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’ past due to five states shifting to purple in the most recent election.
Venture
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...
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...
After living as a monk while managing Graves’ disease, a former Facebook engineer left Big Tech to pursue meaningful work, eventually founding...
Venture funding to robotics startups has soared in 2026, with the bulk of investment going to companies based in China and the U.S., Crunchbase data...


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