So far this year, less than 2% of all startup investment has gone to companies in post-election red states, a share that is much smaller than in years鈥� past due to five states shifting to purple in the most recent election.
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Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued...
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More than half of all seed- through growth-stage venture capital raised in the U.S. so far in 2026 went to seven companies founded or led by men who...
Global venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15...
Record venture funding in 2026 has been increasingly concentrated in massive AI rounds, while seed- and early-stage deal counts are on the decline...
This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace...
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Travel demand appears to be holding up, but at the same time, investor appetite for travel tech startups has cooled. Even a wave of startups...
Crunchbase data shows that so far this year, investors have poured around $48 billion into financings around the Series B stage, the highest tally in...
AI megarounds are masking a shrinking Series A market, leaving seed founders facing higher revenue expectations and longer timelines despite larger...
Numeracle, a McLean, Virginia-based company that verifies businesses and links their identities to the phone numbers they use to contact customers...
Revenue growth does not guarantee a larger exit, as declining valuation multiples can outweigh operating gains and reduce enterprise value. Guest...
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