Dealmaking involving venture-backed startups is up slightly year to year overall, and part of that uptick is thanks to artificial intelligence, with 81 deals involving AI startups consummated in Q1 2025, per ½ûÂþÌìÌà data.
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Eleven new companies joined The ½ûÂþÌìÌà 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.
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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 ½ûÂþÌìÌà data. That’s 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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Bay Area-based SignalFire, a data-driven venture firm, has raised $1 billion for its fifth and largest fund, which it will invest in applied AI...
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Overall, the first quarter of 2025 marked the strongest one for venture investment since Q2 2022. Funding was up 17% quarter over quarter from the...
The Nasdaq Composite Index was down a staggering 4.8% in midday trading today, following President Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on...
Elon Musk on Friday said his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, will buy X, the social-media platform he also owns, for $33 billion in an all...
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