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It looks like SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is coming back strong. In the last nearly two quarters, the fund has participated in 13 funding rounds — many of them large and many of them involving artificial intelligence.
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Last week’s run of big rounds slowed down slightly this week, but overall still had a strong showing. Yet another huge public safety raise, as well...
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board added 110 companies globally last year, up from 100 in 2023, with the U.S. seeing a jump from 42 to 65 new unicorns...
General Catalyst recorded a double-digit number of deals last month, taking part in 15 and leading or co-leading a handful — its busiest month...
Artificial intelligence and defense were the key buzz words of the week in the venture world. Three startups in those sectors raised massive rounds...
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Global venture funding totaled $19 billion in February, marking one of the slowest months for startup investment in the past year, according to...
February was another big month for big rounds. In fact, it took $200 million or more to make the list last month, as defense tech and cybersecurity...
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When it comes to AI investment, the San Francisco Bay Area leads by a long shot, but there are many other metros vying for runner-up status. We take...
The most active, highest-spending startup investors are leading a lot of large new rounds lately. When it comes to exits, however, things look much...
After a couple of blistering weeks, large funding rounds slowed down to a crawl, with only two rounds hitting nine figures. Not surprisingly, those...
February may be the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean it was short on interesting rounds. Startups ranging from space mining to those...
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