General Catalyst Tops Lead Investors For October In Busy Month For US Startup Dealmaking
October was a busy month for U.S. startup funding, led by well-known venture investors with a healthy appetite for big deals. We take a look at active invest...
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Exclusive: Nurx And Journey Clinical Co-Founders Raise $6M For Mental Health Startup Siggy
Siggy has raised $6 million in pre-seed funding to build a mental health service that uses AI to collect patients’ histories and track progress between appoi...
Dropbox Plans $350M AI Infrastructure Deal With Tigris Buy, Its Biggest Acquisition Yet
Dropbox has announced plans to acquire Tigris Data for $350 million in a transaction the company told Crunchbase News would mark its largest acquisition sinc...
Sector Snapshot: Construction Robotics Funding Soars To $1.6B, Tripling Previous Peak
Companies spanning construction and robotics have raised about $1.6 billion so far this year — more than 4x the $389 million recorded in all of 2025 — accord...
Crunchbase Data: Less Than 2% Of 2026 Venture Funding Went To Post-Election Red States
So far this year, less than 2% of all startup investment has gone to companies in post-election red states, a share that is much smaller than in years past d...
The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued into 20...
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Most Venture Capital Is Going To Companies That Are Founded Or Led By Billionaires
More than half of all seed- through growth-stage venture capital raised in the U.S. so far in 2026 went to seven companies founded or led by men who are alre...
China’s Largest Startup Deal Ever Lifts Global Venture Funding To $59B In October
Global venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15.9 billi...
More Money, Fewer Checks: These 3 Charts Show The Divide Behind VC’s Record Funding Year
Record venture funding in 2026 has been increasingly concentrated in massive AI rounds, while seed- and early-stage deal counts are on the decline. Using Cru...