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 a round, ...
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AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart
In an unexpected turn of events, artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced this week that it is acquiring AI coding startup ...
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AI Spurs More Unicorn Acquisitions As Clio, Grammarly Make M&A Deals
This has been a busy week for unicorns making acquisitions. On July 1, Canada-based legal software company Clio revealed its ...
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Visualizing A Decade Of Private-Market Buildup
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over ...
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Automattic Scoops Up Relationship Management Startup Clay
Automattic, the publisher of WordPress, has acquired relationship management startup Clay for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Thursday. ...
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The Rise Of Megafunds — A Decade In The Making
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over ...
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Databricks Is On An M&A Roll With $1B Neon Acquisition
Databricks announced Wednesday that it will acquire database management platform Neon in a deal reportedly valued at around $1 billion. ...
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Infinite Reality Buys Touchcast For $500M As M&A Spree Continues
Spacial computing and AI unicorn Infinite Reality announced today that it will acquire agentic AI company Touchcast in a cash ...
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AI Soars, Asia Tanks, Seed Stalls And More
Global startup funding in 2024 was dominated by investment in artificial intelligence companies, with $100 billion of venture capital going ...
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5 Trends In Tech And Startups We’re Watching In 2025, From An M&A Rebound To A Defense Tech Boom
Will the M&A market pick up next year and, with it, the IPO pipeline? And what about the tech job ...
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