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A boom year for North American startup funding ended on an up note. Investors poured $280 billion into seed through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian companies in 2025, per Crunchbase data. It was the highest annual total in four years, with funding up a whopping 46% from 2024. The fourth quarter also delivered a […]
North American Startup Funding Soared 46% In 2025, Driven By AI Boom Read More »
Editor’s note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here, and our startup M&A forecast here. Last year was a stellar one for venture funding, in large part thanks to AI. Preliminary Crunchbase data shows global venture investment in 2025 was on pace to be the third-highest on
Editor’s note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here. For years, industry observers have predicted an uptick in startup M&A activity, in part due to the limited number of companies going public. As the IPO dam finally broke in 2025, we didn’t see a huge surge in
In December 2021, I highlighted the dangers of tech startups raising capital at inflated revenue multiples between 40x and 70x. At the time, it was clear that valuations were being driven more by hype than by financial fundamentals. The warning signs were there. Now, years later, the consequences are materializing. Many of those companies raised
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After three slow years, unicorn exits have finally picked up in 2025, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows. IPO counts for unicorn-valued companies were back up to pre-2021 levels. And 2025 M&A deals were at the highest count and values of all time for unicorns, or private companies valued at a billion dollars or more.
M&A The Highest On Record For Unicorn Exits In 2025 Read More »
LawVu, a New Zealand-based legal ops platform for inhouse teams – but which operates globally, has bought Belgian contract AI business ClauseBase. The Belgian company, …
LawVu Buys ClauseBase For Contract AI Expansion Read More »
As Artificial Lawyer wrote yesterday, Scissero, an AI-enabled legal services business, has acquired the managed services team of Robin AI, after the startup failed to …
The Scissero-Robin AI Deal + Mathias Strasser Interview Read More »
Breaking News: Scissero, an AI-enabled NewMod law firm, has acquired Robin AI’s legal services team. Meanwhile, the remaining ‘tech group’ of Robin AI is understood …
AI-Enabled Law Firm Scissero Buys Robin Services Arm Read More »
Semaverse has launched an ‘M&A Intelligence Infrastructure’ platform, which helps with everything from ‘initial evaluation, to due diligence, to post-deal value realisation’. It uses a …
Semaverse Launches AI Intelligence Platform for M&A Read More »
