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Sector Snapshot: Space Tech Startup Funding Orbits New Highs
In a year that has featured SpaceX delivering the largest IPO in startup history, you might think venture…
Socure Secures $156M at $5.2B Valuation, Acquires AI Fraud Investigation Startup Fravity
Identity verification and fraud prevention company Socure announced Thursday that it raised $156 million in a…
Craft’s Ilya Levtov Never Learned To Code. He Built A Software Company Anyway.
Editor’s note: The following is the fourth profile in a series of articles about startup founders from…
Sector Snapshot: Legal Tech Funding Down Slightly From All-Time High
If AI legal tech funding was a baseball game, this might be roughly the fifth inning. One already has a sense…
Inside The Private-Market Divide: EquityZen’s Phil Haslett On AI, SaaS And Secondaries
As startups stay private longer, the market for buying and selling shares in venture-backed companies before…
Why Bootstrapped Businesses Are More Relevant Than Ever
By Richard de Silva In Silicon Valley, if a founder wants to build the next unicorn, there’s a formula:…
Startups Are Still Acquiring Startups, Led By Ultra-High-Valuation Unicorns
For a startup, selling to another startup isn’t the classic exit strategy. However, data shows it is a…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech, AI Tools And Infrastructure Lead The Way
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus…
From Humanities To AI: How Ali Hussain Built Fintech Tabs Into A $400M Startup
Editor’s note: The following is the third profile in a series of articles about startup founders from…
When Should A Board Consider Selling A Company?
I recently spoke with the founder of a cybersecurity company that had raised roughly $30 million. I asked him…
Which Investors Have Backed The Most 2026 Unicorns?
The most active investors in the 2026 cohort of newly minted unicorns include some of the most…
VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
Funding to physical AI companies is booming in 2026. Venture investors appear to increasingly see physical AI…
Semiconductor Giants Are Busy Backing Startups This Year
Anyone with a stock portfolio has invariably noticed that semiconductor companies are on a tear this year.…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Data, Neolab, AI Infrastructure, Defense And AI Coding Lead
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus…
40 Companies Joined The Unicorn Board In July, The Highest Count In 4 Years
A total of 40 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in July, the highest monthly total in more than…
How A Teenage Carpenter Became The Founder Of AI Construction Startup Trunk Tools
Editor’s note: The following is the second profile in a series of articles about startup founders from…
Exclusive: ClearJet raises $25M to build the ‘Uber of Cargo’
ClearJet, an AI-enabled logistics technology startup, has raised a $25 million Series B, it tells Crunchbase…
Sector Snapshot: Fitness Startup Funding Is Rebounding, But Investors Want AI And Data, Not Treadmills
If you’re anything like yours truly, your fitness ambitions for 2026 far exceed reality. Venture investors,…
The VC Firm That Helped Build Latin America’s Startup Scene Is Crossing Into Silicon Valley
Monashees, one of Latin America’s oldest and most influential VC firms, believes the next phase of the…
AI-Native, Not AI-Sprinkle: Why AI Is A Business Change, Not A Technology Change
The buy-and-build SaaS playbook regularly faces the problem of old code: A roll-up strategy executed over…
Global New Unicorn Counts In The First Half Of 2026 Have Already Surpassed 2025’s Totals
A total 195 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts…
The Biggest Consequence Of An AI IPO Isn’t The IPO Itself. It’s What Happens Afterward.
By Andrew Gershfeld The current focus on AI IPOs is largely centered on public market performance. Investors…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Big Week For Big Checks
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus…
No Summer Doldrums For Active Startup Investors In July
Active startup investors kept up the pace in July, with familiar names leading the tallies for deal count and…