Category: Founders
Crunchbase Predicts: 15 Companies That Could Go Public In 2026 As The IPO Market Gains Momentum
Editor’s note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here, our startup M&A forecast here, and our venture [more…]
Sector Snapshot: US Semiconductor Startup Funding Hits Record High
It’s not a shocker to see that U.S. semiconductor startup funding charted record highs in 2025. After all, that is the year Nvidia cemented its [more…]
Global Venture Funding In 2025 Surged As Startup Deals And Valuations Set All-Time Records
After three years of declining or flat venture investment, global startup funding grew year over year in 2025, Crunchbase data shows. Last year was also [more…]
North American Startup Funding Soared 46% In 2025, Driven By AI Boom
A boom year for North American startup funding ended on an up note. Investors poured $280 billion into seed through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and [more…]
Exclusive: Luxury Presence Raises $22M Series C For AI-Powered Marketing Aimed At Real Estate Agents
Luxury Presence, an AI-powered marketing platform for real estate agents, has raised $22 million in a Series C round of funding led by Bessemer Venture [more…]
Large American VCs Topped 2025 Active Investor Ranks, Including A16Z, Accel And Sequoia
If you’re looking for new up-and-comers in venture capital, don’t read our rankings of the most active investors in 2025. That’s because this past year, [more…]
The Startup Economy: Nothing Seems To Move, But Everything Does
By Alberto Onetti $4 trillion and 100,000 new companies. These are the outcomes of a quarter-century of venture capital investments into startups. Alberto Onetti, Mind [more…]
A16z Raises $15B In New Funds, Its Largest Haul To Date, Promises To Back Startups Advancing U.S. Interests
Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz on Friday announced $15 billion in new funds, its largest fundraising haul to date, with the firm promising to [more…]
Stablecoin Startup Rain Raises $250M Series C at $1.95B Valuation – Its Third Round In Less Than A Year
Rain, which is building infrastructure for payments with stablecoins, has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by Iconiq. Its post-money valuation [more…]
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI Leads As 2026 Is Off To A Brisk Start
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 [more…]