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North American Startup Funding Soared 46% In 2025, Driven By AI Boom

Joanna Glasner

January 8, 2026

Investors poured $280 billion into seed through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian companies in 2025, per SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data, the highest annual...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Economy • IPO • M&A • Startups • Venture

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Predicts: Why Top VCs Expect More Venture Dollars, Bigger Rounds And Fewer Winners In 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

January 5, 2026

To get a sense of the startup funding outlook for the year ahead, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ News reached out to four investors who share their predictions for what...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Job market • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • Startups

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Predicts: Why The Race For Talent And Tech Could Accelerate Startup M&A In 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

December 30, 2025

The dollars involved in startup M&A deals appear to be up significantly this year, though deal counts are not. Still, numerous M&A market watchers we...

Artificial intelligence • Liquidity • M&A • Startups • Venture

Are We Repeating The Mistakes Of The Last Bubble?

Itay Sagie

December 22, 2025

Many tech startups that raised money at inflated valuations during the 2021 bubble are now struggling as market multiples contract and cash runs out...

Clean tech and energy • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • Public Markets

A Little Background On Fusion Funding And TAE Technologies, The Company Merging With Trump Media

Joanna Glasner

December 18, 2025

There’s no hyperbole in stating that Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind social media platform Truth Social, is breaking new ground...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Public Markets

M&A The Highest On Record For Unicorn Exits In 2025

Gené Teare

December 18, 2025

After three slow years, unicorn exits have finally picked up in 2025, an analysis of SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data shows. IPO counts for unicorn-valued companies...

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Why The Holidays Are The Perfect Time To Start An M&A Process

Itay Sagie

December 15, 2025

While the quiet stretch between the Thanksgiving and New Year's Day holidays may seem like a good time to unwind, executives looking to sell or merge...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • Politics and regulation

If Meta Isn’t A Monopoly, Then The Word Doesn’t Mean Anything

Aron Solomon

December 1, 2025

Antitrust law was written for a different era and today’s tech giants move faster than regulators ever can. By the time the government files a case...

Artificial intelligence • Education tech • M&A • Startups • Venture

Edtech-Specific Startup Funding Stays Low

Joanna Glasner

November 21, 2025

Funding to startups specifically focused on education technology remains at depressed levels relative to a few years ago. However, the tallies —...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • M&A • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Sector Snapshot: Transportation Dealmaking Decelerates

Joanna Glasner

November 20, 2025

Transportation has been an underrepresented sector for venture investors in recent quarters, as money increasingly concentrates in hotter niches such...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Web3

Unicorns Pick Up For The Second Month In A Row, Adding Close To $45B To The Board

Gené Teare

November 19, 2025

A total of 20 companies joined The SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Unicorn Board in October, adding $44.5 billion in value. This was the highest valuation amount added to...