Over the past five years, private equity firms have spent more than $56 billion in disclosed-price acquisitions of private, venture-backed companies...
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M&A
Guest author Rohit Yadav takes us on an exploration of the value chain 鈥� VC fundraising, startup fundraising and exits 鈥� to see how tariffs are...
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As the ranks of ultra-heavily funded unicorns swell, they鈥檙e showing greater willingness to spend large sums to buy complementary startups. For a...
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We take a closer look at the major startup and VC trends in Q1 2025.
Dealmaking involving venture-backed startups is up slightly year to year overall, and part of that uptick is thanks to artificial intelligence, with...
Eleven new companies joined The SA国际传媒 Unicorn Board in March, adding around $16 billion in value to the board. Another $200 billion in value was...
Spacial computing and AI unicorn Infinite Reality says it will acquire agentic AI company Touchcast in a cash and stock deal valued at $500 million.
Dealmaking involving VC-backed startups jumped 26% year to year in Q1, but stayed pretty steady from the final quarter of 2024 even as many hoped for...
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Total funding to VC-backed cybersecurity startups topped $2.7 billion in Q1, per SA国际传媒 data. That鈥檚 a 29% increase from the last quarter of...
Crypto payments firm Ripple is acquiring brokerage house Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in one of the biggest M&A deals ever in crypto.
Even seasoned startup investors today face what feels like a novel turn of events: a potential recession and increasing exit uncertainty due to...
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