Last year, there were nearly 400 deals in which startups bought other startups — a 31% surge — per Crunchbase data, with the year ending particularly strong. In 2023, barely 300 such deals occurred.
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Of the 11 new unicorns in January, five came from healthcare, including companies working on genetic research, drug development, scanning services...
While January didn’t lack for big deals, apparently those deals were spread over a wide swath of investors. Only Andreessen Horowitz reached double...
While the U.S. presidential administration change offers the promise of reduced regulations around digital assets, funding to Web3 startups did not...
Thus far 2025 has come roaring in as far as large rounds go. Last week more than a dozen companies raised $100 million or more. This week there are...
The startup world begins 2025 on a decidedly more upbeat note than it did the previous year. The renewed optimism is in part due to the modest uptick...
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With the shifting AI landscape, Katerina Stroponiati, founder of Brilliant Minds, says that 2025 will bring fundamental changes to how enterprises...
In the past three months, investors have plowed close to $1.2 billion into a geographically dispersed group of online banking providers, Crunchbase...
While many venture investors enter 2025 fairly optimistic about startup prospects, other factors are likely to affect the funding environment —...
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2024 has been a year of rapid progress and high expectations for the fintech sector, explains Katherine Maslova of Bourgeois Bohème, but certain...
Investment platform Public announced it has raised $135 million in equity and debt financing amid sharp growth in adoption of its AI-enabled research...
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