In April 2022, 16 firms made at least 10 investments or more into U.S.-based startups 鈥 led by two firms: Y Combinator and Techstars, which combined...
Fintech & e-commerce
With e-commerce giants Amazon and Walmart looming, Shopify announced it will sell its shipping and fulfillment department to Flexport.
Global venture funding in April reached $21 billion, the second-lowest amount recorded in a single month since July 2022.
Just days after regulators issued a report on the historic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank became the next domino to fall.
Large deals were plentiful this week, as U.S.-based startups raised five nine-figure rounds 鈥 with two of those going to biotech startups. In fact...
Venture-backed sports merchandiser Fanatics drafted its own superstar this week with the hiring of former Meta head of investor relations Deborah...
For a startup, acquiring another startup may make strategic sense. But it isn鈥檛 easy to do.
Web3 is so much more than crypto. It鈥檚 gaming. It鈥檚 social media. It鈥檚 commerce. It鈥檚 entertainment. It鈥檚 sports. It鈥檚 finance. Aptos Labs' Mo Shaikh...
The startup did not release a valuation, but said it 鈥渟ignificantly鈥 increased from its March 2021 Series B.
Few sectors illustrate the massive runup in venture funding that occurred in 2021 as well as financial services and the fintech industry.
Not as many big funding rounds this week, but still some rather large ones 鈥 with two crossing the $200 million mark.


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