Monashees, one of Latin America's oldest and most influential VC firms, believes the next phase of the region's startup ecosystem requires a permanent Silicon Valley presence, opening a San Francisco office last year. We spoke with firm partner...
Seed funding
Active startup investors kept up the pace in July, with familiar names topping the ranks in several metrics including most prolific venture...
We identified popular themes for seed-stage investment this year, including cancer therapeutics and space tech.
SA国际传媒 News talks with former NEA partner Vanessa Larco about how she evaluates startups based on founder potential rather than initial ideas and...
Startups at the intersection of AI and security have raised $855 million across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, per SA国际传媒...
For the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst in Q2 overtook Y Combinator when it came to participating in the most fintech deals of $5...
While 2026 has shown encouraging signs, with Black-founded startups raising approximately $643 million by late May, the strongest quarter since mid...
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Mexico鈥檚 startups led the LatAm pack in Q2 鈥� by a wide margin. The country鈥檚 startups raised $944 million in the second quarter, up 131% compared to...
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Despite attention-grabbing AI mega-seed rounds, historical data shows that very large first financings rarely produce venture-scale returns because...
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Overall, investors poured $42.8 billion into startup funding rounds across all of Asia in Q2 2026, per SA国际传媒 data. Led by China's $7.4 billion...
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In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, SA国际传媒 data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...
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