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Forecast: 2024 Was Slow For Tech IPOs, But 2025 Could Be Different

Gené Teare

December 20, 2024

After another slow year in 2024 for new tech listings, there is an expectation that the IPO markets will pick up in 2025. A year ago, the outlook was...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

AI Cloud Startup Vultr Raises $333M At $3.5B In First Outside Funding Round

Marlize van Romburgh

December 18, 2024

AI cloud infrastructure startup Vultr raised $333 million in growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation, marking the decade-old startup’s first...

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • Cybersecurity • Education tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Fintech’s Big Week

Chris Metinko

December 13, 2024

This is our last weekly Top 10 of the year and we go out with some pretty big rounds — especially in the world of fintech. All in all, 2024 was...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

Ayar Labs, Latest Optical Interconnect Startup To Raise Big, Hits Unicorn Status

Chris Metinko

December 11, 2024

Ayar Labs locked up a $155 million Series D led by Advent International and Light Street Capital at a valuation of more than $1 billion, and became...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Jim Keller-Led Tenstorrent Raises Another $700M For AI Chips At $2B+ Valuation

Marlize van Romburgh

December 2, 2024

Tenstorrent, the chip startup led by vaunted semiconductor engineer Jim Keller, says it raised more than $693 million in a Series D funding that...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI And Anthropic Headline Big Week For AI (Again)

Chris Metinko

November 22, 2024

Just as the holiday season begins, a sleighful of companies unveiled large funding rounds. Of course, it was led by two well-known AI startups —...

Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

Nvidia-Backed Enfabrica Locks Up $115M As It Prepares New Chip

Chris Metinko

November 19, 2024

Enfabrica's Series C investors also include some of the biggest names in the chip world.

Artificial intelligence • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Eye On AI: October Shows Sector’s Crazy Venture Totals Still Abound

Chris Metinko

November 14, 2024

In October, AI-related startups raised $12.2 billion in funding — per Crunchbase data — or 38% of total monthly venture funding globally.

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Real estate & property tech • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: X-energy And Lightmatter Lead The Way

Chris Metinko

October 18, 2024

There may have been fewer nine-figure rounds this week, but the ones we did have were massive. Energy and data centers seem to be on everyone’s mind...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

Eye On AI: As Big Money Rolls Into Data Centers, Startup Investment Gains

Chris Metinko

October 17, 2024

So far this year, $1.3 billion has been invested in database-related startups — those that provide connectivity, efficiency or other needed...

Artificial intelligence • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

Photonic Startup Lightmatter Raises $400M Amid Data Center Frenzy; Hits $4.4B Valuation

Chris Metinko

October 16, 2024

Lightmatter, a startup that uses light to link chips together and to do calculations for the deep learning necessary for AI, locked up a $400 million...