Annual Series B funding is moving steadily higher after hitting a low in 2023, Crunchbase data shows, and this year is off to a strong start as well.
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The first week of March was a relatively brisk period for large startup funding rounds, led by three deals of $500 million or more in the space tech...
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A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded some of the industry’s...
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Science Corp., a biotech startup focused on brain-computer interface technologies, announced Thursday that it has closed on a $230 million Series C...
San Francisco-based Denki, which has built AI-powered software for financial auditors at public companies, has raised $4.1 million in funding, the...
February closed with the largest startup investment of all time — OpenAI’s $110 billion financing — but did not bring a jump in overall deal count...
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued...
While there are plenty of things to worry about these days, the ability of AI to weaponize biology into one of the largest threats facing our world...
Eight Sleep, a startup developing sleep technology products, announced Wednesday that it has raised $50 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, its...
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Crunchbase data shows global venture investment totaled $189 billion in February — the largest startup funding month on record — although 83% of...
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Four-year funding gaps are top of mind these days, as it’s been that long since U.S. venture investment hit its all-time peak. During the funding...
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