The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Biotech And Space Tech Bring In The Money
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AI Accelerates Embedded Finance And Loyalty Battles Get Personal: Payments Tech Predictions For 2025
By Rob Anderson and Adam Hallquist This year will be one of both transformation and preparation for the payments industry. The momentum that propelled the sector in 2024 — includ
Like Bananas, Most Unicorn Startups Peak When Underripe
Like most people who regularly add bananas to the grocery cart, I’ve become something of an expert on their lifecycle. Not until today, however, did I consider the parallels betw
Insight Partners Collects $12.5B For New Funds
Insight Partners, known for its bets on companies such as Wiz, Fanatics and Shopify, raised $12.5 billion for its 13th flagship fund and a structured equity fund — Opportunities
Crunchbase Unicorn Board Tops $1 Trillion In Funding Raised
Last month, the companies on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board topped $1 trillion in collective funding for the first time, marking a new milestone for the board, which lists private, v
Cutting Through The Funding Frenzy: How To Hook Reporters With Your Story
By Sarah Mattina Newsrooms are shrinking, and reporters are increasingly pressed for time to write compelling and differentiated stories about the state of venture capital. As a re
Stoke Space Looks To Blast Off With $260M Series C
Reusable rocket startup Stoke Space locked up a $260 million Series C as the space tech sector looks to build off a successful 2024 in terms of fundraising. The Kent, Washington-ba
De-Extinction Startup Colossal Biosciences Hits Decacorn Status After $200M Raise
Colossal Biosciences, a de-extinction startup looking at ways to bring back the dodo bird and the woolly mammoth, raised a $200 million Series C at a $10.2 billion valuation. The n
Big Rounds Push Cybersecurity Comeback
Cybersecurity venture investment jumped 43% in 2024 from the previous year as big rounds came back strong. That was despite flat funding quarter to quarter in Q4 and a smaller numb
How To Master Software Release Cycles In 2025
By Vikas Basra DevOps is the driving force behind the tech industry. It paves the way for an endless array of SaaS solutions and digital experiences that service commerce, media, H
