Why Founders Should Skip VCs And Go Straight To LPs
By Hebron Sher For years, startup founders have treated venture capital like a rite of passage — raise…
AI leadership development platform Praxis Labs sells to Torch
Praxis Labs, a learning development platform, announced its acquisition on Thursday for an undisclosed amount by the leadership…
$5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has…
Live Long, Recycle And Launch More Satellites
Periodically at Crunchbase News, we take on the joyous pursuit of reading through 800 or so recent seed…
Alta raises $11M to bring ‘Clueless’ fashion tech to life with all-star investors
Throughout her years working in technology, Jenny Wang, 28, always found herself stumbling back to one idea —…
An investor makes a case for funding sex, drugs and other socially taboo products
Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week:…
After No Funding For Years, These Startups Recently Scooped Up Big Rounds
For venture-backed startups, four years is an unusually long time to go between funding rounds. However, these are…
EU approves Japanese, UK, Italian venture for combat aircraft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union said on Monday it had approved a joint venture among BAE Systems (Holdings),…
South Loop Ventures closes $21M fund in Houston to build up local tech ecosystem
South Loop Ventures, a Houston-based venture firm, announced a $21 million Fund I, with Rice Management Company and…
These Private, VC-Backed Companies Are The Most-Active, Spendiest Startup Acquirers
We used to assume that when a startup purchased another startup, it was probably a small acquisition. That’s…