Seed rounds are larger than ever, with some startups now raising $8 million to $10 million deals once associated with later stages. But the path...
Startups
Along with the usual heavy dose of AI, this week鈥檚 list also includes large deals for aerospace and defense, fintech, and retail technology.
The findings from our annual Crunchbase survey of where recently funded founders attended college or university found that alumni of the most...
Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $200 million in a Series D round at a $5.2 billion valuation, the company announced Wednesday. That鈥檚 up...
Gaia uses artificial intelligence and machine learning 鈥� trained on millions of anonymized historical data points and fertility outcomes 鈥� to better...
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Just through mid-May, China-based robotics companies have already raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals this year, Crunchbase data shows, a sum...
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Capital concentration shows no signs of abating this year. Just through April, U.S. venture capital totals in 2026 are on par with funding for all of...
Sector Snapshot: Quantum Computing Startup Investment Slows In 2026 While Public Markets Hold Strong
While deal counts remain robust for quantum startup investments and big rounds are still getting done, overall funding is on track to decline some...
Most of the interesting companies that caught our eye in the past month are working on problems in the physical world, often far from the glow of a...
![Image of a robotic, AI-powered arm holding a drill, to illustrate automated construction or manufacturing. [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/AI-manufacturing-470x352.jpg)
Xpanner, a startup automating construction work by retrofitting construction equipment with robotics and physical AI technology, has raised $18...
The April rankings of busiest startup investors were topped by well-established VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, tech giants like...
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