Venture Round

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Global investment in the spacetech sector has held steady at more than $6 billion annually for the past two years, with 2025 on track to deliver similar results.

This was a week right out of the free-spending days of 2021. Huge rounds were abundant — led by the biggest of them all as OpenAI's massive $40 billion investment was finally announced.

New York-based Runway raised $308 million in a new round at about double its valuation from less than two years ago. The new round was led by General Atlantic and values the AI video startup at more than $3 billion.

Nine companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in February with healthcare and cybersecurity the leading sectors for new unicorn companies.

The Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative team analyzed 2,791 founders behind 1,110 U.S.-based VC-backed unicorns to understand their professional backgrounds and found that those founders developed their skills at tech giants, elite universities and even military organizations. We break it down further.

Virtually Human Studio, which created the successful blockchain horse racing game Zed Run, announced the beta launch of Zed Champions.

February was another big month for big rounds. In fact, it took $200 million or more to make the list last month, as defense tech and cybersecurity led the way. In addition, AI and robotic startups also landed some huge cash.

NinjaOne, which provides endpoint management, security and monitoring, raised $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation — more than doubling its value from just 12 months ago.

San Jose-based Lambda more than doubled its total funding with a $480 million Series D round. Its valuation also significantly increased.

An estimated 517 global unicorns — or private companies valued at $1 billion or more — raised their last known round more than three years ago, per Crunchbase data.

Elon Musk's $97.4B bid to buy OpenAI sparks tension with CEO Sam Altman, who fired back with a $9.74B offer for Twitter.

Space startups have long been urged not to try to complete directly with the industry's behemoth, SpaceX, but also shouldn't emulate it, investors say.

The Japanese tech firm's investment would make it OpenAI's largest backer, replacing Microsoft.

Although global venture funding rose overall in 2024, it wasn't a particularly strong year for emerging economies. Even so, there were a few countries with smaller startup scenes that saw sharp year-over-year gains in venture funding.

The financing efforts follow new funding rounds by Elon Musk's xAI and the market leader, OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion.

Artificial intelligence dominated the venture landscape last year. That's especially clear when you consider how many startups in the industry raised nine- or even 10-figure funding rounds in 2024.

Finnish startup Oura has closed its Series D funding round at $200mn, bringing the smart ring maker's valuation to a cosy $5.2bn. Oura's smart ring uses 20 biometric markers to ...

After a slow Thanksgiving week, investors made up for lost time with a slew of big-money rounds. VCs spread their cash around pretty liberally, notching big rounds in semiconductors, biotech, carbon capture and more.

Global venture funding totaled $28 billion in November 2024, Crunchbase data shows. That's down from the $32 billion raised in October 2024, but up from the $21 billion raised in November 2023.