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Beyond Safety: Age Assurance As A Trust-Building Investment For Online Platforms

Guest Author

April 8, 2025

Social media's age assurance has emerged as one of the most debated topics in trust and safety. In this guest commentary, Sacha Lazimi of Yubo shares...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

SignalFire Closes On $1B To Invest In Applied AI

Gené Teare

April 7, 2025

Bay Area-based SignalFire, a data-driven venture firm, has raised $1 billion for its fifth and largest fund, which it will invest in applied AI...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: OpenAI Easily Tops Massive Week

Chris Metinko

April 4, 2025

This was a week right out of the free-spending days of 2021. Huge rounds were abundant — led by the biggest of them all as OpenAI’s massive $40...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Fintech & e-commerce • Startups • Venture

SandboxAQ Adds $150M From Google, Nvidia And Others

Chris Metinko

April 4, 2025

Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ — an AI and quantum computing startup — added another $150 million to its Series E from the likes of Google and Nvidia.

Crypto • Politics and regulation • Venture • Web3

Crypto And Blockchain Funding Sees Big Boost In Q1 Thanks To Binance

Chris Metinko

April 4, 2025

Venture funding to crypto and blockchain startups more than doubled in the first quarter as crypto enthusiasts seem ready to embrace easing...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • M&A • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Q1 Global Startup Funding Posts Strongest Quarter Since Q2 2022 With A Third Going To Massive OpenAI Deal  

Gené Teare

April 3, 2025

Overall, the first quarter of 2025 marked the strongest one for venture investment since Q2 2022. Funding was up 17% quarter over quarter from the...

Artificial intelligence • Economy • Fintech & e-commerce • M&A • Politics and regulation • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Tariff-Induced Market Meltdown Worrisome For Startup Valuations And Exits

Joanna Glasner

April 3, 2025

The Nasdaq Composite Index was down a staggering 4.8% in midday trading today, following President Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever

Joanna Glasner

April 1, 2025

In the history of startup funding, SoftBank’s announcement that it is backing an investment of up to $40 billion in OpenAI is in a league of its own...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Regional • Startups • Venture

How To Find Funding In Latin America, From A LatAm Startup CEO

Guest Author

March 31, 2025

The evolution of Latin America’s venture capital scene provides founders opportunities ripe for the taking, writes Leadsales' Roberto Peñacastro. In...

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

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Fleetio And Mercury Nab Massive Rounds

Chris Metinko

March 28, 2025

A big week for big-money rounds. Seven startups locked up massive rounds of $100 million or more. That includes two cybersecurity firms and two...

Crypto • Fintech & e-commerce • Public Markets • Startups • Web3

These Are The Fintech IPOs That Could Follow Klarna’s Debut

Joanna Glasner

March 20, 2025

There’s a pretty fat pipeline of venture-backed fintech startups that meet the basic criteria for an IPO. The list of likeliest suspects, however...