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What Startups Are Selling For The Person Who Has Everything

Joanna Glasner

November 25, 2025

While there’s no single explanation for the decline in investment to consumer-facing product startups, it doesn’t help that this has been a tough...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Web3

Unicorns Pick Up For The Second Month In A Row, Adding Close To $45B To The Board

Gené Teare

November 19, 2025

A total of 20 companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in October, adding $44.5 billion in value. This was the highest valuation amount added to...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • E-commerce • Startups • Venture

Bezos Launches AI Startup With $6.2B In Reported Funding

Joanna Glasner

November 17, 2025

According to a report in The New York Times, Jeff Bezos will serve as co-CEO of a new artificial intelligence startup, Project Prometheus, which is...

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI And Defense Tech Take The Lead

Joanna Glasner

November 14, 2025

The largest rounds this week went to AI and defense tech companies, amid a generally busy period for big financings, with coding automation platform...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Fintech And E-Commerce In The Lead

Joanna Glasner

October 31, 2025

The week’s largest funding rounds confirmed that we’re still very much in the AI era. This included the biggest deal, a $350 million Series C for AI...

E-commerce • Startups • Venture

Whatnot Lands $225M Series F, More Than Doubles Valuation to $11.5B Since January

Mary Ann Azevedo

October 28, 2025

Live shopping platform and marketplace Whatnot has closed a $225 million Series F round, more than doubling its valuation to $11.5 billion in less...

E-commerce • Fintech • IPO • M&A • Media & entertainment tech

StubHub Falls A Bit In First-Day Trading

Joanna Glasner

September 17, 2025

Shares of StubHub rose slightly in first-day trading Wednesday, indicating moderate but not red-hot investor demand for the long-awaited debut.

E-commerce • Fintech • Public Markets

Klarna Shares Pop In Long-Awaited Public Market Entry

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 10, 2025

Shares of Klarna opened about 30% higher in first-day trading, at $52, on Wednesday in the company’s long-awaited initial public offering, proving...

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • E-commerce • M&A • Startups • Venture

Why Big Investors Are All Ears For Voice AI Startups

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 10, 2025

Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly the hottest area of tech today, with VC dollars flowing into startups in the space at unprecedented levels...

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Fintech • Startups • Venture

Global Investor Jeremy Kranz On Why Not ‘Everything Important Happens In Silicon Valley’

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 26, 2025

In this СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ News Q&A, longtime global investor Jeremy Kranz shares his vision for his firm Sentinel Global, and observations about, among...

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For Startup Funding, Every State Brings In A Pittance Compared To California

Joanna Glasner

August 18, 2025

A handful of coastal metros, led by the San Francisco Bay Area, have long swallowed up the lion’s share of venture funding, and while the latest data...