Joanna Glasner

It has not been a good year for edtech startup funding. Barring some last minute mega-rounds, investment in the space for 2024 is on track to hit the lowest level in years. The same holds true for deal counts.

Over the past couple years, we’ve seen a steady flow of venture investment to companies offering services aimed at reducing tax liabilities, with particular interest in startups using AI to automate the process.

Shares of ServiceTitan surged 42% in first-day trading on the Nasdaq Thursday, in what is likely to be the last, large IPO by a venture-backed unicorn this year.

While 2024 has been a somewhat boring year for tech startup IPOs with just a handful of U.S. tech unicorns making it to market, we present some IPO winners and losers for venture-backed tech and biotech companies.

Heirloom, a direct air capture company, or DAC, that uses modified limestone to pull CO₂ from the atmosphere, announced that it has raised $150 million in Series B funding.

From Beyoncé to Naomi Osaka to Leonardo DiCaprio, a high proportion of the more heavily funded beverage startups have one or more famous names among their investors. To illustrate the nexus of celebrity investors and hydration-focused companies, we put together a list of 10 venture-backed brands, including their famous backers.

A flurry of startups in the wealth management space focused on opening up once-exclusive options to more of the masses are getting funded to the tune of nearly $1.8 billion so far in 2024 — roughly triple year-ago levels.

Investment platform Public announced it has raised $135 million in equity and debt financing amid sharp growth in adoption of its AI-enabled research features.

Shares of China-based autonomous driving company Pony.ai were up around 19% in early trading Wednesday after the company made its Nasdaq debut.

Vermont, Hawaii and Arkansas aren’t on the short list of states likely to serve as home to the next Silicon Valley contender. However, by one measure worth watching — increased venture funding — these are all geographies on the rise. We take a look.