A total of 34 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in October, adding more than $96 billion in value and $14.8 billion in total funding to the board. The board also reached a new record of 1,900 private companies last month, along with a...
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This week brought another plethora of large funding rounds for startups and growth-stage companies. Shield AI, a defense tech player focused on...
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More than half of all seed- through growth-stage venture capital raised in the U.S. so far in 2026 went to seven companies founded or led by men who...
This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace...
California companies have scooped up more than three-fourths of all U.S. startup funding this year. That, per Crunchbase data, is an apparent record...
Semiconductors, financial services and space technology led for new Unicorn Board counts with the remainder hailing from a broad swath of industries...
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Over the past year, venture backers have poured close to $3 billion into good-sized rounds for marine-related startups in sectors ranging from...
From January through August, U.S. tech layoffs reached at least 94,046, up 16.8% from 80,486 in the same period of 2025. Interestingly, and...
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Van Espahbodi, general parter at Generational Partners, discusses how AI is changing hardware economics, why...
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U.S. venture-backed technology companies have secured around $90 billion in domestic public offerings this year, per Crunchbase data. That’s already...
It was a monster week for U.S. startup funding, with four companies each raising $1 billion or more. The Boring Co. led with a $3 billion Series D...
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