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Here are 10 of the biggest startups that shut down as part of an industry-wide 'mass extinction...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOver 3,000 startups shut down in 2023 after a drastic pullback in venture capital funding.Christian...
US startup funding drops 30% in 2023 despite AI frenzy
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoU.S. investors injected $170.6 billion into startups in 2023, a decrease of nearly 30% from the...
Some venture capitalists were probably a bit too hopeful about hitting fundraising goals this year
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoThe market is forcing VCs to rethink the size of their funds and how many investments they...
PitchBook's new tool uses AI to predict which startups will successfully exit
TechCrunch· 1 year agoCan an algorithm predict whether a startup will successfully exit? PitchBook believes so. The...
The way companies borrow money is changing forever
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoCha Pornea for Business Insider What do the auction house Sotheby's, the shapewear maker Spanx, and the company behind Fender guitars have in common?...
The startup fundraising squeeze could persist as VCs struggle to refill their own coffers
TechCrunch· 2 months agoMany startups are hoping that the gradual opening of an IPO window and the prospect of interest rate...
LPs are abandoning the US Midwest this year (and it doesn't make sense)
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 2 years agoVenture funds based in the U.S. saw record fundraising in the first half of this year, but some...
The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 1 year agoGrowth at all costs doesn’t work when capital isn’t readily available or when it is very expensive...
After Shell's CEO switch-up, will its CVC keep up the pace on cleantech investing?
Pitchbook via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoShell Ventures has outpaced rival fossil fuel companies in investing in cleantech, inking 44 VC deals since 2018, according to PitchBook data. But as the conglomerate undergoes a potential strategy ...
HR tech startup Factorial joins European unicorn club
Pitchbook via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoBarcelona-based HR automation specialist Factorial has nearly doubled its valuation with a $120 million round, becoming Europe's newest unicorn. The Series C, which values the company at $1 ...