The investors backing the hottest companies in today's highly competitive venture capital market have changed drastically since the 2021 funding...
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New York-based Vestwell, a digital savings platform, has raised $385 million in a Series E funding round co-led by Blue Owl Capital and Sixth Street...
Over the past two calendar years, acquirers have agreed to pay more than $38 billion to purchase venture-backed companies in Crunchbase biotech...
Overall, there were six states that captured 2% or more of U.S. venture funding last year, per Crunchbase data. That’s a small group, but it’s not...
This week featured a lot of funding deals with a lot of zeroes on the end. Generative AI powerhouse Anthropic, of course, boasted the most zeroes...
A total of 31 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022...
Generative AI company Anthropic announced Thursday that it raised $30 billion in a round that values it at $380 billion post-money. The financing...
Startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era, and they’re not afraid to write big...
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Now that AI infrastructure is absorbing hundreds of billions in annual spend, writes guest author and strategic adviser Itay Sagie, investors are no...
There's a a growing shift among high-growth startups of rewarding employees with liquidity long before an IPO is in sight. Crunchbase News recently...
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After receiving “substantial inbound investor interest,” AI-powered robotics company Apptronik says it raised $520 million in an extension of its...
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