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With Bitcoin Hitting New Highs, Will VCs Take Notice?

Chris Metinko
March 12, 2024

Bitcoin prices this week hit highs they haven't seen in years. Will that renew investment into a sector that VCs have fled?

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Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

AI Leads New Unicorn Creation As Ranks Of $1B Startups Swells  

Gené Teare
February 13, 2024

All told, fewer than 100 companies joined the Unicorn Board in 2023, the lowest count in more than five years, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows.

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Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Cybersecurity • M&A • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Rough Ride: M&A Dropped 31% For VC-Backed Startups In 2023

Chris Metinko
January 29, 2024

Dealmaking involving venture-backed startups hit an eight-year low last year, as strategic and private equity buyers decided to keep their cash...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Startups • Venture • Web3

Web3 Funding Cratered In 2023

Chris Metinko
January 22, 2024

It is not surprising to hear crypto, blockchain and Web3 protocols fell out of favor with investors last year — however, venture dollar numbers show...

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Crypto • Public Markets

Stablecoin Startup Circle Files Confidentially For IPO

Chris Metinko
January 11, 2024

Circle Internet Financial has circled back around on its hopes to be a public company.

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Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech & e-commerce • Layoffs • Startups • Venture

From SVB And SBF To AI And IPOs, There Was A Lot Of Action (And Acronyms) In 2023

Chris Metinko
December 27, 2023

From crypto contagion to a banking crisis that rocked the industry, to a CEO’s firing saga that was like a never-ending soap opera storyline, 2023...

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Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Startups • Venture • Web3

Tiger Global Bit Off A Lot Less In 2023

Chris Metinko
December 12, 2023

Tiger Global, quite possibly the poster child for the go-go venture days of 2020 and 2021, is on pace to slash its deal flow more than 90% from 2022...

Crypto • Startups • Venture • Web3

Web3 Startup Wormhole Locks Up $225M At A $2.5B Valuation

Chris Metinko
November 29, 2023

Messaging protocol startup Wormhole raised $225 million at a $2.5 billion valuation — the biggest round this year in the Web3 space.

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Crypto • Fintech & e-commerce • Venture

Many Crypto-Corns Navigate Trying Times After FTX Fall

Chris Metinko
November 13, 2023

More than 90 crypto and blockchain startups have been minted as unicorns in recent years, per Crunchbase data, but many of those valuations have...

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Crypto • Fintech & e-commerce • Venture

Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty Of Multibillion-Dollar Fraud, Marking Chapter In Crypto History

Chris Metinko
November 3, 2023

The verdict came just about a year after FTX’s epic fall from grace rattled the markets and took Bankman-Fried from the wunderkind white knight that...

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Business • Crypto • Fintech & e-commerce • Venture • Web3

Regardless of SBF Verdict, Crypto And Venture Have Significantly Changed

Chris Metinko
October 6, 2023

The spectacularly colossal nature of SBF’s downfall has impacted not only the crypto startups and venture funding in the sector, but also venture...

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