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Crunchbase expands its diversity tracking feature to Europe | TechCrunch
TechCrunch· 1 hour agoCrunchbase is expanding the scope of its tagging options in Europe to start tracking how much venture capital funding goes to minority founders on the continent. Diversity ...
The venture market is overcorrecting
TechCrunch· 5 days agoHello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week...
Edtech Funding Has Not Hit Bottom
Crunchbase· 4 hours agoConsequently, investment in edtech is on track to hit its lowest total in years. For a sense of how steeply funding has fallen, we charted out total...
Crunchbase Monthly Recap May 2024: AI Leads Alongside An Uptick In Billion-Dollar Rounds
Crunchbase· 6 days agoVenture funding rebounded in May to reach $31 billion, the highest monthly tally so far this year. Investment was up over 40% month over month and 29% year over year, with AI leading as the ...
The Portion Of US VC Funding That Went To Female Founders Hit A New Peak In 2023, Thanks To Massive...
Crunchbase· 5 days agoIn 2023, the proportion of U.S. venture funding that went to startups with at least one female co-founder reached a new peak. In fact, a quarter of all funding — $34.7 billion — was invested ...
AI research firm AlphaSense to buy rival Tegus—only months after filing patent lawsuit
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 17 hours agoChicago company provides market intelligence and data to financial services companies, including...
The Fearless Fund grant for Black female business owners was ruled discriminatory by an appeals...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoFearless Fund, an Atlanta-based VC firm, made headlines last week when a panel of the U.S. Court of...
Crossing The Series A Chasm
Crunchbase· 6 days agoAs we get deeper into 2024, there is increasing concern about the state of Series A fundraising. The bar for investment appears much higher, and fewer startups are reaching it. To attach some ...
Function of Beauty expands to Amazon
Retail Dive via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoFunction of Beauty has had significant financial investment since forming in 2015. According to Crunchbase, the brand has raised over $247 million in six...
EV Charging Is Still A Hot Niche For Startup Funding
Crunchbase· 1 day agoStartups and their investors are lining up to fill that demand. Since last year, companies working on charging stations and associated technologies have raised billions in seed- through growth-stage ...