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Agriculture & foodtech • M&A • Startups • Venture

Food Tech Funding Stays Lean While Buyers Show Appetite For M&A

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 12, 2025

Global funding to food tech startups is down significantly so far in 2025 when compared to last year, but M&A in the space is growing.

Artificial intelligence • Venture

Multiverse Computing Raises $215M At A 5x Valuation Jump To Help Speed Up LLM Rollout

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 12, 2025

Spain’s quantum software startup Multiverse Computing sees 5x valuation jump after securing $215 million in Series B funding.

Agriculture & foodtech • Clean tech and energy • Startups • Venture

Cleantech On Track For Weak Funding Year

Joanna Glasner

June 11, 2025

Due to a drop-off in large rounds and a steep contraction in early-stage dealmaking, investment in startups tied to clean energy and sustainability...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

AI-Powered Work Assistant Glean Lands $150M at $7.2B Valuation – 9 Months After Last Raise

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 10, 2025

Enterprise AI startup Glean announced Tuesday that it has raised $150 million in Series F funding at a $7.2 billion valuation.

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Workplace

New Unicorns Add $22B In Value In May As 5 Trot Onto Board From Europe 

Gené Teare

June 10, 2025

Thirteen companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in May 2025, including five from Europe, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows.

Fintech & e-commerce • Startups • Venture

Octaura Nabs $46.5M To Give Traders A Way To Trade Loans ‘More Easily’

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 9, 2025

Octaura, developer of a syndicated loan platform, has raised $46.5 million in a funding round which included participation from a group of banking...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

AI-Powered Coding Tool Anysphere Raises $900M at $9.9B Valuation — Its Third Round In Less Than One Year

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 9, 2025

Anysphere, which sells the popular AI coding assistant Cursor, confirmed that it raised a $900 million round at a staggering $9.9 billion valuation.

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Startups • Venture

IonQ Acquires Oxford Ionics For $1.07B As Quantum Space Continues To Sizzle

Joanna Glasner

June 9, 2025

Quantum computing company IonQ announced Monday that it will acquire quantum systems developer Oxford Ionics in a mostly stock deal valued at $1.07...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

Most-Active US Investors: Khosla, Accel Top May Ranking

Joanna Glasner

June 9, 2025

Venture dealmakers kept busy in May, with a handful of especially active U.S. investors leading the way. It was also a standout period for large...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads Week With Anduril’s $2.5B Raise

Joanna Glasner

June 6, 2025

Software may be eating the world, but it was hardware-intensive startups that scooped up this week’s largest funding rounds, including heavily funded...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

After No Funding For Years, These Startups Recently Scooped Up Big Rounds

Joanna Glasner

June 6, 2025

In 2021, scores of companies nabbed big rounds at valuations that turned out to be overly optimistic. In the following years many didn’t raise new...