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Frontier Labs And Robotics Companies Again Top List Of New Unicorns In April 

A total of 28 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April, Crunchbase data shows, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the second consecutive month. Two newly founded AI labs, both based in London and both with researchers from DeepMind, raised large rounds out of the gate and made […]

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The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting

Any startup CEO can talk about future plans for going public. But until a company actually files for an IPO, it’s all just speculation. We’re not talking about confidential filings either. Sure, they signal serious intent and contain valuable information for regulators. But for the rest of us, it’s the public S-1 filing that signifies

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Lilly Acquiring Kelonia In Largest Funded Biotech Startup Purchase In Years 

Eli Lilly announced Monday that it is acquiring Kelonia Therapeutics, a developer of gene therapies with a particular focus on cancer treatment, in a deal valued at up to $7 billion in cash. Per Crunchbase data, the high end of the purchase price represents the largest acquisition of a venture-backed biotech company in years. It’s

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Lilly Acquiring Kelonia In Largest Funded Biotech Startup Purchase In Years 

Eli Lilly announced Monday that it is acquiring Kelonia Therapeutics, a developer of gene therapies with a particular focus on cancer treatment, in a deal valued at up to $7 billion in cash. Per Crunchbase data, the high end of the purchase price represents the largest acquisition of a venture-backed biotech company in years. It’s

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Transportation And Biotech Take The Lead

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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I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI

By Louis Blankemeier In October 2024, my co-founders and I set out to make our Ph.D. research useful in the real world. We had built AI models that could interpret medical images such as X-rays and CT scans across tens of thousands of potential diagnoses, generating comprehensive radiology reports that mirror how radiologists reason in

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I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI

By Louis Blankemeier In October 2024, my co-founders and I set out to make our Ph.D. research useful in the real world. We had built AI models that could interpret medical images such as X-rays and CT scans across tens of thousands of potential diagnoses, generating comprehensive radiology reports that mirror how radiologists reason in

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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion  in Q1 2026, Crunchbase data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second consecutive quarter of growth. As was the case globally and in North America, the main driver was AI, which for the first time claimed more than 50% of Europe’s total funding for

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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion  in Q1 2026, Crunchbase data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second consecutive quarter of growth. As was the case globally and in North America, the main driver was AI, which for the first time claimed more than 50% of Europe’s total funding for

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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants

This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. In a quarter when nearly two-thirds of global venture capital went to just four companies, it’s easy to lose track of the many other companies getting funding to tackle

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