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SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could reopen the IPO market—or drain it

Startups are now split between legacy unicorns struggling to prove AI growth and new AI leaders that may be too early for public markets.

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February was the biggest month in venture history, thanks to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo in particular

Startup funding surged to a historic $189 billion in February, driven almost entirely by three AI mega-rounds that captured 83% of the total.

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Global e-commerce startup funding hits 2020s low, while 2025 U.S. holiday spending could break records

In 2021, global e-commerce-related startup funding peaked, but in 2025 those numbers have come crashing down to around $7 billion for the year, per Crunchbase.

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Venture Funding Roars Back in Q3, Thanks to AI's Billion-Dollar Boom

Gigantic investments of $500 million dollars or more into Artificial Intelligence companies led a 38 percent increase in year-over-year third quarter global venture capital funding. Year-over-year third quarter increases in other early-stage investment levels were more modest, however, according to Crunchbase.com.

Benzinga

Q2 venture funding climbs on AI deals while PE stuck on sidelines

Private equity fundraising in the first half remains slow.

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JPMorgan Chase axes startup-VC platform Capital Connect, but remains committed to innovation economy

JPMorgan has redeployed most of Capital Connect’s 200 employees.

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Global VC funding in media, entertainment, and gaming is up 58% for the first half of 2024, says Crunchbase

In the first half of 2024, global venture funding into media, entertainment, and gaming hit $7.1 billion, an increase of 58% when compared to the second half of last year, according to Crunchbase data.

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AI startups raised $24 billion globally in Q2, but the question remains: Where will value in AI accrue? Here’s one VC’s (slightly) contrarian take.

PitchBook isn’t ready to call a comeback, but deal counts are looking up: In Q2 this year, U.S. VCs invested $55.6 billion in 4,226 deals, marking the highest quarterly deal count since Q2 2022. Meanwhile, AI startups raised $24 billion globally in Q2, Crunchbase says.

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AI and Web3 led May’s new unicorn pack

Six new unicorns were minted in May and, yep, two of them were AI companies, Crunchbase data released earlier this week showed. While newly-minted AI unicorns is a predictable enough phenomenon these days, I was caught more off guard by this: Two of May’s new unicorns are in Web3.

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AI research firm AlphaSense to buy rival Tegus—only months after filing patent lawsuit

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The Fearless Fund grant for Black female business owners was ruled discriminatory by an appeals court. Here’s what may happen now.

Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based VC firm, made headlines last week when a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Miami ruled that the firm suspend its Strivers Grant Contest. So, I thought I’d try to figure out what happens next and how Silicon Valley is…

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Fintech firm Payactiv—valued at over $500 million in 2020—is seeking a minority investor

Payactiv provides technology that allows employees to access their wages before scheduled paydays.

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The wedding industry is fragmented—and ripe for innovation. Here’s what one founder in the space says about the view from the altar.

The wedding industry is massive, but it’s not a space that venture dollars have necessarily flowed into.

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In a tough venture environment for crypto, here are the most notable fundraises of 2023

Crypto was on 2023’s naughty list, but some startups still managed to avoid coal in their stockings.

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BetterUp, Alza Among The Latin Times' List Of Salient Startups Of 2023

These are the Latino-founded tech companies that made the Latin Times List of salient startups of 2023

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Apex Fintech Solutions will try to go public again

The custody and clearing firm has confidentially filed its draft registration statement with the SEC.

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Exclusive: 79% of seed funding for diverse founders goes to white women

Women of color receive less than 10% of VC seed deals backing diverse founders.

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Five months ago Crunchbase vowed to try and avoid layoffs. Since then A.I. has changed everything

“It's an existential threat to your business if you don't think of things as in an A.I.-first world,” says Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell.

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How VC Headline notched a 30% stake in Brazil’s biggest startup acquisition in 5 years

The investor behind Pismo talks about the $1 billion Visa deal and the Latin American deal landscape.

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Stabbing death of tech executive unleashes torrent of anger by VCs and techies who 'hate what San Francisco has become'

Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch and CrunchBase, joined an outpouring of anger and grief in response to Bob Lee's death.

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'I'm running the business as if I will never fundraise again,' says Crunchbase CEO

Companies raised 53% less in the first quarter than they did in 2022.

Fortune

Here’s how VC funding is shaping up now, in 3 charts

Global venture funding has hit its lowest levels since the beginning of the pandemic.

Fortune

Here’s how to survive the VC winter, according to EY’s U.S. venture capital leader

Despite all the bad news, 2022 has been another record year for VC investment, according to EY's analysis.

Benzinga

5 Private Companies Approaching Unicorn Status

Companies with a market valuation of more than $1 billion are termed unicorns. These start-ups are generally known for their disruptive innovation, upending their respective industries. According to data from Crunchbase, these five market-leading companies are approaching unicorn status.

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What workers really want: raises that beat inflation

Crunchbase employees got a 7% raise, outside of their regular review cycle, just to keep up with inflation

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