Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have teamed up to make an offer to buy troubled PayPal in a deal valued at more than $53 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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The first quarter of 2026 was a more robust period for funding than the second, with privacy and cybersecurity startups pulling in $4.4 billion in...
To understand how institutional capital is navigating the gap between AI's public market software multiples and private market valuations, СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ...
In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...
Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data, dwarfing...
Investors poured more than $200 billion into startups globally in the just-ended quarter, making Q2 2026 the second-largest quarter on record, our...
Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. The trend we’re...
While SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere dominates the headlines, a number of other multibillion-dollar transactions have also closed this...
Globally, robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025. The figure also handily...
The greatest long-term value in AI will come from companies solving deep technical challenges at the model and infrastructure level rather than...
The acquisition of Cursor gives SpaceX a foothold into the enterprise software development market, where AI-assisted coding has taken off and led...


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