Healthcare And AI Is A Hot Combination For Startups
Funding at the intersection of healthcare and AI has been on a tear this past year. Even so, investment remains below the heights scaled during the 2021 market peak. Last year, mor
AI Marketing Platform Hightouch Reaches Unicorn Status After $80M Series C
Marketing and personalization startup Hightouch locked up an $80 million Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, minting it as a new unicorn at a $1.2 billion valuation. The round also
Why AI Fails: The Overlooked Problem Of Messy Data
By Dan Stradtman Imagine losing more than three hours of productivity per employee daily because critical information is buried in digital clutter. This isn’t just a hypothetic
Investors Are Once Again Rapidly Minting Early-Stage Startups As Unicorns
Through the past couple years, investors have talked about how the calming of the venture market was good, allowing more time for due diligence and companies to mature before they
With Turo Withdrawal, A Slim IPO Pipeline Gets Thinner
It was bad enough that the tech IPO pipeline has not been growing. Now, it is actually shrinking. On Thursday, peer-to-peer car rental platform Turo became the latest venture unico
The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Robotics And Legal Tech Top Bounce-Back Week
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals
Healthcare Leads For New Unicorn Counts In January As AI Theme Continues
Eleven startups joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, including five from the healthcare sector. Health-related startups that joined included companies working on genetic
From Unfocused To Unstoppable: 5 Lessons I Learned Scaling My Startup With ADHD
By Bogdan Nesvit Founding a startup is one of the toughest career paths you can take — evidenced by the 90% that are unsuccessful, 21% of which fail within the first year. In a
Cleantech Funding Off To A Slow Start In 2025
If urgency were the driving motivation of venture funding, you’d expect cleantech would be cleaning up. However, that’s not happening. In the wake of a record year for global s
Apptronik Gets $350M To Build Better Humanoid Robots
Although robotics funding remained relatively unchanged last year, some humanoid robot startups have seen massive cash from investors. Add Apptronik to that list, as the Austin, Te
