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Venture Capital Is Concentrating Faster Than Ever. What Happens To Everyone Else?

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Capital concentration in the private markets is accelerating. Companies with breakout growth or experienced founders in compelling sectors are raising funding at a faster clip, while the rest of the market is increasingly left behind. In 2025, 70% of U.S. funding — more than $200 billion — was invested in 389 companies that raised rounds […]

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Sector Snapshot: Quantum Computing Startup Investment Slows In 2026 While Public Markets Hold Strong

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These are pretty good times to be a public quantum computing company. The leading pure-play names are collectively valued at over $36 billion, bolstered in recent quarters by investor enthusiasm around next-generation computing. On the startup front, however, the scene has been slower to heat up this year. While deal counts remain robust, and big

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Leads Varied Lineup Of Large Deals

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Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 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

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Cerebras Shares Soar In First Day On Nasdaq

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Shares of Cerebras Systems closed up 68% at $311.07 on Thursday, their first day of trading on the Nasdaq, valuing the company at an estimated $86 billion. Shares had opened at $350 in their public-market debut on Thursday after pricing at $185 a piece the day before. Shares of the company, which develops AI computing

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Seed Funding Is Bigger Than Ever — And Harder To Get

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The market for funding U.S. startups at the seed stage is growing, but there’s a catch. While more funding is going into startups at this stage, seed funding saw a marked shift in 2025: More than half of seed dollars last year went into deals of $10 million or above. At the same time, deal

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks

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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

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The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting

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Any startup CEO can talk about future plans for going public. But until a company actually files for an IPO, it’s all just speculation. We’re not talking about confidential filings either. Sure, they signal serious intent and contain valuable information for regulators. But for the rest of us, it’s the public S-1 filing that signifies

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Sector Snapshot: EV Funding On Track For Modest Gains 

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Currently, electric cars 1 represent about 1 in 4 global vehicle purchases. Depending on how you look at it, that’s either a compelling growth story or a disappointing share relative to potential. On the positive side, EVs are gaining ground. In 2025, sales increased by more than 20% year on year, rising to 21 million units,

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Exclusive: Schematic Raises $6.5M To Help Companies Update Their Pricing Faster And Easier In The AI Era

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Schematic, a startup that aims to simplify pricing and packaging for software and AI companies, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. S3 Ventures led the financing, which included participation from MHS, Active Capital, NextView Ventures and Ritual. It brings Boulder, Colorado-based Schematic’s total funding since its 2023 inception to

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The New Unicorn Count Reached A 4-Year High In March, Led By Robotics, Frontier Labs And AI Infrastructure 

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A total of 37 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, Crunchbase data shows. The robotics sector led unicorn creation last month, with six new billion-dollar startups, including three from China. Frontier labs added four new unicorns, including two that are building models for robotics.

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