Over the past couple weeks, as we’ve seen Klarna, StubHub and others delay scheduled pre-IPO roadshows, it appears markets are to blame. But how will delays affect a company's success when it finally makes its debut?
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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has closed a $4.6 billion late-stage venture fund, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Latin America startup investment declined sequentially in the first quarter of this year, driven by a drop in later-stage dealmaking. Even so...
It looks like SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is coming back strong. In the last nearly two quarters, the fund has participated in 13 funding rounds — many...
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The Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative team analyzed 2,791 founders behind 1,110 U.S.-based VC-backed unicorns to understand their professional...
Quite a few players in the global economy are instantly affected by exchange-rate fluctuations. Unfortunately, it’s also something over which they...
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When it comes to AI investment, the San Francisco Bay Area leads by a long shot, but there are many other metros vying for runner-up status. We take...
While the year started out hot for large megaround deals, it has slowed considerably. Just three startups raised nine-figure rounds this week and you...
Although global venture funding rose overall in 2024, it wasn’t a particularly strong year for emerging economies. Even so, there were a few...
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Improving AI performance through reinforcement learning from human feedback added a travel assistant feature to travel publisher Matador Network. In...
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Although 2024 was an exceptionally lackluster year for new public offerings, the IPO market could gain momentum in 2025. In that vein, the Crunchbase...
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