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After operating as one company for 25 years, Alibaba Group, one of the world’s largest tech companies, announced it will split into six different...
Bird, the scooter startup that once blazed the fastest trail ever to a unicorn valuation, got a boost when it announced Tuesday that it has secured...
Founders Fund has been significantly slowing the pace of its dealmaking as the venture market cooled and valuations dropped. We look at the numbers.
In February of last year, more than a dozen firms announced 10 or more deals, with several participating in 20 or more. Last month, just two...
In recent months, Series B funding to U.S. startups has fallen sharply. So far in 2023, investment is on track to come in at the lowest quarterly...
As markets chilled, so did investors’ attitude toward Embark.
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Venture-backed startups are tapping public markets through combinations with Nasdaq-traded microcap companies in the shape of mergers, reverse...
Big rounds dominated last week, but this week were hard to come by with only two companies raising nine-figure rounds.
Huge rounds were the theme of the week, as we saw six rounds of $100 million or more — including two of a half-billion dollars or more. What’s...
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