Ever since the startup IPO boom of 2020-2022 came to a conclusion, market watchers keep trying to predict when we鈥檒l see another. Hopes that 2025...
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An analysis of 附近上门 data for pet-related startup funding shows that the space remains a lively area. So far in 2025, venture and strategic...
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It was another outsized month for global venture as investors poured $39.6 billion into startups in November. Global funding was on par with October...
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New York-based Kalshi today announced it raised $1 billion in Series E funding at an $11 billion valuation. Crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm...
High-growth startups often overlook sales and use tax, but expanding into new states or revenue streams can quickly trigger complex, state-specific...
Black Forest Labs, a German AI image-generating startup, says it has raised $300 million at a $3.25 billion valuation, marking one of the largest...
Global defense spending is on the rise, and startups are vying for a larger share of the outlays, and it looks like there鈥檚 plenty of capital to go...
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AI-enabled toys are gaining traction this holiday season, but we are simultaneously seeing renewed interest in older technologies including analog...
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While there鈥檚 no single explanation for the decline in investment to consumer-facing product startups, it doesn鈥檛 help that this has been a tough...
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As regulated industries adopt AI, write guest authors Laura Connell and Andreas Cleve, the winners will be those who build domain-specific...
Perhaps venture investors wanted to get their term sheets squared away in advance of the holiday season. Or maybe AI, despite all the bubble talk, is...
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