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No Industry Is Safe From VC Disruption

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a story written on TechCrunch by Jon Shieber. Procter & Gamble, allow me to introduce hair-dye company Madison Reed and baby care and home-cleaning-products retailer The Honest...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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VCs Investing To Heal U.S. Healthcare

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a story written on TechCrunch by Jon Shieber. The U.S. healthcare system is sick, but increasingly early stage investors are spending money on new...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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These Fledglings Could Fall Now That Google Has Its Nest

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Google’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest could herald a new wave of interest in companies sitting at the intersection of data, services,...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Turn’s Series E Round Further Boosts Ad-Tech Startups

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Venture investors may have turned their attention to earlier stage ad-tech companies at the right time now that big investments...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Turning A Corner On Ad Investing?

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Tech, BioTech Angel Investments Cross the $1Billion Mark in 2013

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Buoyed by a stronger economy, angel investors companies worldwide poured a record amount of cash into early stage technology and...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase Data Export Now Includes International Startups, Investors

Due to frequent user requests over the last few months, we have decided to now include international companies in the monthly CrunchBase data export. In 2013, we added over 22k...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase Updates Terms of Service and Adopts Creative Commons 4.0

Earlier today we updated our Terms of Service for the first time since the CrunchBase API was launched in July 2008. Back then, CrunchBase listed only 5k companies and the startup community was just...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase Reaches 50k Investment Rounds and 450k Profiles

In the last month, we’ve added 3k funding rounds in CrunchBase to surpass 50k overall. We also reached 450k profiles this month, by adding over 17k new profiles in November....

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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The Startup Accelerator Trend Is Finally Slowing Down

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Mark Lennon. Starting a company has never been easy. Not having to worry about market research and resources...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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October 2013 Excel Export is Out!

In the past month, we’ve added 8.7k funding rounds, more than double the prior month to reach 49k overall. Highlights of the October 2013 Export: $4.1B of total funding raised in...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Corporate Venture Investors Starting to Look a Lot More Like Private VCs

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Mark Lennon. Corporate venture capital has always been dubiously titled ‘dumb money’, supposedly less interested in financial performance...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase, People+, and the EFF

We are in the midst of a disagreement with new mobile startup called People+. Wired.com broke the story and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has elected to represent People+. The...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase Venture Program Hits 400 and Launches Tools to Help Investors Manage Their Public Data

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Matt Kaufman. The CrunchBase Venture Program is backed by more than 400 venture firms, incubators, and angel groups...

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Tech Acquisition Sprees Create Exits for Venture Investors

Earlier this month CrunchBase data showed that venture funding is reaching new highs, so it’s no surprise that Q3 2013 also had the most number of venture-backed acquisitions. With 131 deals, Q3...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Angel-Backed Companies Are Taking Longer To Close Their First Venture Rounds

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Mark Lennon. There are more angel-backed companies in the US than ever trying to capitalize on a favorable economic market for...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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US Angel Investing This Year Likely Won’t Pass 2012 Levels

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Mark Lennon. Angel investing in the US this year looks like it’s falling back towards 2011 levels, after a record 2012....

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Q3 2013 Excel Released! 64k Profiles and 8k Rounds Added in Q3

In Q3, we’ve seen over 77k user-submitted changes, 16k more than Q2. Highlights of the Q3 2013 Export: $9.1B of total funding raised in the U.S. in Q3 Most active...

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CrunchBase Hits 400k Profiles and 45k Funding Rounds. Download August 2013 Excel Export!

The CrunchBase dataset has now grown to 400k profiles and 45k investment rounds thanks to our community of contributors and members of the CrunchBase Venture Program. We’ve also seen monthly contributions...

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CrunchBase Partners with ILVenture to Expand Coverage of Israeli Startups

Israeli startups have been on a tear. Already this year Waze, Trusteer, and Adap-tv were acquired for a combined value of over $2.3B and CrunchBase has recorded $324MM of funding invested in...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase