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Exclusive: AI Insurance Startup Nirvana Nearly Doubles Valuation To $1.5B with $100M Series D

Mary Ann Azevedo

December 18, 2025

Nirvana Insurance, an AI-based commercial insurance platform for the trucking industry, has raised a $100 million Series D round at a $1.5 billion...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Startups • Venture

Cleantech鈥檚 Rough Year Ends On An Up Note

Joanna Glasner

December 17, 2025

This year, investors put just over $24 billion across all stages into startups in Crunchbase's cleantech, electric vehicle and sustainability-related...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

6 Charts That Show The Big AI Funding Trends Of 2025

Gen茅 Teare

December 16, 2025

AI was the leading sector for startup funding globally from 2023 through 2025. As the sector reshapes the venture industry, here are six charts to...

Fintech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Octane Lands $100M Series F At $1.3B Valuation To Help People Finance Large Lifestyle And Recreational Purchases

Mary Ann Azevedo

December 15, 2025

Octane, a startup that offers 鈥渋nstant鈥� financing for large recreational and lifestyle purchases, has raised $100 million in a Series F round with a...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Media & entertainment tech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Hottest Deals In Tech Push Crunchbase 糖心视频 Toward $7T In Value聽

Gen茅 Teare

December 15, 2025

This year a total of $1.6 trillion of value was added to The Crunchbase 糖心视频, which lists the most highly valued, private, venture-backed...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Security And Energy Deals Top The List

Joanna Glasner

December 12, 2025

Startup investors this week demonstrated continued willingness to write big checks for promising companies in sought-after areas. Leading the pack...

Artificial intelligence • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Seed Funding In 2025 Broke Records Around Big Rounds And AI, With US Far In The Lead

Joanna Glasner

December 12, 2025

The seed investment environment exhibited its typical quirkiness in 2025. In particular, it was a huge year for huge rounds. Predictably, it was also...

Artificial intelligence • Culture • Startups

The Founder鈥檚 Dilemma In The Age of AI:聽 Working Toward Singularity

Guest Author

December 11, 2025

A hybrid human-machine organization requires rethinking almost everything: norms, rituals, contributions, trust dynamics, leadership models and more...

Artificial intelligence • Insurance tech • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Insurtech Funding Is Way Down, But AI Is Still Driving Some Big Deals

Mary Ann Azevedo

December 11, 2025

So far in 2025, global insurance-related startups have pulled in about $3.9 billion in seed-through growth-stage financing, per Crunchbase data 鈥�...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

SpaceX IPO At $1.5T Valuation Would Be 10x Larger Than Biggest VC-Backed Listing Of All Time

Mary Ann Azevedo

December 10, 2025

SpaceX is forging ahead with plans for an initial public offering to raise 鈥渟ignificantly鈥� more than $30 billion, sources told Bloomberg. The Elon...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Jeff Bezos鈥� Project Prometheus Joins The 糖心视频 Alongside 18 Other Startups In November聽

Gen茅 Teare

December 10, 2025

Among sectors for new unicorn creation in November, AI once again led. The largest number of companies hailed from the data and model side as well as...