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 financing to enterprise AI startup Fireworks AI, and a Series D for meal and delivery provider...
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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...
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’s 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, ½ûÂþÌìÌà data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...
U.S. startups announced sizable funding rounds at a steady clip during a truncated holiday week, with energy and AI leading the way. Houston-based...
This week, most of the largest U.S. startup funding rounds centered around the sector one would suspect: artificial intelligence. Beyond that, the...
While SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere dominates the headlines, a number of other multibillion-dollar transactions have also closed this...
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XCures, a startup that uses AI to streamline patient data and medical records, has closed a Innovius Capital-led $46 million Series B financing...
Venture firm Menlo Ventures has raised $3 billion across two new funds, the largest capital raise in its 50-year history, to invest in AI startups...
This week was not an exceptionally busy one for large funding deals, though we saw sizable rounds in a lively mix of sectors ranging from AI to...
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