The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Industries Raises Big For Defense
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
US Series A And B Funding Picked Up in H1. What Does That Mean For Funding In 2024?
Editors note: Next up we will look at the investors that have increased their pace at this stage in the first half of 2024. Although Series A and B funding for U.S.-based companies
Anduril Industries Valued At $14B After $1.5B Series F
Anduril Industries matched its own record for the largest defense tech round ever. The Costa Mesa, California-based startup locked up a $1.5 billion Series F that values the compan
Eye On AI: Following in Microsoft’s Footsteps, Google Seems Ready To Test Regulators In AI Race
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. As the generative AI race gets hotter and hotter, it seems like Big Tech is begging the governmen
Adtech Startup Funding Has Collapsed
For a long time, adtech startups regularly picked up billions of dollars in venture funding in a given year. Not anymore. So far this year, U.S. advertising-focused startups have r
Healthcare And AI Sectors Continue To Lead, While Funding Settles In July 2024
Venture funding reached over $23 billion in July 2024, slightly down month over month and up more than 20% year over year, based on an analysis of Crunchbase data. The largest fund
Riverlane Locks Up $75M As Quantum Funding Continues Strong Year
Startup Riverlane helped continue what has been a strong year for venture funding in the quantum computing industry. The U.K.-based firm — which specializes in quantum error corr
Cybersecurity Startup Abnormal Security Locks Up $250M At $5.1B Valuation
Abnormal Security closed a $250 million Series D that now values the San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup at $5.1 billion. The new round was led by Wellington Management with
Do IPOs Pick Up In Post-Election Years?
The tech IPO market has been exceptionally slow lately, leaving many of us hoping for some catalyst to turn things around. That made us wonder: Could the election cycle bode well f
Supply Chain Slowdown — Venture Funding Plummets In Sector
Altana AI locked up a $200 million Series C last week to become one of the latest unicorns. A well-funded startup reaching a $1 billion valuation is nothing new in this day and age
