Startup Funding Slows In February Amid Exit Uncertainty
Global venture funding totaled $19 billion in February, marking one of the slowest months for startup investment in the past year, according to Crunchbase data. AI and healthcare w
2 Roads To Startup Growth In 2025: Efficiency Vs Acceleration
By Dale Chang The world of startups in 2025 feels a bit like Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Two paths diverge in a wood, and startups are standing at the c
Law Enforcement Startup Peregrine Hits $2.5B Valuation Mark
Law enforcement startup Peregrine Technologies locked up a $190 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital, minting the San Francisco-based firm as a new unicorn at a $2.5 billio
CoreWeave Files For IPO As Revenue Surges
CoreWeave, provider of a fast-growing cloud platform for managing AI infrastructure at scale, filed for its long-awaited Nasdaq IPO on Monday. The filing follows a period of sharp
Should Your Next Hire Be Fractional?
By Roei Samuel Layoffs at Meta and JP Morgan have been making headlines, continuing a trend of workforce reductions that have been a consistent feature of workplace news for some t
No Place Rivals The Bay Area For AI Funding, But Here Are The Closest Runners-Up
If you want to start an AI company in the hottest hub for talent and innovation, you’ll inevitably wind up in the San Francisco Bay Area. When it comes to startup investment, now
The 10 Biggest Rounds Of February: Saronic And NinjaOne Lead Big Month
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out January’s biggest rounds here. February was another big month for big rounds. I
A New Dawn For Search: Why LLMs Reinvigorate The Sleepy Category
By Andy Triedman Search was the first grand prize of the internet, currently generating about $300 billion annually. For years, incumbents dominated through scale: more data improv
The Most-Active, Spendiest Startup Investors Are Lagging Greatly In Lucrative Exits
The most-active, highest-spending startup investors are leading a lot of large new rounds lately. When it comes to exits, however, things look much, much slower. To illustrate, we
The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: NinjaOne Cuts To The Top
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