Every under-the-radar funded company that caught our eye in May relied heavily on artificial intelligence, whether that was to help farms reduce water usage, trucking companies deploy fleets more efficiently, or retailers catch would-be shoplifters...
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Building a lasting business can take an exceedingly long time, but it's nothing compared to hundreds of well-known, successful organizations and...
The start of a new year brings a lot of promise — and a lot of interesting new funding rounds. Let’s take a look at a handful of funding deals you...
In this guest commentary, Rebecca Kacaba, CEO and co-founder of DealMaker, writes that in 2025, retail investors will reshape IPO strategies...
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot raised $265 million at a nearly $5 billion valuation in a round led by Greycroft, DST Global and Avra.
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Although 2024 was an exceptionally lackluster year for new public offerings, the IPO market could gain momentum in 2025. In that vein, the Crunchbase...
Vermont, Hawaii and Arkansas aren’t on the short list of states likely to serve as home to the next Silicon Valley contender. However, by one measure...
Today, the focus for most SaaS companies is on profitable revenue rather than growth, writes Bryan House, president at Elastic Path. In Part 2 of his...
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