Astera Shares Soar Following IPO
Shares of Astera Labs rose 55% in early trading on Nasdaq Wednesday, after the company raised $713 million in an initial public offering that priced well above the projected range.
The Startups Saving Us From Biting Bugs
One of the nicest things about spring is that brief period when the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and mosquitoes are not yet out in droves. It never lasts. As temperatu
A Look At Reddit’s Biggest Shareholders Ahead Of Its IPO
San Francisco-based Reddit, co-founded by CEO Steve Huffman and venture investor Alexis Ohanian more than 18 years ago, is finally going public Thursday on the New York Stock Excha
AI Venture Funding May Be Hot, But M&A Remains Slow
To say investors seem bullish on AI may be the understatement of the decade, as venture funding in the space topped $50 billion last year and is again going full bore with huge rou
A VC Firm Tracked 200+ Startups Through The Chaos Of Growing Fast. Here’s What It Found.
How do successful startup founders scale their companies during the hectic, fast-growth early days between zero and 1,000 employees? To answer that question and offer guidance to s
Capital Still Flows To Ukrainian-Staffed Startups, Though Founders Are Mostly Expats
As a data company we’ve long faced challenges tracking investment in Ukraine-based and Ukrainian-led startups. It’s not due to a shortage of founders and skilled techies in t
How The Decentralization Of The CIO Will Impact The SaaS Startup Landscape In 2024
By Priya Saiprasad Steak might have been on the menu 10 years ago when a sales lead took a CIO to dinner to close on a software deal. At the time, CIOs controlled every piece of so
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Applied Intuition And Luminary Cloud Rise Above
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals
More Funding Goes To Startups Fighting Disinformation
Going online to find accurate information these days can seem like a futile effort. From inaccuracy-laden AI-generated verbiage to deliberate deepfakes and disinformation, conduc
Cybersecurity Dealmaking Shows Signs Of Life
For the second day in row, a cybersecurity startup with Israeli roots has been bought by a big fish in the security pond. Zscaler announced Thursday it has acquired Israel-based AI
