A total of 15 companies secured venture funding rounds of $2 billion or more last year, per Crunchbase data. Among them, they amassed more than $100 billion from those financings with the majority being generative AI companies.
Startups
The dollars involved in startup M&A deals appear to be up significantly this year, though deal counts are not. Still, numerous M&A market watchers we...
This month, funded startups that caught our eye included a company aiming to make a better wireless monitor for heart disease, another using AI...
All told, AI startups raised around $100 billion in the first half of 2025 alone, roughly matching 2024’s full-year total. Against that backdrop, six...
So far in 2025, global real estate-related startups have pulled in about $10.1 billion in seed-through growth-stage financing, per Crunchbase data —...
Many tech startups that raised money at inflated valuations during the 2021 bubble are now struggling as market multiples contract and cash runs out...
The IPO market for new technology listings picked up in 2025. So far this year, at least 23 U.S.-based companies have listed above $1 billion in...
Perennial megaround raiser Databricks was the top funding recipient by far this week, securing a fresh $4 billion in Series L funding (yes, that is a...
Forty-six companies founded in the past three years both held or obtained unicorn status in 2025 and raised fresh funding, per Crunchbase data...
Nirvana Insurance, an AI-based commercial insurance platform for the trucking industry, has raised a $100 million Series D round at a $1.5 billion...
At least 126,352 workers at U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the cuts...
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