An estimated 517 global unicorns — or private companies valued at $1 billion or more — raised their last known round more than three years ago, per...
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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...
While January didn’t lack for big deals, apparently those deals were spread over a wide swath of investors. Only Andreessen Horowitz reached double...
With OpenAI’s release of Operator, Scott Friend, an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, believes we’ll now see an acceleration in what will ultimately...
While the year started out hot for large megaround deals, it has slowed considerably. Just three startups raised nine-figure rounds this week and you...
Although global venture funding rose overall in 2024, it wasn’t a particularly strong year for emerging economies. Even so, there were a few...
While the U.S. presidential administration change offers the promise of reduced regulations around digital assets, funding to Web3 startups did not...
After a frenetic first couple of weeks as far as big rounds go, this week was quieter than a library. Only one round of more than $100 million was...
Even as overall seed-stage investment declined in 2024, a few areas saw big gains. This includes the obvious category — AI — as well as a subset of...
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...
A startup, much like a banana, peaks when slightly underripe and its potential is both most obvious and mostly unrealized. We take a look at some of...
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