![Europe Quarterly Graphic - 2024 [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Quarterly-Cowboy-Europe-990x556.jpg)
Funding to Europe-based startups settled year over year in 2024. Funding reached $51 billion, down by 5% year over year from $54 billion invested in 2023, Crunchbase data shows.
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While traditional collaborations often focus on partnering with similar-sized or larger businesses, there is an overlooked case for partnerships...
At least 95,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2024, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the cuts are continuing...
It certainly was a big week — with companies having to raise more than $100 million to make the list. Biotech- and healthcare-related startups led...
In this guest commentary, Caleb Appleton, a principal at Bison Ventures, offers up a framework biotech founders can use to determine whether they...
![Latin America Quarterly Graphic - 2024 [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Quarterly-Cowboy-Latin-America-470x352.jpg)
Latin America startup investment closed out 2024 on an up note, with the fourth quarter delivering the highest aggregate funding of the year.
![Asia Quarterly Graphic - 2024 [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Quarterly-Cowboy-Asia-470x352.jpg)
While global venture investment rebounded last year, the Asia funding market cratered, totaling only $65.8 billion in 2024 — the exact same low the...
The fourth quarter of 2024 was unlike any other in the industry as far as fundraising goes. It also wasn't just Databricks (although, yes, a massive...
![Illustration of IP shopping. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reopening-470x352.jpg)
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot raised $265 million at a nearly $5 billion valuation in a round led by Greycroft, DST Global and Avra.
North American venture funding spiked in the final quarter of 2024, closing out an up year for startup investment driven by continued momentum around...
![Illustration of pandemic pet pampering. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Pets-2-470x352.jpg)
Despite the fact spending on our pets continues to grow, venture investment in pet care fell in 2024. But will a new year bring disruption to the...
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