AI Coding Is Ultra Hot, With Magic And Codeium Revealing Big Rounds This Week
The intersection of AI and coding is one of the hottest areas for venture funding of late. But even in a heated investment environment, this week was exceptional. Two companies, Ma
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Crible And Codeium Raise At Huge Valuations
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
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In August: Laundry, Space And Allergy Startups See Cash
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here. Summer vacations and the laid-b
Putting OpenAI’s Crazy High $100B Valuation Into Context
These days, hearing about hot companies in generative AI raising huge rounds at multibillion-dollar valuations has gotten pretty routine. However, when news broke this week that Op
Menlo Ventures Looks To Add To Growing AI Portfolio With New Anthropic Partnership
AI investment has towered over other sectors when it comes to venture investment, and one of the oldest firms in Silicon Valley has led that charge. Now Menlo Ventures is looking f
Parry Labs Raises $80M As Defense Tech Remains On A Tear
Defense tech startup Parry Labs completed an $80 million raise — the company’s first institutional investment round and just the latest in a string of big rounds to defense tec
To Make It Big, Most Tech Startups Have A Limited Post-IPO Window To Turn Profitable
Covering tech startup IPOs generally involves writing about companies that lose money. Sure, there are exceptions. Blockbusters, like Google, which was minting search advertising c
Data Infrastructure Startup Cribl Locks Up $319M At $3.5B Valuation
San Francisco-based Cribl raised a $319 million Series E led by new investor GV and valuing the data infrastructure company at $3.5 billion. The new round is actually a mix of $200
Venture Funding To China-Based Startups Dries Up
Venture funding to Chinese startups seems almost certain to hit its lowest point in a decade as early-stage funding to the country continues to plummet. Total funding to startups i
Corporate Funding Rounds Account For Larger Share Of Venture Investment
In the past couple years, a larger share of U.S. startup investment has come from corporate funding rounds. That was the broad finding from a Crunchbase data dive into U.S. rounds
