CrunchBase currently lists over 400 accelerators worldwide, from Silicon Valley veterans to pioneers in Israel and New Zealand, and we are continuing to add more every day. Pope Francis made...
Atlanta’s Southern Hospitality Is Winning Venture Investors
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Atlanta is home to the world’s largest drive-in, some of rap music’s greatest minds, and 71 streets named...
Underwear Startups Have Investors Hot and Bothered
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. After taking the runway at New York Fashion Week, fashion tech is making a play for the bedroom. A new collection of underthings and intimates startups...
Venture Investors Put $2 Billion Into The Blackboard Jungle
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Venture capitalists really hit the books in 2014. Edtech companies stockpiled nearly $2 billion in venture funding — a 50% jump from...
Bitcoin Blazes New Trail In Emerging Markets
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. While the tech world is busy speculating about bitcoin’s volatile value, cryptocurrency is making arguably its biggest impact in countries where the current price...
Ask A VC: Rock Health’s Halle Tecco
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Halle Tecco is the founder and managing director of Rock Health, a digital health-focused seed fund. Rock...
VC Market Trends of 2014
From the rise of bizarre venture-backed food products to the budding revolution in cannabis tech, 2014 witnessed the development of some unexpected markets alongside the growth of some more conventional ones. We’ve taken a look...
Startup Calendar for December 23rd
Three events are featured in this week’s Startup Calendar: CES 2015 Hacking Generation Y 8th Annual Crunchies Awards Other events: Baltimore TechBreakfast Steve Aldrich: Helping Small Business Win Online Educelerate Twin...
Indian Startups Raise Over $5B In 2014
Thanks to the recent bidding war over India’s e-commerce market, total venture funding for India-based startups has surpassed $5.4 billion in 2014. After Amazon launched its service in India in...
Venture Investors Light Up Cannabis Startups
As American lawmakers legalize cannabis in a handful of states and decriminalize it in others, “potrepreneurs” are emerging from the shadows to bring tech to the cannabis community with cannabis startups. There’s Weedmaps, the Google Maps...
The Barbelling of the Venture Industry
Much has been said recently about the shifts in the Venture Capital industry since 2009. Mark Suster focused the debate in his discussion of “The Changing Structure of the VC...
VCs Swipe Right For Dating Startups
With two months until Valentine’s Day, investors worldwide are singling out a variety of online dating and matchmaking startups that believe tech is the solution to improving our love lives. The $12M Series...
Another Data Breach, Another Dollar For Identity Management Startups
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. As security breaches are reported for one major corporation after another, venture investors are writing bigger checks than ever...
As Public Markets Beckon, Lending Startups Raise Over $1 Billion In 2014
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Jon Shieber. If investors continue to funnel money into online lending companies at their current pace, 2014 may be...
CrunchBase November Investment Recap
During a long holiday weekend in the States, international startups took advantage of the domestic attention lapse and ended November with strong numbers. Through October, startups outside the US had raised...
Game Recognizes Game As Carmelo Makes His First VC Plays
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony is making a bid for a legacy off the court — with a big...
VCs Start To Swarm On Drone Deals
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. It’s not big money yet, but drone technology has investors looking to the sky for pennies from...
VCs Look To The Future As IoT Investments Soar
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. From personal mobility device Whill to wireless power transmitter uBeam, Internet of Things startups are amassing millions in venture...
CrunchBase October Investment Map
After a strong finish to Q3 with a total of $7.4B invested worldwide in September, October venture investments climbed even higher with $7.8B venture dollars poured into startups in the...
Talk Isn’t Cheap As Investors Pour Cash Into Collaboration And Intelligence Tools
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Jonathan Shieber. Investors and innovators have been trying to develop better tools for groups to communicate, collaborate, and make...