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Global venture funding posted strong gains in January, with $55 billion invested in startups around the world, Crunchbase data shows. Funding last month more than doubled from $25.5 billion a year earlier and was up over 50% from December. The U.S. again dominated global funding with $38.7 billion — or around 70% of capital — […]
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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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After three years of declining or flat venture investment, global startup funding grew year over year in 2025, Crunchbase data shows. Last year was also defined by new startup records: the largest private funding round of all time ($40 billion to OpenAI), the largest private valuation ever recorded (SpaceX’s $800 billion valuation), and the largest
