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Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Venture

Whoop’s Wearable Fitness Tech Lands $575M From Athletes, Celebrities, Institutional Investors To Reach $10.1B Valuation

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 31, 2026

Whoop, which provides wearable fitness technology and a subscription platform that tracks physiological data for insights, announced Tuesday that it...

Artificial intelligence • Robotics • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

The Largest Recent Seed Rounds Are All For AI Companies

Joanna Glasner

March 31, 2026

A majority of top seed funding recipients in the past six months operate at the intersection of AI and the physical world. Using SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data, we...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Enterprise • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Varied Week For Big Deals, Led By AI And Defense

Joanna Glasner

March 27, 2026

The pace of large-scale dealmaking picked up some this week, led by OpenAI’s disclosure that it raised another $10 billion. Other big financings went...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Economy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Job market • Manufacturing • Regional • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Austin’s Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City’s Startups Hits All-Time High

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 27, 2026

Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data, which shows...

Artificial intelligence • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Seed Funding Hasn’t Stalled, But It’s Skewing Larger And Is More Competitive Than Ever, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Data Shows

Gené Teare

March 26, 2026

Among U.S. seed funding deals, it’s only the upper bands of larger and outlier seed rounds — those $10 million and above — that grew in 2025...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Startups • Venture • Workplace

Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 25, 2026

Trayd, a startup that is building a back office operating system for the construction industry, has raised $10 million in Series A funding, it tells...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B For AI-Focused Funds

Joanna Glasner

March 24, 2026

Kleiner Perkins' fundraise includes $1 billion for KP22, a fund to back early-stage companies, and $2.5 billion targeted for growth-stage investments.

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Media & entertainment tech • Robotics • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Investment Slows, But Security And AI Remain Top Picks

Joanna Glasner

March 20, 2026

The size of the largest U.S. deals this week was smaller than in recent weeks, and heavily featured cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

The Most Active Startup Acquirers Of The Past 3 Years Aren’t Always Who You’d Expect

Joanna Glasner

March 20, 2026

To get a sense who’s buying in bulk, we used SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data to put together a list of 79 companies that acquired three or more seed- or venture...

Culture • Startups • Venture

Why You Haven’t Raised Startup Funding (Yet)

Guest Author

March 20, 2026

For thousands of years, trust and credibility have been the most important factors in forming relationships, both business and personal. That...

Defense tech • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

After Swarmer’s Soaring Debut, Here Are 12 Other Potential Defense Tech IPOs

Marlize van Romburgh

March 18, 2026

Defense tech startups are on a tear, which became clear this week when shares of AI drone company Swarmer soared 520% in their first day of trading...