We ranked August’s most active startup investors across several categories, including lead backers, prolific venture dealmakers, highest spenders and seed investors, which were once again dominated by familiar names.
Fintech
A total of 29 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August, adding around $63 billion in value to the board. More than a third of the...
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Sean Jacobsohn, a partner at venture firm Norwest, discusses where he still sees openings in the crowded market...
In the first half of this year, 58 venture-backed companies joined the public listings at $1 billion or above, per Crunchbase data. With the year’s...
Félix, a Miami-based AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $200 million in Series C...
![Illustration of a man sitting on a huge pile o' money. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Giant_Funding-470x352.jpg)
Identity verification and fraud prevention company Socure announced Thursday that it raised $156 million in a strategic growth investment valuing it...
![M&A - Illustration of a magnet attracting various products. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/mergers_and_acquisitions-470x352.jpg)
Amid fierce competition for an edge in the AI race, well-funded startups commonly find it’s simply faster to buy another company than try to build...
Our third in a series of articles about non-tech founders getting venture funding features Tabs founder Ali Hussain, who started the AI fintech after...
![Illustration of a blue unicorn with a green money background. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Unicorn_Money_v3-470x352.jpg)
So far this year, 250 companies have joined the unicorn ranks through Aug. 15, up from 2025's 193 companies. Leading sectors included robotics, AI...
The sectors leading the herd to the Unicorn Board in July, by count, were financial services, robotics, AI orchestration, multimodal AI, energy and...
Monashees, one of Latin America's oldest and most influential VC firms, believes the next phase of the region's startup ecosystem requires a...
![Illustration of a guy watering plants with a blocked hose - Global [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/quarterly-global-3-300x168.jpg)
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