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Big Rounds Push Cybersecurity Comeback

Chris Metinko

January 15, 2025

Cybersecurity venture investment jumped 43% in 2024 from the previous year as big rounds came back strong. That was despite flat funding quarter to...

Startups • Venture • Workplace

What Should Startups Look For From VCs After Investment?

Guest Author

January 14, 2025

Founders can gain immense value from their investors beyond just capital, writes Elena Pantazi of Northzone. In this guest commentary she shares some...

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Led By A16Z, Active Investors Upped Their Game In 2024

Joanna Glasner

January 14, 2025

Thanks to venture capitalists’ appetite for artificial intelligence deals, startups saw a measurable pickup in funding last year. But not all...

º£½ÇÉçÇøapp • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Venture

Qventus Latest Healthcare AI Startup To Raise Big

Chris Metinko

January 13, 2025

Healthcare startups using artificial intelligence have come out of the gate hot in the new year when it comes to fundraising.

º£½ÇÉçÇøapp • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Europe’s Startup Funding Stabilized In 2024, But Remains Far Off Market Peak

Gené Teare

January 13, 2025

Funding to Europe-based startups settled year over year in 2024. Funding reached $51 billion, down by 5% year over year from $54 billion invested in...

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Data Storage And Lots Of Biotech

Chris Metinko

January 10, 2025

It certainly was a big week — with companies having to raise more than $100 million to make the list. Biotech- and healthcare-related startups led...

Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Case For Revenue-Focused Platforms In The Life Sciences

Guest Author

January 10, 2025

In this guest commentary, Caleb Appleton, a principal at Bison Ventures, offers up a framework biotech founders can use to determine whether they...

º£½ÇÉçÇøapp • Crypto • IPO • Liquidity • M&A • Public Markets • Venture

Forecast Digest: IPO, M&A And Venture Markets Expected To Gain In 2025

Marlize van Romburgh

January 10, 2025

The startup world begins 2025 on a decidedly more upbeat note than it did the previous year. The renewed optimism is in part due to the modest uptick...

Fintech & e-commerce • Regional • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Latin America Startup Funding Ticked Higher In 2024

Joanna Glasner

January 10, 2025

Latin America startup investment closed out 2024 on an up note, with the fourth quarter delivering the highest aggregate funding of the year.

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DDN Nabs $300M From Blackstone As AI Keeps Data Storage Hot

Chris Metinko

January 9, 2025

Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN, valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage...

º£½ÇÉçÇøapp • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Asia Venture Funding Tanks To 10-Year Low

Chris Metinko

January 9, 2025

While global venture investment rebounded last year, the Asia funding market cratered, totaling only $65.8 billion in 2024 — the exact same low the...