cybersecurity Archives - 小蓝视频色情网页版 News /tag/cybersecurity/ Data-driven reporting on private markets, startups, founders, and investors Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:36:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/cb_news_favicon-150x150.png cybersecurity Archives - 小蓝视频色情网页版 News /tag/cybersecurity/ 32 32 Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B For AI-Focused Funds /venture/kleiner-perkins-raises-ai-focused-funds/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:36:05 +0000 /?p=93300 Storied venture capital firm Tuesday that it has raised $3.5 billion across new funds with a primary focus on artificial intelligence.

The fundraise includes $1 billion for KP22, a fund to back early-stage companies, and $2.5 billion targeted for growth-stage investments.

It鈥檚 a considerable increase in capital commitments compared to the last time the Silicon Valley-based firm raised a flagship fund, back in 2024. In that raise, Kleiner just over $2 billion for funds to back early- and later-stage startups.

This time around, Kleiner believes market fundamentals look particularly attractive for scaling up.

鈥淭he AI super-cycle is one of the most important company-building moments in our lifetimes, and we are still in the early innings,鈥 its fundraising announcement states. Kleiner also notes that AI is enabling today鈥檚 startups to iterate and grow faster than in past cycles.

Founded in 1972, Kleiner has long been known as a cross-industry investor, active in virtually every popular sector for venture dealmaking. For its latest fund, the firm also identified a broad array of focus areas, including professional services, healthcare, autonomy, security, financial services and the physical economy.

Recent investments

Most recently, Kleiner, like most venture heavyweights, has been focused on AI startups. Beyond that, however, its portfolio companies are a highly varied lot.

To illustrate, we used 小蓝视频色情网页版 data to put together a list of the latest reported rounds in which it served as a lead or co-lead investor. It spans healthcare, accounting and cybersecurity, among other areas.

Large lead investments

While it鈥檚 active in seed- and early-stage dealmaking, Kleiner also leads quite a few larger rounds. Over the past year, it鈥檚 been lead investor in at least five valued at $150 million or more, which we list below.

Of these, the largest was a $600 million Series F for , a developer of autonomous vehicle technology. The next-largest include a $356 million Series D for , focused on secure open-source software for AI systems, and a $300 million Series E for , the AI legal tech unicorn.

Exits too

Kleiner has also seen a few sizable recent exits for portfolio companies that it backed as lead investor. This includes last year鈥檚 largest software IPO 鈥 鈥 which counted Kleiner as Series B lead investor.

The firm was also an early lead investor in business credit card provider , which agreed to acquire this year for $5.15 billion.

Of course, Kleiner also has much more famous portfolio investments in its more distant past, including , and , to name a few. You don鈥檛 last 50 years in the venture business without at least some of those too.

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The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Investment Slows, But Security And AI Remain Top Picks /venture/biggest-funding-rounds-security-ai-cloaked-frore/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:30:08 +0000 /?p=93269 Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Megadeals Board.

This is a weekly feature that runs down the week鈥檚 top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week鈥檚 biggest funding deal roundup here.

In insecure times, security looks like an appealing sector for investment. That鈥檚 one interpretation of this week鈥檚 tally of the largest startup funding rounds.

The size of the largest U.S. deals was smaller than in recent weeks, and heavily featured cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups. This includes the week鈥檚 biggest round 鈥 a $375 million Series B for consumer privacy and security platform . Other areas that attracted good-sized financings included AI infrastructure, biotech, healthcare, and robotics.

1. , $375M, privacy: Cloaked, a provider of consumer privacy and security tools, raised $375 million in Series B funding led by and . Founded in 2020, the Massachusetts-based company sells monthly subscriptions for individuals and families.

2. , $143M, AI infrastructure: Frore Systems, a developer of integrated cooling architecture for AI computing and networking hardware, announced that it closed on $143 million in Series D funding. led the financing, which set a $1.64 billion valuation for the 8-year-old, San Jose-based company.

3. (tied) , $120M, cybersecurity: Seattle-based XBow, a provider of autonomous security testing technology, picked up $120 million in Series C funding. and led the round, which values the 2-year-old company at over $1 billion.

3. (tied) , $120M, cybersecurity: Oasis Security, a developer of identify security tools with a focus on AI agents, secured $120 million in a funding round backed by , , and . The 4-year-old company, which is headquartered in听 New York and has a presence in Israel, has raised $195 million to date, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data.

5. (tied) , $100M, medical devices: Imperative Care, a medical device company focused on treatment for stroke and vascular diseases caused by blood clot formation, secured $100 million in convertible note financing. and led the investment for the Campbell, California-based company.

5. (tied) , $100M, social media: Seattle-based social network Bluesky this week that it raised a previously unannounced $100 million Series B round that closed last spring, led by .

5. (tied) , $100M, privacy and security: Cape, a recently launched privacy-focused mobile network, landed $100 million in Series C funding. and led the financing, which set a $900 million valuation for the Arlington, Virginia-based company.

8. , $80M, healthcare AI: Latent, an AI platform aimed at helping move patients from clinical decision to therapy, picked up $80 million in a Series A round. and led the financing for the San Francisco-based company.

9. , $77M, biotech: Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Crossbow Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on developing new antibody therapies to treat a broad range of cancers, raised $77 million in Series B funding. and led the round, which will support a Phase 1 clinical trial of the company鈥檚 lead program.

10. , $52M, robotics: RoboForce, a startup focused on developing AI-enabled robot labor for industrial environments, said it $52 million in fresh funding, bringing its total raise to $67 million. led the financing for the Milpitas, California-based company.

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We tracked the largest announced rounds in the 小蓝视频色情网页版 database that were raised by U.S.-based companies for the period of March 14-20. Although most announced rounds are represented in the database, there could be a small time lag as some rounds are reported late in the week.

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The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Robotics And E-Commerce Top The Ranks /venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-robotics-ecommerce-quince/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:20:26 +0000 /?p=93239 Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Megadeals Board.

This is a weekly feature that runs down the week鈥檚 top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week鈥檚 biggest funding deal roundup here.

Busy week, big checks, lots of AI and robotics. That, in ultra-brief synopsis form, characterized the general startup fundraising environment this week. Notably, the two largest global rounds were U.K.-based and Paris-based , which raised $2 billion and $1.03 billion, respectively.

In the U.S., meanwhile, e-commerce platform , AI networking developer and industrial automation startup each picked up $500 million.

1. (tied) , $500M, e-commerce: Quince, an online fashion and home goods retailer with an affordable luxury theme, said it secured $500 million in Series E financing led by . The round sets a $10.1 billion post-money valuation for the 8-year-old, San Francisco-based company.

1. (tied) , $500M, AI infrastructure: AI networking startup Nexthop AI raised $500 million in Series B funding led by , with joining as a major investor alongside other backers. The Santa Clara, California-based company develops switching technology built on open-source operating systems for AI and cloud networking.

1. (tied) , $500M, robotics: spin-out Mind Robotics closed on a $500 million Series A round, co-led by and Andreessen Horowitz. The Palo Alto, California-based company is developing an AI-enabled industrial robotics platform, with a focus on automating industrial and manufacturing tasks at scale.

4. , $450M, robotics: Palo Alto, California-based robotics startup Rhoda AI emerged from stealth with $450 million in Series A funding reportedly led by . The startup trains robots using hundreds of millions of videos to develop intelligent models for operating in complex and changing environments.

5. , $400M, AI software creation: Replit, an agentic AI software creation platform, picked up $400 million in Series D funding at a $9 billion valuation, up from $3 billion just six months ago. led the financing for the Foster City, California-based company, joined by a long list of venture and celebrity investors.

6. (tied) , $200M, AI networking: AI startup Eridu emerged from stealth with over $200 million in a newly announced Series A round led by , , , and . Saratoga, California-based Eridu develops a high-performance network switch for AI data centers.

6. (tied) , $200M, artificial intelligence: Palo Alto, California-based Axiom Math AI, a developer of AI systems that can perform automated verification of computer code, $200 million in Series A funding at a $1.6 billion valuation. led the round, joined by , , and .

8. , $165M, robotics: Sunday, a startup planning a beta launch for a household robot called Memo later this year, raised $165 million in Series B funding. led the financing, which set a $1.15 billion valuation for the Mountain View, California-based company.

9. , $125M, cybersecurity: San Jose, California-based Kai, developer of an agentic AI cybersecurity platform, announced that it secured $125 million in funding led by .

10. , $100M, procurement: Oro Labs, developer of a procurement platform for enterprise customers, raised $100 million in Series C funding. and led the financing, which the company said follows a year of 300% revenue growth.

Global financings

The week鈥檚 largest rounds went to European startups.

, $2B, AI infrastructure: Nscale, an AI infrastructure hyperscaler, secured听 $2 billion in Series C funding. and led the financing, which set a $14.6 billion valuation for the London-based company.

, $1.03B, artificial intelligence: Advanced Machine Intelligence, a startup co-founded by computer science pioneer and former AI chief , said it has raised $1.03 billion to develop 鈥渨orld models,鈥 or AI designed to learn from and interact with the physical world. The funding for the Paris-based company represents the largest seed round ever for a European startup.

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AI Seed Trends: More Multimedia, Backend Automation, Agentic Security, And Yes, Robots /venture/data-ai-seed-trends-multimedia-automation-cybersecurity-robots/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:03 +0000 /?p=93161 Every so often at 小蓝视频色情网页版 News, we take it upon ourselves to review every sizable seed round of the past few months, seeing what trends arise.

This time around, given the excitement around artificial intelligence, we honed in exclusively on AI-focused startups. The goal was to pick out a few themes that appear to be resonating.

Turns out, the hard part was narrowing it down. Investors poured over $9 billion into global AI-focused seed rounds over the past six months, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. Areas they favored include cybersecurity, multimedia AI, robotics and desk work automation.

Below, we look at these seed hotspots in greater detail.

No. 1: Cybersecurity

The intersection of AI and cybersecurity has two main areas of interest. One is tools that use AI to do established security tasks more efficiently and effectively. The other is applications aimed at security issues that AI itself itself brings to the fore, such as tracking and verifying autonomous agents.

Put together, it adds up to a well-funded sector for seed, with more than $400 million invested at this stage in the past six months. Using 小蓝视频色情网页版 , we put together a sample list of eight AI and security-focused startups that raised some of the more significant recent seed rounds.

Silicon Valley-based , a stealth startup, picked up one of the bigger rounds for tools using AI to automate security testing and identify vulnerabilities that hackers could use AI to exploit. Another standout was identity management startup .

No. 2: Robotics and drones

Robotics features frequently in our roundups of seed trends, and this time is no exception.

Per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, investors poured more than $850 million into seed rounds for AI-enabled robotics and drone startups over the past six months. It鈥檚 a geographically diversified lineup, with many of the largest rounds going to China-based startups.

To illustrate, we used 小蓝视频色情网页版 to put together a list of seven recently funded companies from multiple countries.

Per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, the largest recent seed funding recipient is , a Chinese company developing a universal humanoid robot that can do household work. Another high-profile round went to , a spin-out of EV maker that is focused on AI-powered industrial robots.

No. 3: Multimedia and content creation tools for AI

Seed-stage startups are also innovating around how to better incorporate more language and multimedia features in AI offerings, including audio, translation and video.

To demonstrate, we used 小蓝视频色情网页版 to assemble a list of six companies in these areas that raised sizable seed financings in the past few months.

The biggest round on our list went to Paris-based , which picked up $70 million in initial funding in December to scale audio language AI models designed to deliver voice with ultra-low latency. Others are moving quickly up the funding ladder.

San Francisco-based , developer of an API for image, video and audio generation, raised a $13 million seed round in September and a $50 million Series A in December.

No. 4: Automating niche desk work

The notion that AI tools can perform a lot of tedious screen-facing work is now fully embedded in the public consciousness. In addition, many earlier pioneers in bringing these tools to market are already well-established unicorns, including AI legal tech company and clinical note-taking platform .

But it鈥檚 not game over for newly launched startups that want to play in this space. Of late, we鈥檙e seeing seed funding to various ventures around this theme, with a particular focus on upstarts taking on niches within the vast realm of traditional deskwork. This includes areas like claims processing, procurement, healthcare call centers and building plan review.

To illustrate, we aggregated a sample of 10 companies that raised seed investment in the past six months with $10 million or more in total funding.

, a New York-based insurtech startup that uses AI to do what its name suggests, is the most heavily funded on our list, securing a $13.3 million seed round in October. Another big round that month was a $10 million seed financing for , an AI-enabled structural engineering startup that reviews building plans to enable faster permitting.

Big picture: More things we don鈥檛 pay attention to get automated

One of the intriguing things about this particular AI seed-funding data dive is that it didn鈥檛 provide many startups that triggered an immediate 鈥淚 want that鈥 reaction. For the most part, it wasn鈥檛 a highly consumer-facing sample set. To the extent upstarts are disrupting established spaces, it was in areas the average person doesn鈥檛 think about much, like healthcare recordkeeping or next-gen security. So efficiency gains will likely be more apparent for enterprises than end users.

There are some exceptions, of course, like household robots. But these aren鈥檛 innovations likely to make it into our shopping carts anytime soon.

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January Delivers Highest New Unicorn Count In More Than 3 Years /venture/ai-leads-unicorn-board-count-january-2026/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:11 +0000 /?p=93137 A total of 31 companies joined The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022. Collectively, those companies added $9.3 billion in funding and $58.5 billion in value to the board.

And underlining the pace at which some startups are now sprinting to billion-dollar-plus valuations, four of the new unicorns are less than a year old.

In exit news, 9-year-old fintech unicorn was acquired by for $5.2 billion. That鈥檚 well below its January 2022 valuation of $12.3 billion but still marks a win for earlier investors seeking liquidity.

Of the 31 companies that joined the board, 23 are U.S.-based and two hail from Canada. Germany, France, Belgium, Israel, Japan and India each added one new unicorn to the board last month.

Among sectors, AI and AI infrastructure contributed the most new unicorns, totaling nine from those two areas. The next-leading sectors, with three new unicorns each, were manufacturing and security propelled by AI. AI was also a major contributor to new unicorns in the semiconductor, defense and autonomous driving sectors.

The largest funding last month for a unicorn company was $20 billion to 鈥檚 at an . Within a month of that funding, xAI in early February announced a merger with another Musk-led company, rocketmaker .

11 exits

Brex鈥檚 acquisition by Capital One was the largest of the four M&A deals for unicorn-valued companies in January.

On the IPO side, seven companies went public, the most high-profile of which were and , both foundation AI model companies based in China.

Here are January鈥檚 newly minted unicorns.

AI

  • , an AI research lab focused on human collaboration, raised a $480 million seed funding led by and 1. The less than 1-year-old Redwood City, California-based company was valued at $4.5 billion.
  • , an AI scientific research lab, raised a $180 million seed round led by , and . The less than 1-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.5 billion.
  • AI evaluation platform raised a $150 million Series A led by 2听补苍诲 . The less than 1-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.7 billion.
  • Voice AI startup raised a $143 million Series C led by France-based . The 10-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.3 billion. As part of its announcement, Deepgram disclosed the acquisition of , a voice AI startup for restaurants and drive-thru ordering.
  • , an infrastructure company for voice AI, raised a $100 million Series C led by . The 5-year-old San Jose, California-based company was valued at $1 billion.

AI infrastructure

  • , an AI networking company, raised a $200 million Series A led by , and . The 1-year-old Santa Clara, California-based company was valued at $1 billion.
  • GPU marketplace raised a $150 million Series B led by . The 2-year-old Palo Alto, California-based company was valued at $1 billion.
  • , for secure AI run locally on devices, raised a Series A extension funding of an undisclosed sum. The 6-year-old Austin-based company was valued at $2.5 billion.
  • , which manages a GPU marketplace, raised a Series C led by . The 6-year-old company was founded in Lithuania and is now headquartered in Miami. It was valued at $1 billion.

Manufacturing

  • , a builder of factories for defense and the aerospace industry, raised a $131 million private equity funding led by . The 5-year-old Hawthorne, California-based company was valued at $1.6 billion.
  • , a developer of no-code applications for manufacturing, raised a $120 million Series D led by . The 11-year-old Somerville, Massachusetts-based company was valued at $1.3 billion.
  • 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒-产补蝉别诲 , a manufacturing automation company utilizing modular robotics, raised a $90 million Series D led by . The 9-year-old company was valued at $1.2 billion.

Security

  • , provider of security for cloud services in real time to protect from hackers, raised a $250 million Series B led by . The 3-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.5 billion.
  • Tel Aviv-based , an AI security platform that integrates with existing security platforms to provide context on incidents, raised a $140 million Series D led by . The 6-year-old company was valued at $1.2 billion.
  • Belgium-based , a developer-oriented security platform, raised a $60 million Series B led by . The 3-year-old company was valued at $1 billion.

Semiconductor

  • , an AI chip developer to run transformer models, raised a reported $500 million funding led by . The 3-year-old Cupertino, California-based company was valued at $5 billion.
  • , an AI chip design company, raised a $300 million Series A led by . The less than 1-year-old Palo Alto, California-based company was valued at $4 billion.

Cryptocurrency

  • Stablecoin payments platform raised a $250 million Series C led by . The 4-year-old New York-based company was valued at $2 billion.
  • Crypto payments network raised a $75 million Series C led by . The 5-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1 billion.

Healthcare

  • Maternity healthcare provider, raised a $92 million Series C led by Stripes. The 4-year-old New York-based company with plans to expand healthcare services to women and children was valued at $1.7 billion.
  • , a co-ordination platform for medications across doctors, pharmacies and patients, raised a Series B led by . The 3-year-old New York-based company was valued at $1 billion.

Defense

  • Paris-based , an autonomous drone maker, raised a $200 million Series B led by aircraft manufacturer . The 2-year-old company was valued at $1.4 billion.
  • , a builder of secure software for the defense industry, raised a $136 million Series B led by . The 4-year-old Colorado-based company was valued at $1 billion.

Fintech

  • Tokyo-based brokerage infrastructure provider raised a $150 million Series D led by . The 11-year-old company was valued at $1.2 billion.
  • India-based , a payment infrastructure provider, raised a $50 million Series D led by . The 13-year-old company was valued at $1.2 billion.

Fitness

  • , an owner of physical fitness brands and the parent of , raised a $785 million private equity financing led by . As part of the transaction it announced a merger with . The San Luis Obispo, California-based company was valued at $7.5 billion.

Autonomous Driving

  • Toronto-based , a self-driving technology company, raised a $750 million Series C led by and ,valuing it at $3.8 billion. The 5-year-old company announced a partnership with to support robotaxis.

Social media

  • , an AI-powered video generation platform for social media, raised an $80 million Series A extension funding which brings its Series A funding total to $130 million. The 3-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.3 billion.

Education

  • Online tutoring platform raised a $150 million Series D led by at a $1.2 billion valuation. The 14-year-old Brookline, Massachusetts-based company was founded by Ukrainians and maintains a team in Ukraine.

Compliance

  • ESG compliance software platform raised a $100 million Series C led by , a joint venture between and . The 7-year-old Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany-based company was valued at $1.1 billion.

Energy

  • , a developer of a residential energy storage device for electricity and electric vehicles, raised a $163 million funding. The 7-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1 billion.

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The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Unicorn Board is a curated list that includes private unicorn companies with post-money valuations of $1 billion or more and is based on 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. New companies are as they reach the $1 billion valuation mark as part of a funding round.

The unicorn board does not reflect internal company valuations 鈥 such as those set via a 409a process for employee stock options 鈥 as these differ from, and are more likely to be lower than, a priced funding round. We also do not adjust valuations based on investor writedowns, which change quarterly, as different investors will not value the same company consistently within the same quarter.

Funding to unicorn companies includes all private financings to companies that are tagged as unicorns, as well as those that have since graduated to .

Exits analyzed here only include the first time a company exits.

Please note that all funding values are given in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 小蓝视频色情网页版 converts foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at the prevailing spot rate from the date funding rounds, acquisitions, IPOs and other financial events are reported. Even if those events were added to 小蓝视频色情网页版 long after the event was announced, foreign currency transactions are converted at the historic spot price.

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5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth /venture/beyond-ai-growing-startup-sectors-legal-robotics-defense/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:18 +0000 /?p=93100 Last year, AI grabbed half of venture dollars globally. But the sector鈥檚 blockbuster growth hasn鈥檛 necessarily come at the expense of other startup industries. Rather, areas that benefit from AI-driven automation such as legal tech, or that combine AI software with physical tech, like robotics and defense tech, are seeing record-high funding levels as well, 小蓝视频色情网页版 data shows.

With that, here are five areas where we鈥檝e seen venture funding increase significantly in recent quarters.

Legal tech

The legal industry may have a reputation for stodginess, but when it comes to automating and streamlining, the sector has been quick on the uptake with new technologies. Venture funding to legal tech startups last year totaled more than $4 billion, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. That鈥檚 a record, and nearly double the $2.2 billion the sector raised a year earlier.

Some of the larger funding recipients in the space last year include:

  • , which makes cloud-based practice management for law firms, raised $500 million in a -led equity round in November, plus $350 million in debt.
  • , a startup that makes AI tools for lawyers, raised $819 million over the course of four funding rounds in 2025.
  • , a startup that offers a legal operating platform to integrate AI for case, document and lead management, raised $260 million in a September Series E.

Robotics

Robotics 鈥 both of the humanoid and non-humanoid variety 鈥 has likewise been on a tear, as investors move beyond AI software to the physical layer of artificial intelligence.

Last year, venture funding to robotics totaled nearly $14 billion, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. That鈥檚 a 70% increase over 2024 and eclipses even the peak funding year of 2021.

In recent quarters, investors have backed a range of companies developing everything from robotic appendages that can be deployed on factory floors to general-purpose humanoid robots.

Among the largest robotics funding recipients in 2025 were:

  • General-purpose robotics company , which raised $1 billion in a September Series C led by .
  • Humanoid robotics company , raising a total of $935 million in Series A funding.
  • -led brain-implant company , which raised $649 million in a March Series E.

Defense tech

Defense tech, too, saw record funding last year, as companies such as and raised massive rounds. Overall funding to the sector jumped to $8.5 billion in 2025, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data 鈥 an all-time high and more than double the prior year鈥檚 total.

The top defense venture funding recipients last year included:

  • Southern California-based Anduril, which raised a $2.5 billion Series G in June led by .
  • Germany-based Helsing raised about $693 million in a June round led by , , and other investors.
  • Austin-based , a maker of unmanned maritime security vessels, raised $600 million in an -led round in February.

Venture investment in defense tech only seems poised to grow. Active investors such as have earmarked billions of dollars for defense and law enforcement-related companies, and the has said it wants to purchase and deploy more next-generation technologies such as AI-driven battlefield decision-making, autonomous drone systems and satellite reconnaissance.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity funding also increased last year, though remains off its 2021 peak. Investment in the sector globally totaled more than $18 billion in 2025, up 26% year over year, with a particularly strong showing for early-stage startups.

It was also the third-highest annual funding total to the sector in the past decade.

Among the top cybersecurity funding recipients last year:

  • AI-driven data security platform , which raised a total of $940 million in the course of two rounds, its Series E and Series F.
  • , another AI-based identity security platform, raised $700 million in a -led Series B.
  • , a quantum computing startup with a main focus on cybersecurity, raised $600 million in an -led Series B.
  • , an IT platform for endpoint management, raised $500 million in a Series C led by and .

Fintech

Funding to fintech and financial services startups rose 27% year over year to $51.8 billion, topping pre-pandemic numbers for the first time since 2022. (However, it鈥檚 worth noting that 2025鈥檚 sum is still a fraction of the 2021 peak.)

 

Among the largest fintech funding recipients globally last year were:

  • Predictions marketplace , which raised $150 million in a -led round, followed soon after by $2 billion in a deal led by .
  • Cryptocurrency exchange raised $2 billion in March in an -led deal.
  • , another predictions marketplace, raised $1 billion in a November round led by , and.

Investors we spoke with said they expect to see fintech-related funding and exit activity remain strong this year.

Another trend to keep an eye on: Strong funding for pre-IPO companies such as , , or . 鈥淭he story of fintech funding this year will probably be dominated by those $100M+ rounds as these companies get ready to go public,鈥 , general partner of , told us last month.

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SpaceX Vaults To Top Of The List As 23 Companies Join Unicorn Board In December /venture/spacex-tops-fintech-leads-unicorn-board-growth-december-2025/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:46 +0000 /?p=93068 The momentum of new unicorn creation picked up in the final months of 2025, with the fourth quarter showing the highest count of newly minted billion鈥揹ollar-plus valued companies since Q2 2022.

In December alone, 23 companies joined The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Unicorn Board, more than doubling the count from a year ago.

The value of the unicorn board also picked up significantly in the final month of the year, with the highest-ever value accorded to a private company. That was , which vaulted to the top of the list when it was valued at $800 billion in a secondary market transaction, double its valuation from just three months earlier.

And , the seventh-most highly valued private company at $134 billion, was also valued up from its $100 billion valuation months earlier.

New unicorns in December

Of the new unicorns last month, 15 were U.S.-based, two hail from China, and six are based in Europe, including two from the U.K. and one each from Germany, France, Finland and Belgium.

Financial services, aerospace and AI led with the highest count of new companies to join.

It is worth noting that a third of these companies were more than 10 years old, with some seeing a reacceleration in their business driven by AI.

On the other end of the spectrum, the fastest to reach unicorn status in December was , which raised its seed round at a $4.5 billion value.

Here are December’s 23 newly minted unicorns.

Fintech

  • Crypto-focused digital bank , co-founded by , raised a $350 million funding led by . The company was granted conditional approval by the 听 in late 2025. The 1-year-old Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to support technology businesses in AI, crypto and defense, and was valued at $4.35 billion.
  • , developer of AI-driven insurance for the trucking industry, raised a $100 million Series D led by . The 5-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.5 billion.
  • , a loan provider for outdoor equipment, RVs and power sports raised a $100 million Series F led by . The funding was part equity and part secondary financing. The 11-year-old New York-based company was valued at $1.3 billion and has generated over $7.5 billion in loans.
  • , a provider of co-branded credit cards and payment plans for brands to build loyalty, raised a $150 million Series D led by . The 5-year-old New York-based company was valued at $1.2 billion.

Aerospace

  • , a builder of powerful satellites, raised a $250 million Series C led by . The 3-year-old Torrance, California-based company was valued at $3 billion.
  • Finland-based , which operates satellites for military and commercial intelligence, raised a $175 million Series E led by . The 12-year-old company was valued at $2.8 billion.
  • , a provider of satellites detecting radio frequency emissions for the U.S. government and its partners, raised a $150 million Series E led by and at a value of $1 billion. As part of the deal, the 10-year-old Herndon, Virginia-based company acquired .

AI

  • , a new startup from founder that was acquired by Databricks, plans to build an energy-efficient computer for AI. The company raised a $475 million seed round led by and . The less than 1-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $4.5 billion.
  • , a generative AI company for video and images, raised a $300 million Series B led by and 1. The 1-year-old Germany-based company was valued at $3.3 billion.
  • , builder of AI models for molecule programming, raised a $130 million Series B led by General Catalyst and . The 1-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1.3 billion.

Energy

  • Energy software provider , raised a $1 billion funding led by , with plans to separate from its parent, . The 6-year-old London-based company was valued at $8.7 billion.
  • , a builder of nuclear microreactors, raised a $300 million Series D led by and . The 6-year-old El Segundo, California-based company was valued at $1.8 billion.

E-commerce

  • B2B chemical and industrial materials supply chain company raised a $10 million Series B led by and . The 11-year-old Beijing-based company was valued at $2.3 billion.
  • , a luxury automotive e-commerce platform, raised funding from collector from his family office . The 40-year-old Miami-based company was valued at $1.5 billion.

Marketing

  • Customer relationship marketing service , which manages a CRM and communication across emails through to messaging and aided by AI, raised a $583 million private equity round led by and . The 18-year-old Paris-based company was valued at $1.2 billion.
  • Synthetic AI marketing research company 听 raised a Series A led by reported to be above $50 million . The funding was raised at different valuations, giving investors access at a lower value for part of the funding. The 1-year-old New York-based company was valued at $1 billion.

DevOps

  • , an IT ticketing management platform reimagined with AI, raised a $75 million Series B led by . The 1-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1 billion.
  • Site reliability platform raised a Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.听 The 2-year-old San Francisco-based company was valued at $1 billion in a two-tiered round with investors getting access at a lower valuation for part of the funding.

Social media

  • The social media giant TikTok spun out its , valued at $14 billion. The Bellevue, Washington-based company鈥檚 new owners Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX each own 15% of the new entity, while retains an ownership stake of 20%.

Security

  • Identity security company , which manages security for individuals through to AI agents, raised a $700 million Series B led by . The 16-year-old El Segundo, California-based company was valued at $3 billion.

Defense

  • Counter drone defense technology deployer raised a $210 million Series B. Investors were not disclosed.听 The 4-year-old London-based company was valued at $1.8 billion.

IoT

  • , an IoT sensor technology for maintaining industrial machines, raised a $23 million funding from existing investors. The 22-year-old Belgium-based company was valued at $1.2 billion.

Healthcare

  • , a medical device company targeting heart disease, raised a Series D led by and . The 6-year-old Shanghai-based company was valued at $1.1 billion.

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The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Unicorn Board is a curated list that includes private unicorn companies with post-money valuations of $1 billion or more and is based on 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. New companies are as they reach the $1 billion valuation mark as part of a funding round.

The unicorn board does not reflect internal company valuations 鈥 such as those set via a 409a process for employee stock options 鈥 as these differ from, and are more likely to be lower than, a priced funding round. We also do not adjust valuations based on investor writedowns, which change quarterly, as different investors will not value the same company consistently within the same quarter.

Funding to unicorn companies includes all private financings to companies that are tagged as unicorns, as well as those that have since graduated to .

Exits analyzed here only include the first time a company exits.

Please note that all funding values are given in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 小蓝视频色情网页版 converts foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at the prevailing spot rate from the date funding rounds, acquisitions, IPOs and other financial events are reported. Even if those events were added to 小蓝视频色情网页版 long after the event was announced, foreign currency transactions are converted at the historic spot price.

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The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Big Week For AI And Drone Delivery /venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-drones-healthcare/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:12:36 +0000 /?p=93060 Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Megadeals Board.

This is a weekly feature that runs down the week鈥檚 top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week鈥檚 biggest funding deal roundup here.

Venture investors’ thirst for AI isn鈥檛 close to quenched yet. That鈥檚 the takeaway from this week鈥檚 lineup of large U.S. funding rounds, which was mostly a mix of AI pure-plays and companies with a heavy focus on the technology.

The week鈥檚 largest round however, a $600 million financing for drone delivery provider Zipline, offered evidence that investors are also keen on platforms and technologies with applications in the physical world. The second-largest round, a $480 million seed deal for upstart AI lab Humans&, meanwhile, showed there鈥檚 also still appetite for ultra-ambitious newcomers.

1. , $600M, drones: Drone delivery unicorn Zipline it closed on over $600 million at a $7.6 billion valuation from investors including , , and . South San Francisco, California-based Zipline also says it expects to expand into at least four new states this year, with initial plans to begin service in Houston and Phoenix.

2. , $480M, AI: Humans&, an AI lab working to apply the technology in ways that are centered 鈥渁round people and their relationships with each other,鈥 secured $480 million in seed funding. The company was founded in September by top researchers from , , , and .

3. , $300M, AI infrastructure: AI infrastructure startup Baseten reportedly $300 million with backing from , and . The financing set a $5 billion valuation for the 7-year-old, San Francisco-based company.

4. , $250M, medical AI: OpenEvidence, an AI platform for doctors, announced that it picked up $250 million in a Series D funding round that doubled its valuation to $12 billion. and co-led the round, which marks the fourth fundraise for the Miami-based startup in less than a year.

5. , $215M, rare earth magnets: San Marcos, Texas-based Noveon Magnetics, a manufacturer of sintered rare earth permanent magnets, it secured $215 million in Series C funding, including $200 million from . The money will go toward expanding the company鈥檚 rare earth magnet manufacturing capacity.

6. , $200M, AI infrastructure: AI networking infrastructure startup Upscale AI $200 million in Series A funding led by , and . The financing set a valuation of more than $1 billion for the Santa Clara, California-based company, which was founded less than two years ago.

7. (tied) , $150M, online tutoring: Language learning marketplace Preply raised $150 million in Series D funding led by . The financing reportedly sets a $1.2 billion valuation for the 14-year-old, Brookline, Massachusetts-based company.

7. (tied) , $150M, AI inference: Inferact, a startup founded by creators and maintainers of open-source LLM inference engine vLLM, announced its launch along with $150 million in initial funding. and led the financing, which set an听 $800 million valuation for the company.

7. (tied) , $150M, cybersecurity: Security provider Claroty picked up $150 million in Series F funding led by . The 11-year-old company, founded in Israel and now headquartered in New York, has raised close to $900 million in equity funding to date, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data.

10. , $115M, geothermal energy: Salt Lake City-based Zanskar, a startup applying AI to geothermal exploration, raised $115 million in Series C funding led by and joined by a long list of new and existing investors.

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We tracked the largest announced rounds in the 小蓝视频色情网页版 database that were raised by U.S.-based companies for the period of Jan. 17-23. Although most announced rounds are represented in the database, there could be a small time lag as some rounds are reported late in the week.

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It Was A Big Year For Cybersecurity /venture/cybersecurity-startup-investment-up-ye-2025/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:29 +0000 /?p=93031 Cybersecurity startup investment for 2025 hit the highest level in three years, bolstered by big rounds for AI-focused companies in the space.

Overall, investors put $18 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for companies in 小蓝视频色情网页版 security and privacy categories last year. That鈥檚 up about 26% from 2024, with particularly pronounced growth at early stage.

It鈥檚 also the third-highest annual total in 10 years, as charted below.

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Supersized rounds boosted totals

A handful of supersized rounds contributed heavily to boosting annual funding tallies.

Per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, cybersecurity companies raised at least seven rounds of $400 million or more last year. Of those, two went to the year鈥檚 biggest fundraiser, AI-powered data security platform , which picked up two rounds totaling $940 million.

, provider of an identity security platform for humans and AI agents, was another investor favorite, $700 million last month at a valuation around $3 billion. And , the endpoint management automation and security provider, secured $500 million in Series C funding early in the year.

For a bigger-picture view, below we put together a list of seven of the year鈥檚 largest cybersecurity-related funding rounds.

But overall, fewer deals got done

While investment rose, deal counts declined some last year, as more capital concentrated around a handful of hot startups.

Across all stages, we saw just under 1,000 reported cybersecurity financings last year, the lowest total in at least 10 years. We expect the 2025 tally to rise slightly over time, however, due to delays in some seed rounds being added to the dataset.

Early stage outperformed, US led

Even as overall deal volume contracted, early stage posted a gain in 2025, with more than 300 reported deals. That exceeded deal count in each of the prior two years.

Early-stage investment was also particularly strong last year, with $7.5 billion invested around Series A and Series B. That鈥檚 up a whopping 63% from year-earlier levels, driven largely by heightened investor enthusiasm for deals at the intersection of AI and security.

Cybersecurity investment was also largely to U.S. companies. Per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, 74% of funding to the space last year went to U.S.-headquartered startups. These companies also generated the largest exits.

Exits were big too

That brings us to our next and final point, which is that higher cybersecurity funding also coincided with big M&A and IPO events.

For acquisitions, of course the headline deal of the year was 鈥檚 planned $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company , which has yet to be finalized.

Another megadeal came in late December, when an agreement to acquire , a provider of cyber risk management tools, for $7.75 billion in cash.

As for IPOs, the standout for 2025 was network security provider 鈥檚 September debut. The Silicon Valley company was recently valued around $6 billion.

Not a lot of negative

For a sector that prides itself on the ability to ferret out risks that others miss, cybersecurity seemed to have relatively little to fret about regarding the investment environment. For companies able to integrate AI in compelling ways, investors have plenty of capacity to write big checks, and exit markets look receptive as well.

Surely, there must be some unforeseen risk in the mix. There always is. But for now, things are still looking up.

Methodology

The data contained in this report comes directly from 小蓝视频色情网页版, and is based on reported data. Data is as of Jan. 4, 2026.

Note that data lags are most pronounced at the earliest stages of venture activity, with seed funding amounts increasing significantly after the end of a quarter/year.

Please note that all funding values are given in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

小蓝视频色情网页版 converts foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at the prevailing spot rate from the date funding rounds, acquisitions, IPOs and other financial events are reported. Even if those events were added to 小蓝视频色情网页版 long after the event was announced, foreign currency transactions are converted at the historic spot price.

Glossary of funding terms

Seed and angel consists of seed, pre-seed and angel rounds. 小蓝视频色情网页版 also includes venture rounds of unknown series, equity crowdfunding and convertible notes at $3 million (USD or as-converted USD equivalent) or less.

Early-stage consists of Series A and Series B rounds, as well as other round types. 小蓝视频色情网页版 includes venture rounds of unknown series, corporate venture and other rounds above $3 million, and those less than or equal to $15 million.

Late-stage consists of Series C, Series D, Series E and later-lettered venture rounds following the 鈥淪eries [Letter]鈥 naming convention. Also included are venture rounds of unknown series, corporate venture and other rounds above $15 million. Corporate rounds are only included if a company has raised an equity funding at seed through a venture series funding round.

Technology growth is a private-equity round raised by a company that has previously raised a 鈥渧enture鈥 round. (So basically, any round from the previously defined stages.)

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小蓝视频色情网页版 Predicts: 15 Companies That Could Go Public In 2026 As The IPO Market Gains Momentum /public/crunchbase-predicts-15-companies-ipo-ai-fintech-defense-forecast-2026/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:14 +0000 /?p=92974 Editor鈥檚 note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here, our startup M&A forecast here, and our venture investment outlook here.

After a prolonged slowdown, the IPO market is showing clearer signs of life. As our 2026 IPO outlook forecast details, improving public-market conditions, stabilizing interest rates and renewed investor appetite for growth are setting the stage for a wider reopening of the listing window.

Against that backdrop, a growing cohort of late-stage private companies now looks increasingly prepared to make the leap. Using 颁谤耻苍肠丑产补蝉别鈥檚 鈥 which evaluate factors including funding history, growth signals, investor mix and market timing 鈥 we鈥檝e curated a list of 15 companies across AI, enterprise software, fintech, space, defense, healthcare and consumer tech that could realistically go public in 2026, should market momentum continue to build.

AI and enterprise tech

: When the window is open, you make your move. That鈥檚 something IPO market timers take to heart. But while well-funded private companies are aware of this cyclicality, actually prepping and orchestrating a public debut takes the kind of prep that doesn鈥檛 always align with the perfect window. That said, AI infrastructure unicorn Crusoe Energy Systems is certainly scaling in a direction that points to a public exit, a likelihood that 小蓝视频色情网页版 predictions affirm with a 鈥減robable鈥 rating on a listing for the Denver-based company. Crusoe closed on a in October at a valuation of more than $10 billion. With generative AI platforms currently expanding and investing at an unprecedented rate, the timing is certainly right for the kind of growth metrics IPO investors appreciate.

鈥 Joanna Glasner

: Databricks has been on our list since the end of 2021, when it missed the IPO window. 颁谤耻苍肠丑产补蝉别鈥檚 predictive tools label it a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 IPO candidate and that makes sense. The 12-year-old, San Francisco-based company is well placed to go public. As of Q3, it announced it is growing more than 55% year over year, with an over $4.8 billion revenue run rate as of its . Of that revenue, $1 billion was from its AI products. Net retention was above 140% and the company has been free cash flow positive for more than 12 months. Its valuation in recent months has soared. It was valued at $100 billion in September and in December at $134 billion in a round led by and public market investors and .

: Competition among model developers is heating up. AI lab has engaged to begin to explore an IPO, according to the . While 2026 might be too early for Anthropic to go public, another, less-known model developer could make a public-market debut this year. Cohere, co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, focuses on supporting sovereign and secure AI for enterprise and governments. Its customers hail from across North America, APAC and EMEA, and include , and . , its founder and CEO, spoke at a event in London expressing an interest in a public listing in the near future for the 6-year-old company, which was recently valued at $7 billion with . 小蓝视频色情网页版 predicts it is a 鈥減robable鈥 IPO candidate.

: Design platform Canva is another strong contender to go public in 2026. The 13-year-old Sydney, Australia-based company was valued at $42 billion in its most recent funding 鈥 a share sale for employees led by public market investor . As of its August 2025 funding, Canva鈥檚 . The company, which 小蓝视频色情网页版 bills a 鈥減robable鈥 IPO candidate, claimed 240 million monthly users designing with its tools at that time. And adding further validation of Canva鈥檚 public-market readiness, competitor went public in July 2024 at a valuation of $16.1 billion. (Although, Figma鈥檚 stock is slightly up as of mid-December but remains well below its first-day massive .) As of Q3, Figma, by comparison, has reached .

Gen茅 Teare

: Before the AI boom, quantum computing was the hot, capital-intensive tech that got VCs and technologists excited. While AI has eclipsed investor interest in quantum, the latter continues to draw big checks from investors, who see enormous potential for the technology to facilitate breakthroughs in areas ranging from drug discovery to cybersecurity and defense. At least one quantum startup is actively mulling an IPO. That鈥檚 Quantinuum, which 小蓝视频色情网页版 labels a 鈥減robable鈥 IPO candidate. That prediction squares with other reporting, including a March 2025 that cited a source with direct knowledge of the matter saying parent company is aiming for a 2026 or 2027 listing. The Broomfield, Colorado-based startup, formed in 2021 via the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, has raised $925 million from venture investors to date, including a $600 million -backed Series B in August at a $10 billion pre-money valuation.

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Space and defense tech

: Space tech has been a strong area for venture investment of late, and with the prospect of a IPO in 2026, it鈥檚 an increasingly buzzy sector for public markets as well. Among recently funded startups in the sector, Torrance, California-based K2 Space is a standout on several fronts. For one, it鈥檚 a fundraising machine, securing more than $400 million across three rounds since 2024. That culminated in a $250 Series C led by last month at a $3 billion valuation. The company, founded in 2022, develops large, high-power satellite platforms and has secured $500 million in signed contracts across commercial and U.S. government customers. 小蓝视频色情网页版 predicts it鈥檚 鈥減robable鈥 that the startup will IPO.

鈥 Joanna Glasner

: This one is kind of a gimme. Late last year, -led SpaceX was reported to be eyeing an IPO that would be the largest VC-backed listing of all time 鈥斕齜y about 10x 鈥 at a target valuation of $1.5 trillion. The company is already one of the most valuable private businesses in the world. Its reported IPO ambitions make a lot of sense, given the capital-intensive nature of space exploration, aforementioned investor appetite for space tech, and its revenue: an $15 billion in 2025, much of it from its fast-growing StarLink satellite internet business. Founded in 2002, SpaceX has raised nearly $12 billion in its lifetime, according to 小蓝视频色情网页版, which pegs a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 IPO probability on the Hawthorne, California-based company. Investors include , , , and , among others.

: Venture investment into defense tech hit an all-time high last year, and no company received more money than Anduril. Of the more than $7.7 billion that flowed to defense-related startups in 2025, roughly a third went to Anduril in its $2.5 billion Series G at a $30.5 billion valuation. The startup, founded in 2017 by founder , is well-connected in the administration and has been the beneficiary of the U.S. military鈥檚 efforts to modernize its defense and war technologies, including a contract with the to supply VR/AR headsets to the . The company has raised $6.3 billion to date from investors including , the , and . The Costa Mesa, California-based company is deemed a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 IPO candidate.

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Health and consumer tech

: Innovaccer, provider of AI-enabled data and intelligence platform for healthcare providers, hits a lot of the checklist items we see in pre-IPO startups. It鈥檚 been around for a while (founded in 2014), raised considerable capital, secured a big early this year, and has high-profile strategic backers including . With 1,200 employees across five global offices, San Francisco-based Innovaccer is also a fairly large operation at this point, and certainly looks scaled enough for a public market debut, all factors that contribute to its 鈥減robable鈥 IPO prediction from 小蓝视频色情网页版.

鈥 Joanna Glasner

: Hardware-maker Nothing is taking a more unconventional path to a potential IPO. The London-based startup is working to be 鈥淚PO-ready鈥 in three years, CEO and co-founder last month. In the meantime the company is giving fans of its smartphones and other gadgets a chance to invest at a via platforms like and . 鈥淭he timing will depend on market conditions and what makes sense for the business at that point in time,鈥 Pei told the publication. 小蓝视频色情网页版 puts a 鈥減robable鈥 prediction on an IPO for Nothing, which has reportedly posted fast growth, particularly in markets like India, the U.K. and Japan. The company has said it hit more than $1 billion in lifetime sales last year and has sold more than 7 million devices. Along with its crowdfunding campaigns, Nothing has raised more than $446 million from venture investors including and , .

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Cybersecurity

: Cybersecurity has long been one of the most robust and predictable areas for venture investment. One of the faster-growing startups in the sphere is Huntress, which offers cybersecurity products for small and medium-sized businesses that don鈥檛 have the resources for a fully staffed 24/7 security team. 小蓝视频色情网页版 pins a 鈥減robable鈥 IPO prediction on the company, and CEO has also indicated a Huntress listing is a strong possibility in coming years. on the floor of the in late October, he said that the Columbia, Maryland-based company has posted 60% year-over-year growth and is on track to hit $185 million to $190 million in revenue this year. Demand for its offerings has only increased as generative AI has aided scammers and hackers to craft more sophisticated phishing and other cyber attacks, he said. The company has raised nearly $310 million from investors to date, , including a June 2024 Series D led by , and .

: 小蓝视频色情网页版 says it鈥檚 鈥減robable鈥 that crypto wallet startup Ledger will IPO. That鈥檚 down from a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 prediction last year, but other signs continue to point to the likelihood of an offering for the Paris-based startup, which provides a hardware wallet to secure crypto private keys. That means Ledger, founded in 2014, is well-positioned at the intersection of two currently hot industries: cybersecurity and blockchain. It has raised some $577 million from venture investors including and , per . CEO in mid-2025 that Ledger is actively thinking about a U.S. stock market debut, likely within the next three years. He reiterated that an IPO is actively under consideration in an interview with last year, adding that the company鈥檚 revenue had hit triple-digit millions in 2025 amid soaring demand for secure crypto storage devices spurred by rising hacks. Ledger secures about $100 billion worth of bitcoin for its customers, he said. Gauthier has previously said an estimated 20% of the world鈥檚 crypto assets are protected by his company鈥檚 wallets.

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Fintech

: With a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 IPO prediction from 小蓝视频色情网页版, 2026 could be the year that Plaid, a fintech company that connects bank accounts to financial applications, finally decides to go public. In April, the company sold about $575 million worth of common stock at a $6.1 billion post-money valuation. At the time, Plaid told that it would not go public in 2025, but confirmed that an IPO was a milestone the company continued 鈥渢o track towards.鈥 The startup has not revealed specifics around revenue, noting only that 2025 was a record-setting year in which revenue grew over 25%. Plaid has raised about $1.3 billion from investors such as , , , and .

: Revolut, a digital bank based in London, is a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 candidate for an initial public offering, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 predictions. In November, it completed a secondary share sale, boosting its valuation to $75 billion. That was a 67% jump compared to the $45 billion that Revolut was valued at in August 2024 when it announced to provide liquidity to employees. Investors include , , , , 鈥檚 venture capital arm , and . Revolut has seen impressive growth since its 2015 inception. In 2025, it achieved $1 billion in annualized revenue and surpassed a 65 million customer base across 100 countries. The company likely won鈥檛 IPO until it secures its full U.K. banking license, for which it is still .

: Monzo, another U.K.-based banking platform, is also said to be eyeing an IPO in 2026 and 小蓝视频色情网页版 pegs a 鈥渧ery likely鈥 prediction for an offering too. Timing of the IPO is so sensitive for the company now that its CEO was pushed out of the head role due to his reported attempts at a listing earlier than some directors apparently wanted. He also reportedly indicated he might leave soon after. In June, Monzo revenue of more than $1.35 billion and 鈥渁 sharp rise鈥 in annual profit. It also increased its customer base by 25% to 12.2 million in its last fiscal year. The company was valued at $5.9 billion in October 2024 after selling shares to a group of existing investors. Backers include , , , and .

Mary Ann Azevedo

An IPO prediction is never a promise. But as market conditions shift and investor appetite broadens, these companies are flashing more of the signals that tend to precede a public offering.

Methodology

颁谤耻苍肠丑产补蝉别鈥檚 utilize 小蓝视频色情网页版 data 鈥 including funding and valuation, and milestones such as financial growth, key leadership hires, market share expansion and headcount growth 鈥 to forecast the likelihood of a private company launching an IPO, providing a probability score and its supporting evidence. Read more about 颁谤耻苍肠丑产补蝉别鈥檚 Predictions & Insights and its methodology for IPO predictions .

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