This is not shaping up as a strong year for gaming startup funding. Per Crunchbase data, only around $627 million in global venture funding has gone to companies in gaming-related industry categories so far in 2025, putting the industry on track for...
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WordPress publisher Automattic has acquired relationship management startup Clay for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Thursday.
Thirteen companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in May 2025, including five from Europe, Crunchbase data shows.
Media-related startup funding is one of many areas that hasn’t come close to recapturing record levels set a few years ago. Nonetheless, we are...
Per Crunchbase data, 279 companies that raised $100 million or more in venture funding haven’t closed new financing since 2021, including quite a few...
According to Jason Levin of Memelord Technologies, if you want people to care about your startup, you have to be terminally online. In this guest...
Harvard ranks high in most metrics related to academic prestige and alumni success. So, it’s not surprising that the 389-year-old institution does...
Despite what boosters may have envisioned amid a pandemic-era spike in migration to Florida a few years ago, the Sunshine State is not emerging as a...
Creators are no longer seen as just influencers, they are identified as real business owners who build scalable operations and attract weighty...
While the VC world runs on capital, it thrives on narrative, but somewhere along the way, we swapped substance for spectacle, writes Rohit Yadav. In...
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...
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