Eye On AI: With Altman Saga Over, What’s The Next AI Drama?
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Unless you have been living under a rock — or somehow still in a tryptophan-induced sleep from
For Most Active Lead Investors, 2023 Has Delivered Few Exits
For the highest-spending startup backers, big exits tend to come in clusters. Investors rack up huge tallies in boom years, like 2021. In quiet years, like this one, few portfolio
Web3 Startup Wormhole Locks Up $225M At a $2.5B Valuation
Messaging protocol startup Wormhole raised $225 million at a $2.5 billion valuation — the biggest round this year in the Web3 space. No investor led the round, which included the
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In November: Mindful Drinking, AI Workers And A Doctor’s Office With No Doctor
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here. The holiday season is here, and
3 Myths About AI Investing
By Spencer Greene The market is exuberant about AI, and rightly so, but that exuberance has caused many VCs to lose their minds, chasing any deal with a dot-ai domain name. Some of
Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Reportedly Files For 2024 IPO In The US
China’s fast-fashion giant Shein has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, Reuters and other news organizations reported. Shein’s listing would be one of the largest initial pub
What Are The Long-Term Implications Of The OpenAI Chaos On The Tech Ecosystem?
By Yael Benjamin The tech ecosystem was in a frenzy the past few weeks, as Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired from his role as CEO of OpenAI. However, within just a few days, Altman
From Layoff To Legal Tech: Founder’s Startup Gains Momentum
Editor’s note: This is an update to a series Crunchbase News published earlier this year featuring workers displaced by the waves of tech layoffs this year who used the transitio
Predicting VC Success With Crunchbase Data
By Mason Lender Using statistics to predict the success of a venture is not novel. Current work and research within the VC space looks into predicting the success of startups and a
Tech Layoffs May Have Peaked, But They’re Still Accumulating
Tech layoffs are stubbornly continuing to pile up. True, we’ve seen some slowdown in mass job cuts from large-cap technology companies in recent months. However, layoff disclosur
