The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Saronic’s Massive Raise Tops List
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Why ‘Talent Unboxing’ Is Set To Become The Latest VC Hiring Craze
By Eleanor Kaye Venture capitalists are facing a unique combination of challenges right now. In a subdued market characterized by fewer, bigger rounds at later stages and a technol
After A Downish Year For Startup Funding, Gaming Has A Slow Start In 2025
If startup funding reflected the time people spend on an activity, then gaming would be way up there. Today, an estimated 61% of Americans play digital games for at least an hour a
Together AI’s Valuation Jumps To $3.3B After New Round
Together AI, a developer of a cloud platform to allow developers to build on open and custom artificial intelligence models, raised a $305 million funding round led by General Cata
Eye On AI: As SoftBank Piles Up Losses, It Doubles Down On AI
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. It’s hard to write (or read) anything on artificial intelligence and startups right now without
Financial Literacy Is A Venture Capital Superpower
The exuberant decade, from 2011 to 2021, was marked by all kinds of incoherence in venture capital. Practices to increase capital velocity and fee income were disguised as good pra
Startups Go Shopping: More VC-Backed Companies Bought Their Brethren Last Year
Exits and liquidity aren’t just on the minds of venture capitalists lately — it seems many of their portfolio companies are eager to get deals done too. Last year, there were
What East Asian Startup Founders Can Learn From The Immigrant Community At Large
By Lex Zhao Although they make up the majority of Silicon Valley’s tech workforce, people of Asian descent remain significantly underrepresented in leadership roles: 27% at Apple
Security Systems Startup Verkada Hits $4.5B Valuation After Series E
Verkada, a developer of security systems for the real world, locked up a $200 million Series E led by General Catalyst that values the San Mateo, California-based firm at $4.5 bill
How Can We Better Support Successful Latin American Women In The Tech Space?
By Odille Sánchez Despite female founders receiving less than 2% of venture funding worldwide, Latin America still represents a growth opportunity for women entrepreneurs. Accordi
