This week has been a busy one for good-sized rounds, led by $500 million financings for crypto unicorn Ripple and AI-enabled parking provider Metropolis. We also saw multiple large financings for biotech startups, plus some big rounds for...
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High-growth startups often mistake rapid expansion for stability, but scaling can expose weak financial foundations and chaotic operations, writes...
We provide a look at October’s most-active investor rankings in closer detail across four metrics: active venture investors, lead backers, high...
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Over the past couple years, the top tech giants have made comparatively few big-ticket purchases of venture-backed companies. The Big Five have...
AI’s rapid growth is straining an already fragile U.S. power grid, driving up costs and outages as demand surges faster than utilities can expand...
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In order for an AI startup to stand out and lead the next wave of innovation, founders need to embrace an AI-native strategy. In this guest...
All told, venture investors poured $39 billion globally into early- and late-stage startups in October, Crunchbase data shows. Funding was up from a...
Austin, Texas-based Infravision, which says its “flexible and automated approach” eliminates many of the contingencies and hazards inherent in...
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board crested $6 trillion in total value for the first time in August 2025, adding another half-trillion-plus in value, an...
The week’s largest funding rounds confirmed that we’re still very much in the AI era. This included the biggest deal, a $350 million Series C for AI...
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