Chris Metinko is a journalist at Crunch Base. He covers a range of topics including AI, startups, venture capital, cryptocurrency, and biotech, with a particular focus on the intersection of technology and business. Chris has been featured in Nasdaq, Knowledia, and Crunchbase.
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This is a monthly feature that runs down some of the most-active investors in U.S.-based companies, looks at some of their most interesting investments, and includes some odds and ends of who spent what. See October’s most-active startup investors here.
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board.
Just last month, AI-powered data security startup Cyera closed a $300 million Series D led by Accel and Sapphire Ventures. The deal tied Cyera for the biggest raise by a startup playing at the intersection of two of venture capitalists’ favorite industries: AI and cybersecurity.
Speak, a startup that wants to help people learn new languages through AI, raised a fresh $78 million Series C led by Accel — doubling its valuation in fewer than six months and reaching unicorn status at a $1 billion valuation.
By: Chris Metinko
Ayar Labs locked up a $155 million Series D led by Advent International and Light Street Capital at a valuation of more than $1 billion, and became just the latest optical interconnect to land big money.
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board.
This is our annual roundup pulled from our monthly 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed column. Check out last month’s entry here.
By: Chris Metinko
While the venture market in 2024 continued to wobble well below its pandemic-induced highs, VCs and those close to the industry are cautiously optimistic political shifts and AI’s overwhelming influence will power the private market to a solid — or even great — year in 2025.
By: Chris Metinko
While many venture investors enter 2025 fairly optimistic about startup prospects, other factors are likely to affect the funding environment — including a decrease in regulation in some buzzy startup sectors (crypto!) and the continued fervor around AI.
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