Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment in United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42 — the biggest new round to go...
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Altogether, venture funding in American and Canadian companies totaled $35.2 billion in Q1 of 2024, per Crunchbase data. That’s a gain of 14% from...
According to Augment, a new secondary markets platform that connects buyers and sellers of shares in private companies, interest is particularly hot...
The Microsoft deal with Inflection AI — seemingly framed in a way to get around any regulatory hurdles since it is not officially an acquisition —...
Hardly any companies that had a SPAC debut during the boom have held on to high valuations. Many have filed for bankruptcy, shuttered or are worth a...
Shares of Reddit closed up 48% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the company raised $519 million in an IPO that priced...
Shares of Astera Labs closed up more than 72% on Wednesday, after the company raised $713 million in an initial public offering that priced well...
Reddit’s IPO will be closely watched for a number of reasons.
Chip startup Astera Labs is targeting a valuation of up to $4.5 billion in an initial public offering, riding a wave of interest from investors for...
Does Reddit's IPO mark the beginning of an upswing, sparking a new wave of exits from startups that have been waiting for signs of safety? John S...
Global startup funding for the first month of the year reached close to $22 billion — slightly below the monthly average for 2023 — according to an...
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