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While venture funds exceeding the $1 billion mark were once a rarity, they’re now comparatively commonplace. Over the years, the amount of capital under management by the most famous firms has also grown tremendously.
M&A
Fitness app Strava reached a $2.2 billion valuation after raising an undisclosed amount of new funding including debt — a nice boost for the company...
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Since 2023, 259 new unicorns have joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, adding $605 billion in total value and altogether raising $130 billion...
Cybersecurity company Proofpoint announced that it plans to acquire Hornetsecurity, a security provider specialized in Microsoft 365 software tools...
The lack of a healthy exit market is an existential problem for the venture capital industry, writes guest author Dan Gray, who sees the evolving...
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Databricks announced Wednesday that it will acquire database management platform Neon in a deal reportedly valued at around $1 billion, one of 13...
If the current pace of exits persists, it would take 30 years for every U.S. company on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board to go public or be acquired...
Last year saw big names including Mastercard, Nvidia and AMD dive into the M&A pond and buy venture-backed AI-related startups. This year, a new...
Q1 2025 was the strongest quarter for startup M&A dollar volume since 2021, totaling $71 billion in reported exit value globally, Crunchbase data...
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Over the past five years, private equity firms have spent more than $56 billion in disclosed-price acquisitions of private, venture-backed companies...
Guest author Rohit Yadav takes us on an exploration of the value chain — VC fundraising, startup fundraising and exits — to see how tariffs are...
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