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This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
While global venture investment rebounded last year, the Asia funding market cratered, totaling only $65.8 billion in 2024 — the exact same low the market hit in 2014.
Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN, valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion.
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Healthcare startups using artificial intelligence have come out of the gate hot in the new year when it comes to fundraising.
Colossal Biosciences, a de-extinction startup looking at ways to bring back the dodo bird and the woolly mammoth, raised a $200 million Series C at a $10.2 billion valuation.
Reusable rocket startup Stoke Space locked up a $260 million Series C as the space tech sector looks to build off a successful 2024 in terms of fundraising.
Insight Partners, known for its bets on companies such as Wiz, Fanatics and Shopify, raised $12.5 billion for its 13th flagship fund and a structured equity fund — Opportunities Fund II.
By: Chris Metinko
Thus far 2025 has come roaring in as far as large rounds go. Last week more than a dozen companies raised $100 million or more. This week there are fewer, but not by much, as companies needed to raise at least $100 million to make this list.
While last year wasn’t the cascade of M&A activity many had wished for (and certainly the IPO pipeline never unfroze), it did provide some hope. Deal activity actually increased 7% from 2023, with Q4 being the strongest quarter for M&A involving VC-backed startups in seven quarters, Crunchbase data shows.
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