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AI-enabled toys are gaining traction this holiday season, but we are simultaneously seeing renewed interest in older technologies including analog toys and screen-free gadgets.
Seed funding
Transportation has been an underrepresented sector for venture investors in recent quarters, as money increasingly concentrates in hotter niches such...
In today’s market, where early-stage capital is shrinking, your ability to communicate is as critical as your product, writes guest author Nick...
Virtually everyone would like to live a longer, healthier life. Given the ubiquity of this aspiration, it’s not surprising that longevity has a...
We provide a look at October’s most-active investor rankings in closer detail across four metrics: active venture investors, lead backers, high...
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We spoke to Feyza Haskaraman, who is joining Felicis Ventures as a partner to focus on investing in “soon-to-break-out” AI infrastructure...
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The overarching theme from our third-quarter market reports was that venture funding has most definitely rebounded since the 2022 correction, but...
In total, investors put just over $3.3 billion globally into seed- through growth-stage rounds for cybersecurity-focused companies, per Crunchbase...
Where are seed- and early-stage AI investors placing their bets? To answer this question, we analyzed a dataset of AI-focused startups that raised at...
We took a look at Q3 2025's busiest lead dealmakers, highest spenders, and top venture and seed backers, and found that established leaders among...
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Asia’s startup funding rose sequentially in the third quarter, boosted by a handful of hardtech-focused megarounds that led to a 20% increase from...
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