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Cloneable, a startup that uses AI to shadow human experts in heavy industries such as energy and replicate their specialized workflows into autonomous agents, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Congruent Ventures led the raise, which included participation from First In, Overline, Bull City Venture Partners, and St. […]
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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Crunchbase just reported that $300 billion flowed into startups in Q1 2026, the biggest quarter in venture history. The eye-popping subtext? Four companies absorbed $188 billion of that, or 65%. If you’re a seed-stage founder reading those numbers, it’s easy to feel like the market is passing you by. Look closer, and the story changes
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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
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.
Cybersecurity tends to be one of the more resilient sectors for startup funding, as customers know it’s cheaper in the long run to pay for it than go without. Even so, investment to the space reliably fluctuates from quarter to quarter, driven largely by the volume of jumbo rounds. This past quarter, funding to security-
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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Funding to autonomous vehicle startups has seen a massive resurgence in 2026, more than tripling so far this year compared to all of 2025 globally, Crunchbase data shows. Several multibillion-dollar megadeals drove the spike in first-quarter investment. That signals investors aren’t just paying for research anymore, but betting on companies that are ready to scale
GetWhys, an AI-powered customer intelligence platform, has raised $5.2 million in funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. The company described the financing as a “seed II” round. It builds upon a $2.75 million “seed I” round the company raised in February 2025, bringing its total raised to about $8 million. Epic Ventures led its latest
Q1 2026 marked an all-time quarterly high for venture investment, thanks to the biggest funding deal ever for a private company. But those milestones mask a different reality for many startups on the ground: While more money than ever is being invested in the private markets, that’s thanks to larger checks, not more of them.
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