Small and mid-sized deals are not a long-term growth area for M&A, by many measures, but collectively they can add up to a tidy sum. The total deal value of purchases between $100 million and $300 million last year, however, was still below levels...
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A total of 27 companies joined the Unicorn Board last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare...
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A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded some of the industry’s...
A total of 31 companies joined The ½ûÂþÌìÌà Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022...
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How much money would it take to up all of the 100 most-valuable U.S. private, venture-backed startups at their current valuations? About $3.5...
All told, global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $51.8 billion for 2025 compared to $40.8 billion in 2024, per ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ...
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The IPO window looked pretty open as the year commenced. But it also looks like it could be slamming down.
Global venture funding to fintech startups climbed in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, ½ûÂþÌìÌà data...
Rain, which is building infrastructure for payments with stablecoins, has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by Iconiq. Its post...
Nirvana Insurance, an AI-based commercial insurance platform for the trucking industry, has raised a $100 million Series D round at a $1.5 billion...
So far in 2025, global insurance-related startups have pulled in about $3.9 billion in seed-through growth-stage financing, per ½ûÂþÌìÌà data —...
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