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Chris Metinko

Chris Metinko

Senior Reporter at Crunchbase News

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  • English
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  • Finance & Banking Services
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Seaport Therapeutics And Zip Top Big Money Week

Another big week for biotech, as startups in the sector scooped up multiple spots on this week’s list. However, there also were big rounds in industries like procurement, energy and robotics. All in all, a half-dozen companies raised rounds of $100 million or more.
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General Catalyst Lands A Massive $8B In New Capital For Funds

General Catalyst — whose investments include Airbnb, Instacart and Mistral AI — has raised $8 billion in new capital as it looks to “turbocharge” its investments in sectors like AI, defense, climate, healthcare and fintech.
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AI-Enhanced Procurement Startup Zip Locks Up $190M At $2.2B Valuation

Procurement startup Zip saw its valuation jump 47% after raising a $190 million Series D led by Bond.
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: X-energy And Lightmatter Lead...

There may have been fewer nine-figure rounds this week, but the ones we did have were massive. Energy and data centers seem to be on everyone’s mind right now — and this week’s list bears that out.
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Eye On AI: As Big Money Rolls Into Data Centers, Startup Investment...

So far this year, $1.3 billion has been invested in database-related startups — those that provide connectivity, efficiency or other needed tools/solutions for data centers.
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Web3 Funding Gains 43% Year To Year But Dips From Q2

It was a mixed bag for Web3 funding last quarter, although investors in the rocky sector the past few years will probably take that.
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Data Security Startup Cyera Buys Trail Security In Tepid M&A Market

New York-based data security startup Cyera bought data loss prevention firm Trail Security for $162 million.
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Photonic Startup Lightmatter Raises $400M Amid Data Center Frenzy; ...

Lightmatter, a startup that uses light to link chips together and to do calculations for the deep learning necessary for AI, locked up a $400 million Series D led by new investor T. Rowe Price at a $4.4 billion valuation.
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Form Energy Powers Up With $405M

What a week for big rounds — as nine of them hit $100 million or more. While there were no multibillion-dollar rounds like last week, there was still a lot of money invested into everything from renewable energy to a soccer entertainment company.
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Cybersecurity Funding Plummets 51% In Q3

After a robust comeback in the second quarter of this year, funding to cybersecurity startups tumbled 51% in Q3 as investors pulled back.
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AI Legal Tech Startup EvenUp Raises $135M To Hit Unicorn Status

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 in the round led by Bain Capital Ventures.