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Figma More Than Triples In First-Day Trading

Joanna Glasner

July 31, 2025

Figma's market debut comes amid a bullish streak for venture-backed technology IPOs. After several sluggish quarters, activity has rebounded a bit in...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Crypto • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Media & entertainment tech • Public Markets • Venture

Analysis: Venture-Backed IPOs Of 2025 Have Done Well Post-Debut; Now It’s Figma’s Turn

Joanna Glasner

July 31, 2025

For those venture-backed companies that have made their public-market debuts this year, the reception has been exceptionally positive overall, with...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Startups • Venture

Why Venture’s Future Is Being Decided By A Select Few

Guest Author

July 31, 2025

The venture market recovery isn't a recovery at all, according to guest author Steve Brotman, who writes that what we're seeing today is...

IPO • Startups • Venture

Design Software Startup Figma Boosts IPO Range, Targets Valuation of $18.8B

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 28, 2025

Figma — the San Francisco-based collaborative design startup that has raised millions from a who’s who of Silicon Valley — increased the expected...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • M&A • Public Markets • Robotics • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Web3

June Hits 3-Year High In Unicorn Births Across AI, Robotics And More

Gené Teare

July 23, 2025

Twenty companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board last month — the highest count of companies to join in a single month since July 2022, when the...

Crypto • Fintech • IPO • Public Markets

Crypto Custody Startup BitGo Files Confidentially To Go Public

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 22, 2025

Palo Alto, California-based crypto custody startup BitGo filed confidentially to go public on Tuesday, the company said.

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • M&A • Public Markets • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Startups • Venture

The State Of Startups In Mid-2025 In 8 Charts: Global Funding And M&A Surge As AI Fervor Continues

Marlize van Romburgh

July 22, 2025

We take a deep dive into our Q2 startup data with eight charts from СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ News’ venture reports that illustrate the major startup and VC trends...

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Fintech • IPO

Fintech Comeback? IPOs Reignite Investor Optimism, But VC Funding Still Trails 2021 Highs

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 17, 2025

Total global funding to VC-backed financial technology startups totaled $22 billion in H1, per СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data. That’s an 11.1% increase from the...

Public Markets • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Transportation & Logistics

Transit Software Company Via Files Confidentially For US IPO

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 16, 2025

Via, a transit software company, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the U.S., it said on Wednesday.

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • M&A • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

North America Venture Funding Surged In First Half Of Year As Q2 Held Strong

Joanna Glasner

July 9, 2025

Funding to North American startups surged in the first half of 2025, fueled by investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, overall pouring...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Public Markets • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Rise Of The Ultra-Unicorns: $5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025

Gené Teare

June 30, 2025

Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board, a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is...