Seven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April — a defense tech startup and two each in data, healthcare and security. For at least five of them, the AI wave was a significant driver for increased momentum.
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Pricing in software is undergoing a seismic shift — but navigating this evolution is no small feat. In this guest commentary, Scott Woody of...
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Venture investor DFJ Growth announced it has raised $1.2 billion for a fifth flagship fund, its largest to date.
As traditional banking models struggle, fintech startups are stepping in to redefine accessibility in financial services. In this guest commentary...
Despite what boosters may have envisioned amid a pandemic-era spike in migration to Florida a few years ago, the Sunshine State is not emerging as a...
It was a good week for startups looking to raise big, as two companies raised rounds of well more than a half-billion dollars. While it’s not...
Reviewing old seed funding data is a lot like going into the past to see what people thought the future would look like. Going back roughly 10 years...
Coinbase announced Thursday the biggest deal in the crypto industry to date when it said it would buy derivatives exchange Deribit in a $2.9 billion...
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In this guest commentary, Bobby Cohen, president of Copper Compression, shares some lessons his company learned and implemented to help weather...
While the VC world runs on capital, it thrives on narrative, but somewhere along the way, we swapped substance for spectacle, writes Rohit Yadav. In...
Over the past year, more than a dozen identity security-focused startups have pulled in good-sized rounds. Using Crunchbase data, we put together a...
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