Startups Find It Easier To Get From A to B
The Series A may be the new Series B, but as first round venture fundings have flat-lined over the past year, investors are increasing their bets on B rounds. Indeed, the dollar value...
Investments In The UK Surge To Nearly $1B As London Is Calling
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. London’s TechCrunch invasion is coming to an end, but the rollick wrought by our roving band of reporters is...
Cleantech’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The rumors of the death of cleantech investment have been greatly exaggerated. Clean tech’s big dream of a more...
Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. School may be out for summer, but the nation’s education-focused technology startups are still hitting the books, drumming up...
YouTube’s Marketing And Content Platform Nets Startups Millions
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The rise of YouTube and its attendant online celebrity millionaires has created opportunities for venture investors to launch new...
Venture Investors Begin To Drill In To Oil Deals
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The oil and gas business is technologically challenging, data-heavy, and traditionally ignored by venture capitalists. But a few firms...
Job Hunting Bags Millennials New HR Apps
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. With an overwhelming number of millennials still out of work despite a slowly recovering U.S. economy, venture capital firms...
Food Startups are Riding a Venture Capital Gravy Train
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Investments in food-related startups, from delivery services to new restaurant chains to new types of foods and additives, have raised...
Venture Capital Keeps Austin Startups Flush
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Austin investors may not be keeping the city weird, but they’re sure keeping its startup scene humming. Like the rest...
VCs Say “Ni Hao” To Chinese Startups
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Venture capital investment in Chinese startup companies is surging again. After several years of a moribund market, investment in Chinese...
Sequoia Expands Scope Of Asian Investments
With its latest $100 million investment in a Korean startup announced late last month, Sequoia Capital is seemingly expanding the scope of its investing in Asia. Since 2009, Sequoia Capital...
Investors Build New Marketing Tools For The Visual Web
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Navigating the web these days is increasingly a case of what you see is what you get. Sites like Pinterest and...
Despite Exits, Aerospace Deals Are Crashing To Earth
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. With Google and Facebook both interested in drone and satellite companies, perhaps other investors are taking the time to look...
Does The Beats Aftermath Usher The Next Episode For Wearables?
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. As Beats potentially prepares to move on to the next episode, there are a few things about the news that...
CrunchBase Monthly Export – 2014 Q1 Investment Soars
After passing the 500k milestone last month, the CrunchBase community has continued to contribute at a record pace. The CrunchBase dataset has grown significantly since 2013 Q1 when it encompassed...
CrunchBase Is Halfway To One Million Profiles
Through February, CrunchBase now includes over 518k profiles for companies, investors, products and people. Highlights of the February 2014 Export include: 250+ software startups have received funding over the last two...
CrunchBase Monthly Export – CrunchBase Closes In On 500K Profiles
In January, we added over 3.6k funding rounds in CrunchBase to reach 57.8k overall. We also added over 22k profiles last month to close in on the 500k milestone. Highlights...
CrunchBase Reveals: The Average Successful Startup Raises $41M, Exits at $242.9M
Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Mark Lennon. The CrunchBase dataset has now captured more venture exits than ever, so we decided to take a closer look at...
