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This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out our December entry here. A host of interesting, under-the-radar recently funded startups caught our attention in the past month, including one that’s developing nuclear-waste generated electricity on the moon, another that
A total of 31 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022. Collectively, those companies added $9.3 billion in funding and $58.5 billion in value to the board. And underlining the pace at which some startups are now sprinting to billion-dollar-plus
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As global energy demand continues to surge, driven by both rising household consumption and fast-expanding AI infrastructure, startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era. They’re not afraid to write big checks either. The latest evidence of this was a $450 million Series A that Livermore, California-based
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About three years ago, a check for $1 trillion would theoretically 1 be enough to buy up all of the 100 most-valuable U.S. private, venture-backed startups. Today, it wouldn’t even be enough to buy one, if it was the newly combined SpaceX and xAI, now valuing itself at $1.25 trillion. It would also fall short
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Last year was the third-strongest on record for global venture funding, trailing only the peaks in 2021 and 2022. It was also a surprisingly strong year for IPOs and we saw an uptick in startup M&A numbers. All that sets the stage for what the industry insiders we spoke with expect will be another robust
Global venture funding to fintech and financial services startups last year rose 27% to total $51.8 billion, again topping pre-pandemic levels, per Crunchbase data, despite fewer funding deals. On the heels of that momentum, investors in the space say they expect funding growth in 2026 to continue to concentrate into pre-IPO companies, for M&A to
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Cybersecurity startup investment for 2025 hit the highest level in three years, bolstered by big rounds for AI-focused companies in the space. Overall, investors put $18 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for companies in Crunchbase security and privacy categories last year. That’s up about 26% from 2024, with particularly pronounced growth at early stage.
Defense tech startup Onebrief has raised another $200 million and acquired a small battle simulation company, Axios reported. The deals follow on the heels of a record-setting year for venture investment into defense tech startups, per Crunchbase data. Battery Ventures and Sapphire Ventures led the Series D funding for Honolulu-based Onebrief. Investors including Salesforce Ventures
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
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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
