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Gen AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M Led By General Atlantic At $5.3B Valuation

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Runway, an AI research and technology startup, said Tuesday that it has raised $315 million in a Series E round of funding. General Atlantic led the financing, which included participation from Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, AMD Ventures, Fidelity Management & Research Co. and Felicis Ventures 1 , among others. The capital was raised at a $5.3 billion […]

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In The Era Of Unicorn Valuation Escalation, A Trillion Dollars Isn’t What It Used To Be

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About three years ago, a check for $1 trillion would theoretically 1 be enough to buy up all of the 100 most-valuable U.S. private, venture-backed startups. Today, it wouldn’t even be enough to buy one, if it was the newly combined SpaceX and xAI, now valuing itself at $1.25 trillion. It would also fall short

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5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth

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Last year, AI grabbed half of venture dollars globally. But the sector’s blockbuster growth hasn’t necessarily come at the expense of other startup industries. Rather, areas that benefit from AI-driven automation such as legal tech, or that combine AI software with physical tech, like robotics and defense tech, are seeing record-high funding levels as well,

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Waymo Leads An AI-Driven Lineup Of Large Financings

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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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Global VC Investment Surged In January, With U.S. Dominating Funding But A Pair Of AI Model IPOs In China

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Global venture funding posted strong gains in January, with $55 billion invested in startups around the world, Crunchbase data shows. Funding last month more than doubled from $25.5 billion a year earlier and was up over 50% from December. The U.S. again dominated global funding with $38.7 billion — or around 70% of capital —

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Q&A: Why Deep Tech Investors Are Turning To The Secondary Market For Liquidity

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As a founding managing partner of Celesta Capital, Sriram Viswanathan knows a thing or two about deep tech. Founded in 2013, San Francisco-based Celesta is focused exclusively on deep tech, built around the conviction that major technology shifts require innovation at the infrastructure layer. With assets under management of $1.1 billion, the operator-led venture firm

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Megadeals Dominate Again

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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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6 Trends In Tech And Startups We’re Watching In 2026, From An IPO Boom To More Huge AI Deals

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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

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What’s Fueling California’s Record Run For Startup Funding?

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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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A Growing Share Of Seed And Series A Funding Is Going To Giant Rounds

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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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