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AI was the leading sector for startup funding globally from 2023 through 2025. As the sector reshapes the venture industry, here are six charts to visualize the transformation via Crunchbase data.
Startups
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Octane, a startup that offers “instant” financing for large recreational and lifestyle purchases, has raised $100 million in a Series F round with a...
This year a total of $1.6 trillion of value was added to The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which lists the most highly valued, private, venture-backed...
Startup investors this week demonstrated continued willingness to write big checks for promising companies in sought-after areas. Leading the pack...
The seed investment environment exhibited its typical quirkiness in 2025. In particular, it was a huge year for huge rounds. Predictably, it was also...
A hybrid human-machine organization requires rethinking almost everything: norms, rituals, contributions, trust dynamics, leadership models and more...
So far in 2025, global insurance-related startups have pulled in about $3.9 billion in seed-through growth-stage financing, per Crunchbase data —...
SpaceX is forging ahead with plans for an initial public offering to raise “significantly” more than $30 billion, sources told Bloomberg. The Elon...
Among sectors for new unicorn creation in November, AI once again led. The largest number of companies hailed from the data and model side as well as...
Zed, a Philippines-based startup building credit products for young professionals across the Asia-Pacific region, has raised $16.5 million in a...
So far this year, per Crunchbase data, investors have poured close to $2 billion into an assortment of companies across stages working on nuclear...
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