Tariffs on Chinese packaging are driving up costs for personal care brands, forcing price hikes on everyday essentials like shampoo and lotion. Julie Longyear, founder of skincare startup Blissoma, warns that these unpredictable increases threaten...
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The past few months have been tumultuous for public companies linked to either Elon Musk or spacetech. By contrast, SpaceX, the most valuable...
Cleantech investors have largely hit pause on new deals in the past few months. But for those who are writing checks, terms are increasingly...
If you rely on comparables to fuel a market-based pricing model, by definition you can only invest in consensus themes, which it turns out, have a...
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board added 110 companies globally last year, up from 100 in 2023, with the U.S. seeing a jump from 42 to 65 new unicorns...
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At least seven U.S. venture-backed private companies last reported valuations at over $45 billion. Several are also reportedly on the verge of new...
Last year, investors put a total of $61 billion into rounds of $500 million or more for U.S. venture-backed, private companies, Crunchbase data shows...
Last year, logistics and supply chain management startups raised less than $6 billion in 741 announced funding deals, Crunchbase data shows. Those...
![Illustration of a blue unicorn with a green money background. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Unicorn_Money_v3-470x352.jpg)
While investors haven’t totally reverted back to their 2021 attitudes, they are back to rapidly minting more early-stage startups as unicorns.
Peer-to-peer car rental platform Turo became the latest venture unicorn to withdraw plans for a public offering.
Of the 11 new unicorns in January, five came from healthcare, including companies working on genetic research, drug development, scanning services...
![Illustration of a blue unicorn with a green money background. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Unicorn_Money_v3-300x168.jpg)
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