Crypto payments firm Ripple is acquiring brokerage house Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in one of the biggest M&A deals ever in crypto.
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Startups
Most failed startups do so because they run out of money. One contributing factor to the lack of funds is overspending on full-time hires, writes...
Social media's age assurance has emerged as one of the most debated topics in trust and safety. In this guest commentary, Sacha Lazimi of Yubo shares...
To understand how AI may be changing the dynamics behind SaaS, the real question is: “How is AI driving business outcomes right now?” Guest author...
Even seasoned startup investors today face what feels like a novel turn of events: a potential recession and increasing exit uncertainty due to...
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Bay Area-based SignalFire, a data-driven venture firm, has raised $1 billion for its fifth and largest fund, which it will invest in applied AI...
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Despite several big deals that buoyed the numbers, North America early- and seed-stage investment declined to multiquarter lows in Q1, and reported...
In the first three months of 2025, venture investors have poured nearly $2.9 billion into Lone Star State companies, per Crunchbase data. That...
This was a week right out of the free-spending days of 2021. Huge rounds were abundant — led by the biggest of them all as OpenAI’s massive $40...
Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ — an AI and quantum computing startup — added another $150 million to its Series E from the likes of Google and Nvidia.
The 2023 downturn led to VC frustration, misalignment and career soul-searching. For some, it was a breaking point. For others, a wake-up call...
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