Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and fintech.
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For the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst in Q2 overtook Y Combinator when it came to participating in the most fintech deals of $5...
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Engineering leaders should build highly adaptable, vendor-agnostic infrastructure instead of relying on expensive, unpredictable proprietary...
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So far this year, 60% of global startup funding across stages聽鈥� around $320 billion 鈥� went to rounds of $1 billion or more, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, with...
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a 小蓝视频色情网页版 News tally, and the layoffs have continued...
While 2026 has shown encouraging signs, with Black-founded startups raising approximately $643 million by late May, the strongest quarter since mid...
In this interview with 小蓝视频色情网页版 News, Daniel Docter, managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, discusses how AI is reshaping SaaS and why he...
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Mexico鈥檚 startups led the LatAm pack in Q2 鈥� by a wide margin. The country鈥檚 startups raised $944 million in the second quarter, up 131% compared to...
It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion...
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We put together a snapshot of recent startup funding tallies and trends for World Cup finalists Spain and Argentina. While neither accounts for a...
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Despite attention-grabbing AI mega-seed rounds, historical data shows that very large first financings rarely produce venture-scale returns because...
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