The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI On Top Again, Led By xAI’s Massive Raise

The pace of large U.S. startup financing announcements was somewhat muted in a shortened Fourth of July workweek. There was, however, one big exception. Read More

The 10 Hottest IoT Startups Of 2025 (So Far)

CRN’s 10 hottest IoT startups of 2025 so far include connectivity players like 1NCE and Skylo, industrial vendors such as AssetWatch and August as well as other startups, including Butlr, 75, Tive and ... Read More

The 5 hottest startups, from robotics to AI, have gained 393% on private market value in 2025

Among the top five private-market gainers this year, the average year-to-date share price is up a staggering 393%. Together, these startups have added over $68 billion in estimated valuation so far in ... Read More

The Rise Of The Ultra-Unicorns: $5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025

Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is growing across multiple metrics, an analysis of the ... Read More

SCORE Tucson Unveils Groundbreaking Report on Global Startup Funding Trends

SCORE Tucson has released a comprehensive report examining global trends in startup funding. The focus is on identifying which countries are currently leading in securing capital for new ventures ... Read More

2025 startup trends: AI, hybrid work, and funding insights

The startups in our dataset have all been founded within the past three years. It’s expected that most don’t yet have a large number of employees, and that is reflected in the data, where 29 of the 74 ... Read More

Exclusive: Telegram blockchain startup TOP raises $28.5 million as messaging platform expands crypto footprint

Crypto has a new unicorn. The Open Platform, one of the main app developers on the blockchain chosen by the messaging app Telegram, announced Thursday that it had raised a $28.5 million Series A at a ... Read More

Pharma and healthcare start-up funding falls in June 2025

Total funding in India’s pharma and healthcare sector dropped to $7.2 million across five deals in June, with early-stage rounds accounting for the bulk of capital ... Read More

Music Industry Funding Was Defined by Several Key Trends in 2024 – Here’s What They Mean for 2025 - MSN

On top of bringing close to $5 billion in music industry capital announcements, 2024 delivered several noteworthy funding trends. Here’s a breakdown of what the key developments mean as 2025 ... Read More

The 5 hottest startups, from robotics to AI, have gained 393% in private market value in 2025

Top startups competing in key areas, from humanoid robots to AI search, have also seen their private market share prices surge. "In today's VC landscape, there's a clear split between the 'haves' and ... Read More