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Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

Anthropic Funding Pushed Startup Investment To Near-Record Levels In May As Exit Market Reopened

Gené Teare
June 3, 2026

All told, global venture funding reached $92 billion in May, marking the second-largest monthly total on record, just behind February, Crunchbase...

Image of racing cars on a track marked with sequential series funding goals. [Dom Guzman]
Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

Anthropic Files Confidentially For IPO

Joanna Glasner
June 1, 2026

Anthropic said Monday that it has submitted a confidential filing for a proposed IPO, marking an escalation in the race among generative AI behemoths...

IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets

The IPO Comeback Has A Catch

Guest Author
May 26, 2026

The threshold for going public has steadily risen, leaving many mid-sized firms and their shareholders without viable exit opportunities, writes...

Image of a UFO capturing IPO. [Dom Guzman]
Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • E-commerce • IPO • Public Markets • SaaS • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join

Joanna Glasner
May 21, 2026

SpaceX filed its public IPO prospectus Wednesday, highlighting many amazing things that it has accomplished in its reach for a trillion-dollar-plus...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G

Cerebras Shares Soar In First Day On Nasdaq

Joanna Glasner
May 14, 2026

After years of heavy fundraising in the private markets and scrapping earlier IPO plans, AI chip startup Cerebras Systems is finally making its...

Cybersecurity illustration with shield, books, laptop. [Dom Guzman]
Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • IPO • M&A • Startups • Venture

Cybersecurity Funding Holds Up At Robust Levels

Joanna Glasner
April 20, 2026

This past quarter, funding to security- and privacy-focused startups dipped slightly on a sequential basis, but remained well above year-ago levels...

Image of expanding $100 bill ... increasing money. [Dom Guzman]
Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • IPO • Quarterly and annual reports • Startups • Venture

Fintech Startups Globally Raise More Money In Far Fewer Deals In Q1 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo
April 10, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per Crunchbase data. That’s a 5%...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • IPO • M&A • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Q1 2026 Shatters Venture Funding Records As AI Boom Pushes Startup Investment To $300B 

Gené Teare
April 1, 2026

The first quarter of 2026 was unlike any other for venture investment, driven by unprecedented spending on AI compute and frontier labs. Crunchbase...

Defense tech • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

After Swarmer’s Soaring Debut, Here Are 12 Other Potential Defense Tech IPOs

Marlize van Romburgh
March 18, 2026

Defense tech startups are on a tear, which became clear this week when shares of AI drone company Swarmer soared 520% in their first day of trading...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • IPO • Public Markets • SaaS

PwC’s US IPO Lead On The 2026 Outlook, IPO Timing And The Secondary Boom

Mary Ann Azevedo
March 18, 2026

To understand what’s holding the 2026 IPO market back and what could unlock it, Crunchbase News recently spoke with Mike Bellin, U.S. IPO services...

Image of a rocket with an up graph. Space Tech
Defense tech • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Space Tech Startup Funding Still Flying High

Joanna Glasner
February 27, 2026

Venture funding to companies in Crunchbase space tech and satellite categories hit a high last year of nearly $12 billion. So far, 2026 is off to a...

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Illustration of a guy watering plants with a blocked hose - Global [Dom Guzman]
Artificial intelligence • Crypto • M&A • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Q1 Global Startup Funding Posts Strongest Quarter Since Q2 2022 With A Third Going To Massive OpenAI Deal  

April 3, 2025
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