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A rising tide may lift all boats. But lately it lifts California boats the most. In 2025, only two states with a sizable venture scene saw a year-over-year gain in their share of U.S. venture funding: California and Washington. This held true even though several others, including New York and Texas, actually saw a pretty […]
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In the startup game, betting against California has long been a losing proposition. The three most valuable American public companies all began as Golden State startups. And among the current lineup of today’s most highly valued and capitalized venture-backed companies, the top ranked are all founded or headquartered in California. In recent quarters, the state’s
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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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Funding to Asia-based startups ticked lower in 2025. Even so, the fourth quarter closed out the annum on an up note, with the highest quarterly investment tally of the year, Crunchbase data shows. In total, investors poured $67.5 billion into reported seed- through growth-stage rounds for companies across Asia in last year, per Crunchbase data.
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Latin American startup investment climbed by 14.3% in 2025, driven by a boost in both early- and late-stage funding, Crunchbase data shows. Overall, venture funding in the region increased to $4.1 billion across seed- through growth-stage deals in 2025, up from $3.6 billion in 2024. Investors active in the area who spoke with Crunchbase News
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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