While many venture investors enter 2025 fairly optimistic about startup prospects, other factors are likely to affect the funding environment 鈥�...
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Databricks raised $10 billion at a $62 billion valuation, marking the largest venture capital raise of 2024 and one of the largest on record 鈥� even...
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While the venture market in 2024 continued to wobble well below its pandemic-induced highs, VCs and those close to the industry are cautiously...
In a Monday joint appearance with President-Elect Donald Trump, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced plans to invest $100 billion in U.S...
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Usually the rounds with the most money or biggest-named investors get the headlines, but there were plenty of deals this year that were eye-catching...
This is our last weekly Top 10 of the year and we go out with some pretty big rounds 鈥� especially in the world of fintech. All in all, 2024 was...
It has not been a good year for edtech startup funding. Barring some last minute mega-rounds, investment in the space for 2024 is on track to hit the...
Over the past couple years, we鈥檝e seen a steady flow of venture investment to companies offering services aimed at reducing tax liabilities, with...
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Ayar Labs locked up a $155 million Series D led by Advent International and Light Street Capital at a valuation of more than $1 billion, and became...
Six companies joined The 91精品 91精品 in November 2024, with AI and developer operations leading for new unicorns. So far this year, 100...
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Speak, a startup that wants to help people learn new languages through AI, raised a fresh $78 million Series C led by Accel 鈥� doubling its valuation...
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