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WEB5 days ago — Startup Buying Power — VC-Backed Companies Are Hunting For More Startups. Chris Metinko. September 16, 2024. For entrepreneurs, investors, and Crunchbase customers, we narrate how private capital in upstarts today displace the most powerful corporations tomorrow.
Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In and 2023 and 2024
WEB4 days ago — By the numbers. Layoffs during the week ended Sept. 27, 2024: At least 466 U.S. tech sector employees were laid off or scheduled for layoffs, per a Crunchbase News tally. In 2024: At least 86,913 workers at U.S.-based tech companies have lost their jobs so far in the year, according to a Crunchbase News tally. In 2023: More than 191,000 …
Databricks Raises Massive $500M-Plus Series I At $43B Valuation
WEBSep 14, 2023 — AI-enhanced data analytics company Databricks has raised more than $500 million in a Series I led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates.. The deal values the company at $43 billion, a boost from the $38 billion valuation San Francisco-based Databricks received after raising a $1.6 billion Series H led by Morgan …
The Emerging Unicorn Board: Meet 300 Companies That Could Be …
WEBApril 19, 2022. Gené Teare @geneteare. Today, Crunchbase News is launching The Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn Board, a curated list of startups on the path to achieving billion-dollar valuations, also known as unicorn status. The startups on our Emerging Unicorn Board are private companies valued at $500 million or more, but less than $1 …
The Most Active Biotech Venture Investors in 2021 - Crunchbase …
WEBDec 29, 2021 — The Most Active Biotech Venture Investors in 2021. Janice Bitters Turi. December 29, 2021. Janice Bitters Turi. Investment into biotech and health care boomed during the pandemic as thousands of venture capital firms turned their attention to breakthrough artificial intelligence, cancer-detection technology, mental health …
Crypto Investment Soared This Year. Here’s How Coinbase …
WEBDec 17, 2021 — Here’s How Coinbase Ventures Bets On The Growing Ecosystem. Venture investment into cryptocurrency and blockchain companies has gone through the roof in 2021, topping $26 billion this year—a 477 percent increase over the $4.5 billion invested in the sector in all of 2020. With that in mind, Crunchbase News spoke with Shan …
Index Ventures Racks Up $2B In Fresh Funds, Appoints Nina …
WEBApr 9, 2020 — Index Ventures, the venture capital firm with dual headquarters in London and San Francisco, today announced the closing of $2 billion in new funds. The funds are dubbed “Index Ventures 10” and “Index Growth 5” totaling $800 million and $1.2 billion in size, respectively. The investment firm, which has backed big European tech hits such ...
What Current Series B Trends Say About The US Startup Scene
WEBMar 10, 2022 — Trend No. 1: More money. Series B investment has trended up for each of the past five years. We look at total funding and round counts below: 2021: $55.9 billion invested across 1,242 rounds. 2020: $25.4 billion invested across 835 rounds. 2019: $21.8 billion invested across 827 rounds. 2018: $20.2 billion invested across 878 rounds.
Here’s What You Need To Know About Snowflake And Its Giant IPO
WEBSep 15, 2020 — Snowflake is huge. According to Renaissance Capital, Snowflake is the biggest software IPO of all time. The company initially set its price range between $75 and $85 per share. It then raised the range to be between $100 and $110 per share. Now that the company has reportedly priced above those ranges at $120 apiece, Snowflake is set …
Startups Archives - Crunchbase News
WEB4 days ago — September 24, 2024. Data from a report compiled by Mind the Bridge and Crunchbase analyzes startup acquisitions by Fortune Global 500 companies since the beginning of... Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Media & entertainment tech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture.