Led by Anduril, defense tech funding sets a new record this year
Defense tech startups have raised almost $3 billion so far in 2024, surpassing the previous record from 2022 of $2.6 billion.
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AI Startup ProRata Partners With U.K. Publishers As Valuation Reportedly Hits $130 Million
ProRata has announced that several prominent British media organizations have been added to its growing list of partnerships.
Elon Musk’s Startup xAI Valued at $50 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence startup has told investors it raised $5 billion in latest funding round.
Entrepreneurs at Start-Up Show Hopeful Funding Bottlenecks Ease in 2025
Slush, which gets its name from November Finnish weather, gives an opportunity for venture capitalists and start-up founders to compare notes to see whether funding can buck the trend of three years ...
Ecommerce logistics startup Locad raises $9 mln in new funding
Ecommerce logistics startup Locad said on Wednesday it has raised $9 million as it aims to expand in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the fourth quarter.
Ecommerce logistics startup Locad raises $9 million in new funding
Ecommerce logistics startup Locad said on Wednesday it has raised $9 million as it aims to expand in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the fourth quarter. While the company did not disclose ...
Entrepreneurs at start-up show hopeful funding bottlenecks ease in 2025
Tech entrepreneurs and investors meet in Finland on Wednesday at Slush, one of Europe's largest start-up events, with a focus on whether funding conditions will ease, the impact of Donald Trump's ...
Ecommerce Logistics Startup Locad Raises $9 Million in New Funding
(Reuters) - Ecommerce logistics startup Locad said on Wednesday it has raised $9 million as it aims to expand in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the fourth quarter. While the company did ...
Intapp and Pitchly Announce Strategic Partnership to Streamline Pitchbook and Document Generation for Professionals
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2024 / Intapp, a leading global provider of AI-powered solutions for professionals at advisory, capital ...
Government Capital Incentives Could Promote Aerospace Innovation
How can the U.S. government better leverage venture capital to develop critical and emerging technologies important for national security.
How Investors Asses Companies In 2025, Including The Defense Industry
Venture firms pool the risk of multiple investments basing their investments on team capability, maturity of technology and the size of the addressable market.
Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for a startup that’s making it easier to access a college education
As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are building a new Three former executives from Duolingo are ...
In 2023 VCs returned the lowest level of capital to their investors since 2011
VCs only returned $26 billion to their investors in 2023, the lowest total since 2011 according to PitchBook data.
Why the AI Boom Hasn't Led to Big Venture-Capital Profits
Silicon Valley’s venture-capital firms are having an easy time finding promising ... and spur more dealmaking that would serve as an exit for VC firms in private investments. Check out the details ...
Venture funding in Europe in 2024 fell to $45 billion, says Atomico
Funding for European tech appears to have stabilised in 2024 after dropping precipitously in 2023, but the signs continue to point to more tough times ...
Franco-German space startup wins funding boost for cargo capsule
Franco-German space startup The Exploration Co said on Monday it had raised $160 million in new funds to help it develop a reusable cargo capsule known as Nyx.
European tech funding stalls in 2024 but IPO window to open, report says
Funding for European technology startups in 2024 is set to stall slightly below last year's level but a window for new listings is opening again, an industry report by venture capital firm Atomico ...
Industrial AI startup Juna.ai raises $7.5M in seed funding
Juna.ai GmbH, a German startup using artificial intelligence to make factories more efficient, launched today with $7.5 million in seed funding. Kleiner Perkins led the investment. It was joined by ...
How Venture Capital Investors Asses Companies Today
Venture firms pool the risk of multiple investments basing their investments on team capability, maturity of technology and the size of the addressable market.
Five Critical Venture Capital Trends To Watch In 2025
The venture capital landscape in 2025 will be shaped by a confluence of emerging trends and evolving market dynamics. As we observe a rise in mega-deals and the democratization of investment through ...
Leading Indian venture capital firm Rukam Capital targets international capital raise
NEW DELHI, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rukam Capital, a leading Indian early-stage venture capital firm specialising in the consumer and tech sectors, is targeting an international capital raise ...
Venture funding in Europe fell to $45B in 2024, says Atomico
Funding for European tech appears to have stabilized in 2024 after dropping precipitously in 2023, but the signs continue to point to more tough times ...
European tech funding declines for third consecutive year — but the sector is finally stabilizing
Europe's venture-backed startups are expected to secure $45 billion of investment by the end of 2024, Atomico said Tuesday in its "State of European Tech" report Tuesday. That is slightly lower than ...
Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon says it is too difficult to get capital out of China
With venture capital transactions by American investors at the lowest level in nearly four years, investors need reassurance, Solomon says.
AI startup Enfabrica raises $115 million, plans to release chip next year
Nov 19 (Reuters) - Enfabrica, a California-based startup that aims to make AI chips work more efficiently together at scale, said on Tuesday it raised $115 million in funding and plans to release its ...
Microsoft-backed startup d-Matrix launches first AI chip
Silicon Valley startup d-Matrix on Tuesday said it is shipping its first AI chip aimed at delivering services such as chatbots and video generators.
Revitalizing The U.S. Innovation System, Part Three
How the U.S. Government assists with capable team, making market visible, demonstrating tech maturity and supplying capital for hardware and capital-intensive technology development ...
AI Investments Are Booming, but Venture-Firm Profits Are at a Historic Low
Last year, U.S. venture firms returned $26 billion worth of shares back to their investors, the lowest amount since 2011, according to the data provider PitchBook. Startup investors say 2024 has ...
I landed a job in venture capital at 23. Here's how I broke into the competitive industry at a young age.
Katie Vasquez landed her first venture capital job at 23. She said people who want to join the industry should leverage their network.
Pruna compresses AI models to make them more efficient. Check out the pitch deck the startup used to raise $6.5 million.
Pruna AI has secured $6.5 million from EQT Ventures to compress AI models. The startup's optimization tool aims to make AI models smaller, cheaper, and greener. BI got an exclusive look at the ...
Play Ventures raises $140M second fund to invest in games and consumer startups
Play Ventures, a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage gaming, has raised $140 million for its third gaming fund.
I pivoted into venture capital at 23 and my life has never been so exciting. Here's my advice for breaking into the industry.
I'm an investor at Calibrate Ventures, an early-stage deep-tech venture capital firm. The path that led me here ... A typical day includes taking a few pitches, checking with the team on our ...
Juniper Networks To Back AI Startup Recogni In $102M Funding Round
Juniper Networks, which is set to be bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise by early 2025, has revealed this week that it has invested in artificial intelligence startup Recogni as part of a $102 ...
Here’s the full list of 44 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024
AI startups continue to dominate the venture capital funding landscape. Here are the all the megarounds so far in 2024.
The US IPO window hasn’t reopened yet, but startups take what they can
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This is the anti-ESG venture capital firm that Donald Trump Jr. is joining instead of taking a White House role
Donald Trump Jr. will join Florida-based 1789 Capital, a VC firm that says it backs companies harmed by ESG. He won't have a White House role.
A small biotech fund gets a boost from Wall Street titans
The list of investors backing little-known life sciences fund Catalio Capital reads like a roll call of private equity and hedge fund titans. Among them: Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo, Brevan Howard’s ...
Before politics, JD Vance had a career in venture capital. Here are the startups he's invested in.
Before politics, JD Vance was a venture capitalist. Among other companies, his fund Narya invested in one founded by Vivek Ramaswamy's brother.
AI-powered developer tooling startup Tessl raises $125M
Tessl AI Ltd., a startup using artificial intelligence to streamline software development and maintenance, today announced that it has raised $125 million in funding.
How F1 Champion Nico Rosberg Scored $100 Million For A New VC Fund
The 39-year-old racing legend’s fame gets him in the door with the world’s top investment firms. Now he’s betting that access can pay off for wealthy Europeans looking for a way into Silicon Valley.
Stablecoin Startup BVNK Seeks Funding After Major Deal by Stripe
Stablecoin payments company BVNK is in early talks with investors to raise a new funding round as excitement over its corner of the crypto market builds following a landmark acquisition by Stripe Inc.
Supporting Startups: Does Taxpayer Funding Deliver Value For Money?
In addition, the government has promised a new industrial strategy to support innovation and that should be good news for those who see the U.K.’s technology startup sector as a key element in ...
This generative AI startup is strapping cameras to people’s backs
A startup is training an AI system that it claims will enable creators to generate cinematic worlds, with complete control over the scenery, characters, lighting, and motion. How? By having humans ...
Climate Tech Startup Vaulted Deep Raises Funds to Inject Carbon Waste Down Wells
Venture capital funding for climate tech startups has been falling since 2021, PitchBook data shows. Still, Hannah Bebbington, Frontier's head of deployment, said carbon removal has a bipartisan ...
VC firms, tech startups face growing pressure for liquidity. Enter private equity
The alchemy of the venture capital process, in which investments are catalyzed over a number of years into a successful IPO or a big M&A deal, is under pressure.
It's ‘liquidity, stupid': VCs say tech investing is tough amid IPO lull and ‘nuts' AI hype
Venture capitalists at Web Summit say the hunt for liquidity is getting harder, despite “nuts” funding rounds for AI firms like OpenAI.
Brilliant Minds VC Fund: Empowering Entrepreneurs Over 50
Katerina Stroponiati, founder of Brilliant Minds VC Fund, is focusing her investments on an overlooked yet powerful demographic: entrepreneurs over 50.