Venture Funding To Israeli Startups Bounces Back
Venture funding to Israel-based startups has bounced back significantly after nosediving less than a year ago after the Hamas attacks and the Israeli response. Funding to Israeli s
IP-Focused Blockchain Startup Story Protocol Raises $80M
With AI creating new issues regarding theft of intellectual property, San Francisco-based startup Story Protocol raised an $80 million Series B to try to solve the increasing probl
Consumer Electronics Is A Bust That Never Boomed
We usually think of a bust as something that comes after a boom. But that’s not always how it works. Take the consumer electronics industry. This year, funding to startups in the
Bolt Looking To Raise $450M As Breslow Returns
The world of startups can be a very strange place. In a letter to investors it was announced that Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is returning as CEO to the beleaguered startup and raisi
A16z And Founders Fund Lead The Way In Defense Venture Capital
Anduril Industries made headlines earlier this month when it raised another $1.5 billion — matching its own record for the largest defense tech round ever and catapulting total f
Startups Take Longer To Close Rounds, As Funding Cliff Looms
The time lapse between funding rounds for early-stage startups has reached the highest point in more than a decade. That was the finding from a Crunchbase survey of U.S. companies
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Cybersecurity Leads With Kiteworks’ Nearly Half-Billion-Dollar Deal
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
The Most-Active US Series A And B Investors Made More Bets In H1 2024
Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures were the most-active U.S. investors leading Series A and B rounds globally in the first half of 2024. The three topped a l
More Early-Stage Startups Are Getting Minted As Unicorns
Just as it looks like the pace of creating new unicorns is once again picking up, so is minting them in earlier stages of funding. Through July, 70 new unicorns — private compani
Cyber Startup Kiteworks Locks Up $456M From Insight, Sixth Street
Investors seem to be digging cybersecurity yet again. A week after Abnormal Security closed a $250 million Series D that valued the startup at $5.1 billion, secure content company
