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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: OpenAI Takes The Spotlight With Record-Setting $110B Round

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal […]

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European Venture Funding Nudged Higher In 2025, While AI Led For The First Time

Venture funding to Europe-based startups last year gained only slightly, around 9% year over year, reaching $58 billion, with AI emerging as the region’s leading sector for startup investment for the first time, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows. While Europe’s venture investment did not grow significantly year over year, the region saw a shift

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Brian Schiff and Sam Krut, co-founders of Flip. [Courtesy photo]

Flip Raises $20M Series A For Its Verticalized Approach To AI-Based Customer Service

Flip, a startup that claims to offer an Amazon Alexa-like voice AI experience for businesses, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. CEO Brian Schiff and CRO Sam Krut met a decade ago in college and began building different ventures together. After a few pivots, they raised

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