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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 […]
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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Among startup investors, the prevailing mantra has long been that the greatest returns accrue to those who are earliest in finding and funding the most promising founders. Sounds simple enough. But there’s a twist: What if a lot of well-capitalized investors identify those same founders around the same time? In that case, being early can
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The narrative around artificial intelligence often swings between exuberant enthusiasm and skeptical caution. Is AI just another tech hype cycle or a lasting transformation? The truth is far more foundational: AI is not a standalone sector. It is an infrastructure layer, just like the internet once was, and it’s being embedded across every industry, from
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The momentum of new unicorn creation picked up in the final months of 2025, with the fourth quarter showing the highest count of newly minted billion–dollar-plus valued companies since Q2 2022. In December alone, 23 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, more than doubling the count from a year ago. The value of the unicorn
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Zocks, which has built an AI assistant for financial advisers, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, the startup told Crunchbase News exclusively. All existing backers, including Motive Ventures and 14Peaks Capital, also participated in the financing. The raise comes less than one year after
OpenEvidence, an AI platform for doctors, announced Wednesday it has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round that doubled its valuation to $12 billion. Notably, the round marks the fourth fundraise for the Miami-based startup in less than a year. In total, OpenEvidence has raised nearly $700 million in funding since its 2021
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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Humans&, a new company founded by top researchers from Google, Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI and Meta, among others, announced Tuesday that it has raised a massive $480 million seed round at a staggering $4.48 billion valuation. So far, not much is known about the company, founded in September 2025, which says its mission is to design
Humans& Raises Huge $480M Seed Round At $4.48B Valuation For ‘Human-Centric AI Lab’ Read More »
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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