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Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Startups • Venture

Accel, General Catalyst Topped Increasingly Busy Active Investor Ranks In Q2

Joanna Glasner

July 11, 2025

Overall, nine of the 10 most active venture investors in 2025 did more deals in Q2 than in Q1, per °µÍø³Ô¹Ï data. Ditto for 80% of the top 10 lead...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • Regional • SaaS • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Germany Leapfrogs UK To Lead European VC Investment In Q2 As Region’s Funding Settles

Gené Teare

July 10, 2025

A total of $12.6 billion was raised by around 1,200 startups across Europe last quarter, with funding amounts comparable with the previous two...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Public Markets • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Rise Of The Ultra-Unicorns: $5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025

Gené Teare

June 30, 2025

Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The °µÍø³Ô¹Ï °µÍø³Ô¹Ï, a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Politics and regulation • Robotics • Startups • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In June: Drug Discovery Without Animal Trials, Better Nuclear Fuel, And Software For Military Planning

Marlize van Romburgh

June 25, 2025

Funded startups that caught our eye this month ran the gamut from the heartwarming (a cute robotic puppy companion for seniors), to the solemn...

AI Robotics • Clean tech and energy • Crypto • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Energy, Defense Tech Led

Gené Teare

June 20, 2025

Energy for AI and automated defense tech led this week’s largest U.S. venture funding deals. Vertical software solutions driven by AI in sports...

Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

What Seed Trends Say About The Future: Live Long, Recycle And Launch More Satellites

Joanna Glasner

June 16, 2025

After plowing through a huge pile of seed funding rounds, we identified four areas where seed is trending this year: longevity, defense, waste...

Defense tech • IPO • Public Markets

Voyager Technologies Shares Soar In Market Debut

Joanna Glasner

June 11, 2025

Shares of Denver-based space and defense tech startup Voyager Technologies closed up 82% in first-day trading Wednesday, delivering the latest sign...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Workplace

New Unicorns Add $22B In Value In May As 5 Trot Onto Board From Europe 

Gené Teare

June 10, 2025

Thirteen companies joined The °µÍø³Ô¹Ï °µÍø³Ô¹Ï in May 2025, including five from Europe, °µÍø³Ô¹Ï data shows.

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads Week With Anduril’s $2.5B Raise

Joanna Glasner

June 6, 2025

Software may be eating the world, but it was hardware-intensive startups that scooped up this week’s largest funding rounds, including heavily funded...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

After No Funding For Years, These Startups Recently Scooped Up Big Rounds

Joanna Glasner

June 6, 2025

In 2021, scores of companies nabbed big rounds at valuations that turned out to be overly optimistic. In the following years many didn’t raise new...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Robotics • Startups • Venture

Defense Tech Unicorn Anduril Powers Up With $2.5B At $30.5B Valuation

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 5, 2025

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $2.5 billion in a Series G round of funding, more than doubling its valuation to $30.5 billion...