After a frenetic first couple of weeks as far as big rounds go, this week was quieter than a library. Only one round of more than $100 million was reported — although it was actually $1 billion — as everything came to a crawl.
Venture
Even as overall seed-stage investment declined in 2024, a few areas saw big gains. This includes the obvious category — AI — as well as a subset of...
While most of the talk about the White House’s new Stargate Project centered on the three big tech names — OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle — Abu Dhabi...
Last column, we took a look at the massive amount of cash that went to artificial intelligence-related startups, but who is putting that cash into...
U.S. seed-stage investment actually declined a bit last year, particularly in a handful of industries including several beset by disappointing...
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Competitors Anthropic and OpenAI continue to refuse to take a back seat to each other when it comes to headline-grabbing news. We take a look at what...
There has been some seed-stage shape-shifting in recent years. We take a look and find that those early-stage funding deals, on average, are getting...
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While last year wasn’t the cascade of M&A activity many had wished for (and certainly the IPO pipeline never unfroze), it did provide some hope. Deal...
Thus far 2025 has come roaring in as far as large rounds go. Last week more than a dozen companies raised $100 million or more. This week there are...
A startup, much like a banana, peaks when slightly underripe and its potential is both most obvious and mostly unrealized. We take a look at some of...
Insight Partners, known for its bets on companies such as Wiz, Fanatics and Shopify, raised $12.5 billion for its 13th flagship fund and a structured...
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