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
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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