Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued into 2026. See the latest companies to cut roles.
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Europe Posted Its Strongest Quarter In Q3 In 4 Years, As Its Venture Ecosystem Expands Beyond The UK
European startup funding reached $25 billion last quarter, well above the $14 billion invested in Q3 2025 and up slightly from the $24 billion...
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As AI IPOs bring greater scrutiny, argues guest author Maor Farid, founder and CEO of Leo AI, investors will increasingly prioritize customer...
In total, investors poured $92 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian startups in the third quarter, per Crunchbase...
Global venture funding totaled $159 billion in Q3 2026 with close to 6,000 startups funded, Crunchbase data shows. And while the third quarter was...
The 2026 IPO market is reopening selectively, favoring large companies that spent the slowdown strengthening their financial reporting, governance...
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Although Oura has postponed its planned offering that could have raised as much as $2.2 billion, Anthropic is still making a move toward the public...
From January through August, U.S. tech layoffs reached at least 94,046, up 16.8% from 80,486 in the same period of 2025. Interestingly, and...
U.S. venture-backed technology companies have secured around $90 billion in domestic public offerings this year, per Crunchbase data. That’s already...
AI startups are reaching massive valuations and liquidity events so quickly that young founders and employees often acquire life-changing wealth...
Startups across sales, marketing and customer management have raised $7.5 billion so far this year, according to Crunchbase data. The largest rounds...
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