6 Ways To Scale A HaaS Business Like A Pro
By Samantha Huang and Scott Walbrun HaaS, or hardware as a service, is transforming hardware procurement and management. For customers, HaaS can influence performance, competitiven
Anti-Ransomware Startup Halcyon Reaches Unicorn Status After $100M Series C
Not even the holiday season can stop cyber fundraising it seems. Anti-ransomware firm Halcyon became the latest cyber startup to raise big, locking up a $100 million Series C led b
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In November: Stronger Plants, Better Protein And Longer Lashes
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here. The holiday sea
Poor Valuation Practices Have Slowed Innovation
Consider a simple truth: Professional investing requires understanding value. If you cannot understand the value of an asset, and how it appreciates over time, you will not invest
The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI And Anthropic Headline Big Week For AI (Again)
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
Amazon Doubles Down Investment In Anthropic
Amazon has agreed to invest another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival with its AI assistant Claude. It was just last fall when Amazon agreed to invest up to $4 b
The Beauty Of Bootstrapped Companies: Why More Entrepreneurs Should Aspire To Stay Self-Funded
In the world of startups, the allure of venture capital often overshadows the virtues of bootstrapping. Recent exits of bootstrapped companies — like Text Request’s acquisition
Among Biggest Startup Funding States, California Gains While Massachusetts Declines
U.S. venture funding has ticked higher this year, led by the AI investment boom. But not all geographies have shared equally in the gains. Among the biggest states for startup fund
A Post-ZIRP Survival Guide For Startups Part 3: Listening to Customers (And Prospects)
This series is all about how to survive the Post-ZIRP era as a SaaS company, especially as markets commoditize and customer loyalty becomes harder to win, as I covered in part 1. I
Will Exit Market Open Up For Crypto Startups As Market Surges?
The crypto market has remained red hot after the election, as many feel a change in the White House will bring along a friendlier environment for digital currencies. Could the upsu
