Spain’s startup economy is thriving — but is it scaling fast enough to stay globally competitive? In this guest commentary, Mind the Bridge’s Alberto...
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Venture
Twenty companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board last month — the highest count of companies to join in a single month since July 2022, when the...
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In a Crunchbase News exclusive, San Francisco-based Ashby, provider of an “all-in-one” AI-powered HR platform, says it has raised $50 million in a...
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We take a deep dive into our Q2 startup data with eight charts from Crunchbase News’ venture reports that illustrate the major startup and VC trends...
In the past few quarters, a growing roster of venture-backed companies has secured funding for areas including battery and magnet recycling, rare...
For what one might expect to be a sleepy week in mid-July, this turned out to be a fairly active period for venture dealmaking. Top fundraisers...
Swedish AI vibe coding startup Lovable has raised $200 million in a Series A round of funding at a $1.8 billion valuation, making it Europe’s newest...
Los Angeles-based Boulevard, a business management software platform for self-care businesses, has raised $80 million in Series D funding led by JMI...
Most founders don’t need VCs. At least, not out of the gate. In many cases, it’s smarter to go straight to the source — limited partners, family...
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Cybersecurity was a hot area for venture investment in the first half of 2025, with total funding to the space hitting its highest level in three...
Over the past decade, South Korea has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing innovation ecosystems and is on track to overtake Japan in the...
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