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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The busiest venture backers upped their game in the recently ended first quarter. Among the 14 most-active post-seed investors, a majority backed...
Although there were a handful of nine-figure rounds this week, funding news, in general, seemed quiet. No round topped $200 million, and even one of...
Tariff-related uncertainty is cascading through the investment ecosystem, which is particularly challenging for private investors and venture capital...
Global investment in the spacetech sector has held steady at more than $6 billion annually for the past two years, with 2025 on track to deliver...
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Europe’s venture funding plateaued at $12.6 billion in Q1 2025 — flat quarter over quarter and year over year, Crunchbase data shows. Without the...
While predicting a bear market is difficult, preparing for one isn’t, writes guest author Alexander Lis of Social Discovery Ventures, who shares what...
Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology and software, raised $106 million in an ongoing Series E that values the company at $6 billion.
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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...
The latest round of U.S. tariffs on essential manufacturing components is leading investors to adjust their risk assessments to favor startups with...
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While OpenAI’s massive $40 billion funding boosted global and North America’s funding totals, Asia was not so lucky with the region seeing its lowest...
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