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The New Unicorn Count Reached A 4-Year High In March, Led By Robotics, Frontier Labs And AI Infrastructure 

Gené Teare

April 21, 2026

A total of 37 companies joined The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data shows. The...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Transportation And Biotech Take The Lead

Joanna Glasner

April 17, 2026

The week’s largest round was a $650 million financing for electric pickup truck maker Slate Auto. Other sizable investments went to spaces including...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 15, 2026

Copenhagen-based Spektr, which uses AI to tackle the manual drudgery of financial compliance, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, the...

Fintech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

YC Once Again Tops Ranks Of Most Active Fintech Investors In Q1 Even As Deal Count Drops

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 15, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data. In terms of...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

Gené Teare

April 14, 2026

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion  in Q1 2026, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Insurance tech • Manufacturing • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big

Marlize van Romburgh

April 10, 2026

While no billion-dollar rounds led this week’s list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...

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Fintech Startups Globally Raise More Money In Far Fewer Deals In Q1 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 10, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data. That’s a 5%...

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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 9, 2026

AI tax prep automation startup Juno, founded to address the opportunities — and risks — that come with advances in AI, and built for underserved SMB...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Global Investors Help Boost Latin America’s Late-Stage Funding Boom In Q1

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 9, 2026

Startups in Latin America raised a combined $1.03 billion across seed- and growth-stage deals in the three-month period ending March 31 — up year...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Startups • Venture • Workplace

Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 25, 2026

Trayd, a startup that is building a back office operating system for the construction industry, has raised $10 million in Series A funding, it tells...

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Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B For AI-Focused Funds

Joanna Glasner

March 24, 2026

Kleiner Perkins' fundraise includes $1 billion for KP22, a fund to back early-stage companies, and $2.5 billion targeted for growth-stage investments.