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CoreWeave Raises $7.5B In Debt For AI Push
CoreWeave’s big May continued, as the AI cloud infrastructure startup raised a $7.5 billion debt facility in the same month it raised a $1.1 billion venture round.
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Uniquity Bio And Vercel Lead Another Huge Week
Two rounds hit a quarter-of-a-billion dollars or more and there were eight rounds of $100 million or more.
How to Calculate Terminal ARR For Startups With A Simple Formula
There is a simple formula to easily calculate the terminal ARR for your startup, writes guest contributor John S. Kim, co-founder and CEO of Sendbird, who shares just what you'll need to do that.
Investors Have Limited Availability For Vacation Rental Startups
We used Crunchbase data to assemble a list of companies funded since last year with a focus on short-term rentals. Here's what we found.
Vercel’s Valuation Jumps To $3.25B After $250M Series E
The new round is an upround from Vercel’s 2021 raise, when it secured $150 million in a Series D funding at a $2.5 billion valuation.
Eye On AI: Huge AI Valuation Jumps Are Here Again
This month has brought big AI rounds and valuation jumps back to the forefront and shown that investors are still willing to say yes to a deal no matter the cost.
How Venture Capital (Ab)Uses Revenue Multiples
With the divergence of views about the role multiples play in venture capital investment decisions, Equidam's Dan Gray explains their purpose and how investors should apply them.
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Data-driven reporting on private markets, startups, founders, and investors
Hydrogen Energy Is Getting A Heavy Infusion Of VC Funding
Over the past four months, developers of technology to produce and distribute low-emission hydrogen have raised more than $1 billion in venture investment, per Crunchbase data. That’s already more than two-thirds the total raised in all of last year.
Weka Becomes A Unicorn With Big $140M Series E
Data platform Weka joined the unicorn ranks after locking up a $140 million Series E — raised in both a primary and secondary transaction — that took its valuation to $1.6 billion.
Most-Active US Investors: Sequoia, Khosla, General Catalyst Lead Strong Pack In April
The top five firms investing in U.S.-based startups in April are among the who’s who of venture.
‘There’s A Lot Of Noise’ — VCs Trying To Find Clarity In Cluttered Cyber AI Landscape
The annual RSA Conference concerning all things cyber barreled into San Francisco last week with a lot of startups, crowds, parties and all the other surrounding hoopla one would expect from a massive tech conference. However, it seemed like what most of the folks who invest big-money in those same cybersecurity startups really wanted was some quiet from all the noise that surrounds AI. “There’s a lot of noise out there,” said one investor. “It’s getting harder and harder to cut through much of it.” The general consensus among VCs at the conference was that while they are listening to […]
LLMs Can’t Save The Old Internet; But They Can Create A New One
As the internet's quality user-generated content continues it course to merge with generative AI's large language models, explains guest author Philippe Boutros, both consumers and marketers need to be aware of what's ahead.
4 Things To Consider If You Want To Raise Startup Funds From Retail Investors
Retail has a growing category of investors still not considered by many founders as a potential source of funding, writes guest author Mila Khrapchenko, who shares ways a startup can catch their attention and possibly investment dollars.
AI, Web3 And E-Commerce Led For New Unicorns In April 2024
Eleven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April 2024 — a big jump up from the six companies that joined in April 2023 but still a fraction of the 40 added to the board in April 2022.
The SF Bay Area Has Become The Undisputed Leader In AI Tech And Funding Dollars
Startup investors and real estate industry professionals we spoke to said the San Francisco Bay Area has become the undisputed epicenter of artificial intelligence. Crunchbase data concurs.
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Wiz Lands A Billion
The week was slower than the previous one as far as startups raising huge mega rounds. Then again it had to be after 13 companies raised more than $100 million that week.
These US Universities Graduate The Highest Number Of Funded Founders
Founders with degrees from Stanford University, Harvard University and MIT perennially outperform in attracting capital for their startups, a review of Crunchbase data shows, and the past 12 months were no exception.
Why Startups Should Embrace Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The SEC's approval of a climate-related disclosure rule for U.S. public companies is currently being challenged in a federal court, but why should a capital-efficient startup consider the time-consuming and expensive process? Revolution Growth's Todd Klein explains why it's a good idea and where to start.
OpenAI Competitor Mistral AI Raising At $6B Valuation — Report
Paris-based Mistral is reportedly seeking to raise around $600 million from existing investors General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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