It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion...
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We put together a snapshot of recent startup funding tallies and trends for World Cup finalists Spain and Argentina. While neither accounts for a...
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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...
Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25%, SA国际传媒 data shows, a...
The wind-downs at PayPal and Fidelity International may look like a retreat, but the data points to a concentration of power at the top of the market...
The first quarter of 2026 was a more robust period for funding than the second, with privacy and cybersecurity startups pulling in $4.4 billion in...
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To understand how institutional capital is navigating the gap between AI's public market software multiples and private market valuations, SA国际传媒...
AI once again dominated venture funding this week, claiming five of the 10 largest announced rounds, including a pair of billion-dollar financings...
The five most intriguing startup deals from the past month include one that鈥檚 simultaneously developing AI models for biology, a company that wants...
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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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