Startups

Global Investors Help Boost Latin America’s Late-Stage Funding Boom In Q1

A boom in late-stage and growth funding helped buoy venture funding in Latin America for the first quarter of 2026, Crunchbase data shows. Startups in Latin America raised a combined $1.03 billion across seed- and growth-stage deals in the three-month period ending March 31. That was up 12% year over year and down 6% from […]

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Most Active And Highest-Spending Startup Investors Diverged In Q1

The investors backing the highest number of startup rounds this past quarter were mostly not the ones writing the biggest checks. And the ones funding the largest deals were not the most prolific dealmakers. That, in broad strokes, was the state of startup funding in Q1 of this year, a period characterized by record-setting rounds

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Most Active And Highest-Spending Startup Investors Diverged In Q1

The investors backing the highest number of startup rounds this past quarter were mostly not the ones writing the biggest checks. And the ones funding the largest deals were not the most prolific dealmakers. That, in broad strokes, was the state of startup funding in Q1 of this year, a period characterized by record-setting rounds

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Most Active And Highest-Spending Startup Investors Diverged In Q1

The investors backing the highest number of startup rounds this past quarter were mostly not the ones writing the biggest checks. And the ones funding the largest deals were not the most prolific dealmakers. That, in broad strokes, was the state of startup funding in Q1 of this year, a period characterized by record-setting rounds

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Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nano

MIT.nano has announced that 16 startups became active participants in its START.nano program in 2025, more than doubling the number of new companies from the previous year. Aimed at speeding the transition of hard-tech innovation to market, START.nano supports new ventures through the discounted use of MIT.nano shared facilities and a guided access to the

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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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