 million mark. Leading the way were two software...
If startup investors have their way, expect AI agents to be taking on a lot more. In recent months, investors have poured hundreds of millions of...
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After the U.S. government’s tariffs plan scared off several companies earlier this year, a flurry of startups announced Tuesday that they plan to...
We used Crunchbase’s predictive intelligence tools to curate a list of 14 venture-backed companies in sectors ranging from AI to fintech to consumer...
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