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4 days ago · For entrepreneurs, investors, and Crunchbase customers, we narrate how private capital in upstarts today displace the most powerful corporations tomorrow.
Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In and 2023 and 2024
Nov 15, 2024 · By the numbers. Layoffs during the week ended Nov. 15, 2024: At least 2,267 U.S. tech sector employees were laid off or scheduled for layoffs, per a Crunchbase News tally. In 2024: At least 94,733 workers at U.S.-based tech companies have lost their jobs so far in the year, according to a Crunchbase News tally. In 2023: More than 191,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies (or tech companies ...
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3 days ago · How should an increasing number of tech founders on the African continent go about raising capital in a low liquidity market? Marie Nielsen, partner at Antler East Africa, shares a decade's worth of experience on how to best fundraise in tough market conditions.
Supply Chain Startup Altana Hits Unicorn Status, Raises $200M
Jul 29, 2024 · Altana AI, a supply chain management startup, locked up a $200 million Series C investment led by the US Innovative Technology Fund that values the company at $1 billion.. Other investors in the new round include March Capital, Generation Investment Management, Salesforce Ventures 1, Friends & Family Capital, and existing investors GV, Activate Capital, Floating Point and Omers Ventures 2.
The Emerging Unicorn Board: Meet 300 Companies That Could Be …
Apr 19, 2022 · Today, Crunchbase News is launching The Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn Board, a curated list of startups on the path to achieving billion-dollar valuations, also known as unicorn status.. The startups on our Emerging Unicorn Board are private companies valued at $500 million or more, but less than $1 billion.
Running The Numbers on Y Combinator’s Best Year Yet
Dec 14, 2020 · This has been by far the best year yet for Y Combinator, the prestigious Silicon Valley startup accelerator, with two of its biggest portfolio companies debuting on the public markets and the largest acquisition ever of one of its alumni.. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily. This year also marks the beginning of a new era for YC, as the program is commonly known, that could see twice as many of ...
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Health And Biotech Startups Now Get The Majority Of US Series A …
May 24, 2024 · This year is shaping up as the first we’ve seen in which biotech and healthcare startups receive a majority of U.S. Series A commitments. So far in 2024, biotech and health companies have pulled in around $5.6 billion across 110 Series A rounds, per Crunchbase data. That accounts for 53% of all funding at the Series A stage, which is a closely watched barometer for the startup ecosystem.
The Mixed State Of Startup Funding In 2024, In 11 Charts
Apr 23, 2024 · Startup investors kept a tight hold on their wallets in the first quarter of 2024, Crunchbase data shows. There were big exceptions — some AI, healthcare, energy and robotics startups, among others, received massive investments — but overall the tone was cautious as the year got started. To break it down further, let’s look at 11 charts based on recent Crunchbase data that show the state ...
Digital Industrial Manufacturing Firm Divergent Technologies …
Nov 13, 2023 · Divergent Technologies raised a massive $230 million Series D to accelerate the commercialization of its digital manufacturing system that uses generative AI and 3D printing.. The round was led by Hexagon AB, which invested $100 million of the $230 million total.New and existing institutional and family office investors also participated in the round.