Fintech Funding Halved Last Year, But VCs Are Excited About These Areas And Deals In 2024
Venture investment in 2023 into financial services and fintech, which just a few years ago was the top sector for startup funding globally, totaled $43 billion, its lowest level in
A16z Tops Active Investor Ranks In Slow Year
Overall, startup investors put far less money to work in 2023 compared to the prior two years. They also did far fewer deals. However, some investors slowed down much less drastica
Stablecoin Startup Circle Files Confidentially For IPO
Circle Internet Financial has circled back around on its hopes to be a public company. The company, which is behind the USDC stablecoin, said it has confidentially filed (although
Funding To VC-Backed Startups In Israel Plummeted In Q4 Amid Turmoil
Venture funding to Israel-based startups in Q4 2023 hit its lowest point since early 2017, as just more than a half-billion dollars was invested in private companies with tensions
Eye On AI: More Regulators Look Into AI Investing
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. It’s been nearly a year since Microsoft announced its $10 billion megadeal with OpenAI — the
Asia Venture Funding In 2023 Hits Lowest Level Since 2015
Mirroring the global market, venture funding to startups in Asia in 2023 dropped 38% — falling to its lowest total dollar amount since 2015. Venture funding in Asia totaled only
Survey Says: Readers Forecast Sunnier Outlook For Startup World In 2024
Crunchbase News readers are more optimistic about the state of the economy and startup world going into 2024 than they were a year, or even just six months, ago, though they’re s
European Venture In 2023 Halved From Peak, But Was Still Above Pre-Pandemic Funding
Funding to European startups reached $52 billion in 2023, down 39% year over year from $86 billion invested in 2022, Crunchbase data shows. However, Europe’s share of the venture
Artificial Buildup: AI Startups Were Hot In 2023, But This Year May Be Slightly Different
Although venture investment continued to slow down in 2023, that was not the case for the AI sector. Generative AI and AI-related startups raised nearly $50 billion in 2023, per Cr
Forecast: After A Turbulent Few Years, Venture Should Steady In 2024
For the past handful of years, the venture market has been on a wild ride. From the cheap money days of 2020 and 2021 to the market recalibration in 2022 to some rocky times in 202
