Science Corp., a biotech startup focused on brain-computer interface technologies, announced Thursday that it has closed on a $230 million Series C fundraise. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, IQT and Quiet Capital were among the investors participating in the syndicated round. With the latest financing, Science Corp. says it has now raised $489
Denki, which has built AI-powered software for financial auditors at public companies, has raised $4.1 million in funding, the startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Founded in 2025 by brothers Felipe Jin Li (24) and David Jin Li (20), San Francisco-based Denki aims to build “modern” infrastructure for financial audits, which verify that financial statements are
More money, fewer deals. That’s the broad direction for active startup investors of late. They’re increasingly concentrating capaital among generative AI heavy hitters and prominent unicorns, and making fewer small bets on unproven founders. February was perhaps the culmination of this trend. The month closed with the largest startup investment of all time — OpenAI’s
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As banks tap AI for big tasks, local startups get a prompt The Economic Times
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There are plenty of things to worry about these days, and the ability of AI to weaponize biology into one of the largest threats facing our world isn’t top of mind for most of us. Seed-stage investors have a different view. Over the past few months, two startups focused on the intersection of AI and
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Eight Sleep, a startup developing sleep technology products, announced Wednesday that it has raised $50 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Tether Investments led the “strategic” investment in the New York-based startup, which has now raised more than $250 million in total funding. Eight Sleep raised $100 million last August, so this financing marks its
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Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices TechCrunch
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Crunchbase data shows global venture investment totaled $189 billion in February — the largest startup funding month on record — although 83% of capital raised went to just three companies. They include OpenAI, which raised $110 billion, also in the largest round ever raised by a private, venture-backed company. The record month for venture funding took place
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Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal
