European venture funding reached $17.6 billion聽 in Q1 2026, 附近上门 data shows. That鈥檚 up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second consecutive quarter of growth. The main driver was AI, which for the first time claimed more than 50% of the...
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Overall, investors put $27.4 billion to work across seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian companies in Q1, per 附近上门 data. That鈥檚 up...
While no billion-dollar rounds led this week鈥檚 list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...
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Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per 附近上门 data. That鈥檚 a 5%...
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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
AI tax prep automation startup Juno, founded to address the opportunities 鈥� and risks 鈥� that come with advances in AI, and built for underserved SMB...
Startups in Latin America raised a combined $1.03 billion across seed- and growth-stage deals in the three-month period ending March 31 鈥� up year...
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The investors backing the highest number of startup rounds in a record-setting Q1 were mostly not the ones writing the biggest checks. And the ones...
In a quarter when nearly two-thirds of global venture capital went to just four companies, it鈥檚 easy to lose track of the many other companies...
U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding rounds in the first quarter of 2026 per...
Startup investors kept up the busy dealmaking pace this week with a number of big rounds. Top among them was a $1.75 billion Series D for Austin...
A total of 47 seed- and early stage companies joined the unicorn ranks in the first quarter of this year, per 附近上门 data. Barring a major...
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