Crunchbase News: Data-driven reporting on private markets, …
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Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In and 2023 and 2024
Dec 13, 2024 · By the numbers. Layoffs during the week ended Dec. 13, 2024: At least 252 U.S. tech sector employees were laid off or scheduled for layoffs, per a Crunchbase News tally. In 2024: At least 95,667 workers at U.S.-based tech companies have lost their jobs so far in the year, according to a Crunchbase News tally. In 2023: More than 191,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies (or tech companies ...
Crunchbase Unicorn Company List
4 days ago · The Crunchbase Unicorn Board. The Crunchbase Unicorn Board is a curated list of the most valuable private companies in the world. Powered by Crunchbase’s comprehensive data, this unicorn company list is updated as companies are valued at $1 billion or more in a new funding round.. Valuations are based on companies’ most recently disclosed funding rounds.
Global Funding Slowed In Q3, Even As AI Continued To Lead
Oct 3, 2024 · Through Q3. Year-to-date, venture funding is down around 7% year over year. Based on an analysis of global funding through the third quarter compared to the same timeframe in 2023, seed funding year to date appears flat, (but is likely to show an uptick as seed rounds are added after the quarter-end), early-stage funding is trending up by around 10%, and late-stage funding is down around 20%.
The Mixed State Of Startup Funding In 2024, In 11 Charts
Apr 23, 2024 · Startup investors kept a tight hold on their wallets in the first quarter of 2024, Crunchbase data shows. There were big exceptions — some AI, healthcare, energy and robotics startups, among others, received massive investments — but overall the tone was cautious as the year got started. To break it down further, let’s look at 11 charts based on recent Crunchbase data that show the state ...
AI Legal Tech Startup EvenUp Raises $135M To Hit Unicorn Status
Oct 8, 2024 · EvenUp, a legal tech startup creating artificial intelligence products for the personal injury sector, raised a $135 million Series D at a valuation of more than $1 billion.. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Premji Invest, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, SignalFire and B Capital …
ServiceTitan Files For IPO
Nov 18, 2024 · ServiceTitan, a platform for building services professionals, is the latest heavily funded software unicorn to file publicly for a U.S. IPO.. The Glendale, California-based company, which provides cloud-based software for residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other field-service businesses, filed its S-1 Monday. Founded in 2012, the company had previously raised at least $1 ...
Global Venture Funding In Q1 2024 Shows Startup Investors …
Apr 4, 2024 · The first quarter of 2024 was the second-lowest on record for global startup funding since the beginning of 2018, according to an analysis of Crunchbase data.. Global venture funding reached $66 billion in the first quarter, up 6% quarter over quarter but down 20% year over year, Crunchbase data shows.
Under The Hood: A Closer Look At Stripe, The Most Highly Valued …
Apr 20, 2021 · Payments processing startup Stripe earlier this year became the most highly valued venture-backed private company in the U.S. and the third most valuable in the world when it was valued at $95 billion in its Series H funding round.. Its No. 3 placement on the Crunchbase Unicorn board is just behind Chinese financial services giant Ant Group, valued at $150 billion, and ByteDance, the world’s ...
Does US Startup Funding Rise In Post-Election Years?
Oct 25, 2024 · Post-election gains. The biggest jump was in 2021, the first year of the Biden administration, when global investment more than doubled year over year to hit an all-time high of $345 billion. That year’s investment frenzy coincided with a red-hot IPO market, soaring tech valuations, and some societal return to normal as pandemic-era disruptions eased.