Global Venture Funding In Q1 2025 Indicate Strongest Quarter For Investment Since Q2 2022
Funding key findings Both the largest funding round for a venture-backed company and the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company ever occurred in Q1 2025, reflecting a warm
Founders, Here’s How Not To Be Thrown Overboard After A Big Fundraise
By Dan Lifshits Raising capital is an inevitable step for almost any startup founder — unless you’re building a business that is profitable from day one. However, a big raise c
As US Defense Tech Surges, Europe Lags
Last week, news broke that Anduril Industries — perhaps the poster child for defense tech startups — is considering plans to open a factory in the U.K. The startup, valued now
Stealing Ghibli: How AI Has Crossed The Line Into Creative Theft
This, from her Instagram on Saturday, is Jaqueline Cristian, the top-ranked Romanian women’s professional tennis player and the 61st ranked woman player in the world. This, a fan
SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever
In the history of startup funding, SoftBank’s announcement today that it is backing an investment of up to $40 billion in OpenAI is in a league of its own. No other financing eve
The 10 Biggest Rounds Of March: Anthropic’s Massive $3.5B Round Leads
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out February’s biggest rounds here. March was a pretty good month for big rounds. T
Private Equity In Flux: How Tariffs, AI And Infrastructure Define A New Investment Era
By Kevin Smith The private equity landscape is experiencing transformative changes due to evolving market dynamics and the new U.S. presidential administration. Political shifts us
Alphabet-Backed Isomorphic Labs Raises $600M For AI Drug Development
Google spinoff Isomorphic Labs raised $600 million in its first external funding round as the company looks to apply artificial intelligence to the drug development process. The ne
How Do You Value Pre-Revenue Startups?
One of the most common questions in startup valuation is: “How do you value pre-revenue startups?” It’s a funny question, because it assumes the premise that startups are gen
Deal Momentum Cautiously Builds At The Nexus Of AI And Real Estate
Real estate is often the largest asset people own. But when it comes to venture investment, giant bets in the space often don’t work out. The list of failures and underperformers
