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...
Acquisitions End Q3 On Upswing Led by Financial Services
After last month’s low, September had slight bumps in average acquisition prices and a 13% increase in the number of deals. According to CrunchBase data, acquiring companies spent over $105B on 90+ deals, not including the 120+...
CrunchBase Monthly Export – Q3 VC Numbers Are Here
CrunchBase has just released the September data export. Download the file now (for free!), and take a look at all the latest funding and acquisitions in Silicon Valley and the...
CrunchBase Quarterly Investment Map
The conventional Q3 venture summary has thus far focused on the spree of acquisition mega-deals and jumbo fundings in Silicon Valley. The fight to acquire Twitch, Zillow buying Trulia for...
CrunchBase Weekly Market Momentum
Millions of children are settling into their first weeks back in the classroom, and parents everywhere have let out a collective sigh of relief. As many investors spurn startup pitches for...
CrunchBase Monthly Export – August Edition
The August CrunchBase Monthly is now out! During the August ‘summer break’, 2.4k investment rounds were added to the database, totalling $3.7 billion. The CrunchBase community also added 19.5k new...
CrunchBase Weekly Market Momentum
Summer is drawing towards its official close at the end of the month and we’re already halfway through Q3. Thus far in 2014, we’ve seen emerging venture investment categories supported...
CrunchBase Weekly Market Momentum
On Monday, we pointed out major funding rounds in New York that highlighted design-focused InVision and the viral media site Buzzfeed. It came as no surprise that New York was...
The Jury Is Out On Legal Tech Startups
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee. Venture capitalists may have rested their case for investing in legal startups, according to data from CrunchBase. Investments...
CrunchBase Monthly Investor Leaderboard
In the month of July, investors committed over $7B in venture funding rounds globally. While July tends to be a slow month for investing, Flipkart’s $1B Series G was the largest...
Investors In The Market For New Real Estate Companies
Even as the blockbuster $3.5 billion tie-up between Trulia and Zillow shows a preference for consolidation among the real estate market’s larger players, venture investment in new startups working in...
Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. After years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more...
CrunchBase Weekly Investor Leaderboard
In the second installment of the Investor Leaderboard, some familiar names top the charts again. New Enterprise Associates nearly hit for the cycle this week, with seed rounds in Beanstalk...
CrunchBase Weekly Market Momentum
The venture landscape is constantly shifting. New startups and ideas continue to change the way we think about the future of technology. We are attempting to keep track of these...
CrunchBase 2.0, the First 90 days…
We’re coming up on 90 days since we launched CrunchBase 2.0 and now seems like a good time to share a quick report card on our progress. Launching an entirely new version...
Surge in Startups in South America
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee and Mark Lennon. Winter is coming in South America, but for investors and entrepreneurs things are starting to heat...
Investment Outlook Is Sunny In The Cloud Capital
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee. Tomorrow TechCrunch will touch down in the cloud capital to showcase some local talent in Seattle’s startup scene, where...
Entertainment Deals Take Center Stage In LA’s Burgeoning VC Scene
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. A string of big acquisitions, public offerings, and a pipeline of growing young startup companies has venture investors saying “I...
Boston Wraps Up Its Best Venture Quarter In Years
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The TechCrunch wrecking ball is smashing into Boston as startups in the city are coming off their best quarter in years. Boston-based...
Saeed Amidi’s Global Accelerator Network Plug And Play Expands To Brazil
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The warp and weft of Saeed Amidi’s family story — transitioning from Iranian immigrants fleeing revolution in the 1970s to running a multi-million-dollar...