Vercel’s Valuation Jumps To $3.25B After $250M Series E
The big rounds just keep coming this week. Vercel, a platform that allows companies to develop web applications in the cloud, locked up a $250 million Series E at a valuation of $3
Hydrogen Energy Is Getting A Heavy Infusion Of VC Funding
Startups tied to the planet’s lightest element are seeing some heavy funding lately. Over the past four months, developers of technology to produce and distribute low-emission hy
How Venture Capital (Ab)Uses Revenue Multiples
The deeper you get into venture capital, or equity investment generally, the more familiar you will become with the concept of “multiples” as a tool for quickly analyzing compa
Eye On AI: Huge AI Valuation Jumps Are Here Again
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Here we go again with valuations in the AI startup space. While the first quarter saw only a sing
Weka Becomes A Unicorn With Big $140M Series E
Weka locked up a $140 million Series E — raised in both a primary and secondary transaction — that values the data platform at $1.6 billion. The valuation is more than double w
LLMs Can’t Save The Old Internet; But They Can Create A New One
By Philippe Boutros From a consumer perspective, there’s never been a worse time to be online. I’m far from the first to write about this — it’s a phenomenon dubbed “Ensh
Most-Active US Investors: Sequoia, Khosla, General Catalyst Lead Strong Pack In April
This is a monthly feature that runs down some of the most-active investors in U.S.-based companies, looks at some of their most interesting investments, and includes some odds and
‘There’s A Lot Of Noise’ — VCs Trying To Find Clarity In Cluttered Cyber AI Landscape
The annual RSA Conference concerning all things cyber barreled into San Francisco last week with a lot of startups, crowds, parties and all the other surrounding hoopla one would e
AI, Web3 And E-Commerce Led For New Unicorns In April 2024
Eleven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April 2024 — a big jump up from the six companies that joined in April 2023 but still a fraction of the 40 added to the b
4 Things To Consider If You Want To Raise Startup Funds From Retail Investors
By Mila Khrapchenko Despite some revitalization in the investment landscape in Q1 2024, securing investments, especially at the very early stages, remains challenging. That said, t
