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...
CrunchBase Weekly Investment Map
Venture investment slowed to a crawl last week as only 160 venture rounds were announced, according to CrunchBase data. Characteristically, the ‘No-Vacation Nation‘ accounted for over 60% of them last...
CrunchBase Monthly Market Momentum
The Business Graph was built on the realization that the startup and venture investment world has evolved. Startups, as we know them, have expanded from disruptive, tech-centric hardware and software...
CrunchBase Top July Acquisitions
Apparently there’s no summer slump when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Companies spent over $167 billion acquiring 100 companies in July, according to CrunchBase data. This figure doesn’t include the 120+ acquisitions...
Unleashing The Business Graph
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Matt Kaufman. When CrunchBase 2.0 was released in April, we not only launched an entirely new design and technology stack,...
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 Export – The Dataset Reaches 600k Profiles
We’ve just released the most recent version of the CrunchBase monthly export for July. This month, our community of contributors helped us surpass two more huge milestones as the dataset...
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...
CrunchBase Weekly Market Momentum
EdTech has already been enjoying a big year in venture investing, and the past week has been no exception. Education was one of the most active investment categories this week, with...
CrunchBase Monthly Investment Map
Investors may be taking time off in some countries, but global venture deals continue rolling in at a steady pace. So far in July, CrunchBase has captured over $5.8 billion in venture fundings...
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 Weekly Investment Map
In the past 7 days we’ve seen over $1.2 billion invested in 149 funding rounds. San Francisco saw 10 rounds, New York and Chicago 5, and Austin 4. More than...
CrunchBase Weekly Investor Leaderboard
Because it’s Friday, we compiled our list of Top 10 Investors from the CrunchBase dataset this week, by amount raised and number of funding rounds. Accel Partners participated in two of...
Investors Are No Longer Cashing In On Payment Technologies
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. It seems like investors are no longer paying out for payment companies. Over the past three quarters the number...
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...
VCs Find Fertile Ground In Women’s Health
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors may be predominately male, but they’re fully attuned to the women’s health market. Mobile...
CrunchBase Monthly Export: Q2 VC Numbers Are Here
The June data export is out. Take a look at the record-breaking venture investments in Q2 following huge funding rounds from Uber, Cloudera, Airbnb and many more. The CrunchBase dataset now contains...
