Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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DeepSeek Considers Raising Outside Funding Amid Demand for AI Chatbot
DeepSeek Considers Raising Outside Funding Amid Demand for AI Chatbot
February 19, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek is reportedly considering raising outside funding for the first time, weeks after its AI chatbot app made headlines around...

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AI Startups: Anthropic Nears OpenAI in Fundraises but Lags Far Behind in Adoption
AI Startups: Anthropic Nears OpenAI in Fundraises but Lags Far Behind in Adoption
February 12, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Anthropic, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI engineers, is in talks to raise up to $2 billion for a valuation of $60 billion. The...

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AI Startup News: SoftBank, Google and a New Startup Fund
AI Startup News: SoftBank, Google and a New Startup Fund
February 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

SoftBank reportedly is leading a $500 million investment round in Skild AI, a startup developing general intelligence for robots that can be adapted to perform...

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UK Warns of AI Startups Leaving Due to Capital Shortfalls, Regulatory Complexity
UK Warns of AI Startups Leaving Due to Capital Shortfalls, Regulatory Complexity
February 04, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Promising artificial intelligence (AI) startups created in the U.K. are at risk of leaving for other countries like the U.S. due to lack of adequate...

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Qomodo Raises $14.1 Million to Offer BNPL to Italian Brick-and-Mortar Merchants
Qomodo Raises $14.1 Million to Offer BNPL to Italian Brick-and-Mortar Merchants
January 22, 2025  |  Investments

Milan-based Qomodo has raised 13.5 million euros (about $14.1 million) in a Series A funding round to continue developing solutions like buy now, pay later...

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Late-Stage Digital Health Ventures Feel Funding Pinch
Late-Stage Digital Health Ventures Feel Funding Pinch
January 17, 2025  |  Healthcare

Digital healthcare is at a pivotal moment, with innovation, funding and expansion creating new opportunities and challenges for startups and established companies. In 2024, digital...

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Private Capital Gives Largest US Startups Flexibility to Delay IPOs
Private Capital Gives Largest US Startups Flexibility to Delay IPOs
January 10, 2025  |  Startups

The largest startups in the United States are reportedly raising so much capital in private markets that they can delay launching initial public offerings (IPOs)....

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VC Investors Shrink as Money Goes to Big Tech Startups
VC Investors Shrink as Money Goes to Big Tech Startups
January 02, 2025  |  Investments

The number of active U.S. venture capital (VC) investors has reportedly fallen since 2021. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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AI Companies Receive 42% of US Venture Capital Investment
AI Companies Receive 42% of US Venture Capital Investment
December 16, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Venture capital in the U.S. has moved to artificial intelligence (AI) companies at an “unprecedented” rate, HSBC Innovation Banking said Monday (Dec. 16). Get the...

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