For what one might expect to be a sleepy week in mid-July, this turned out to be a fairly active period for venture dealmaking. Top fundraisers included Hadrian, a developer of AI-enabled factories for aerospace and defense, and OpenEvidence, a...
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Late-stage deals drove a quiet rebound in Latin America’s venture funding last quarter with Mexico leading the charge for the first time since 2012.
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Overall, funding in Asia in the first half of 2025 was down roughly a third from the same period last year. Deal volume also declined, with reported...
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A total of $12.6 billion was raised by around 1,200 startups across Europe last quarter, with funding amounts comparable with the previous two...
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Funding to North American startups surged in the first half of 2025, fueled by investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, overall pouring...
Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is...
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Active Capital, a San Antonio-based solo GP venture firm, has closed on its third fund — a $28 million vehicle aimed at investing in enterprise AI...
Earlier this week, we wrote about investment trends popping up at seed stage. However, we left out one area where funding activity was so voluminous...
After plowing through a huge pile of seed funding rounds, we identified four areas where seed is trending this year: longevity, defense, waste...
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Since 2023, 259 new unicorns have joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, adding $605 billion in total value and altogether raising $130 billion...
Reviewing old seed funding data is a lot like going into the past to see what people thought the future would look like. Going back roughly 10 years...
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