Predictions market Kalshi led the list after confirming its already widely reported $1 billion fresh financing. Other big rounds came from sectors including defense tech, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity and biotech.
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An analysis of Crunchbase data for pet-related startup funding shows that the space remains a lively area. So far in 2025, venture and strategic...
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It was another outsized month for global venture as investors poured $39.6 billion into startups in November. Global funding was on par with October...
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New York-based Kalshi today announced it raised $1 billion in Series E funding at an $11 billion valuation. Crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm...
High-growth startups often overlook sales and use tax, but expanding into new states or revenue streams can quickly trigger complex, state-specific...
Black Forest Labs, a German AI image-generating startup, says it has raised $300 million at a $3.25 billion valuation, marking one of the largest...
Global defense spending is on the rise, and startups are vying for a larger share of the outlays, and it looks like there’s plenty of capital to go...
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AI-enabled toys are gaining traction this holiday season, but we are simultaneously seeing renewed interest in older technologies including analog...
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While there’s no single explanation for the decline in investment to consumer-facing product startups, it doesn’t help that this has been a tough...
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Revolut, a digital bank based in London, has completed a secondary share sale, boosting its valuation to $75 billion.
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As regulated industries adopt AI, write guest authors Laura Connell and Andreas Cleve, the winners will be those who build domain-specific...
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