Rounds

It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion financing to enterprise AI startup Fireworks AI, and a Series D for meal and delivery provider Wonder.

Jul 17, 2026

Despite attention-grabbing AI mega-seed rounds, historical data shows that very large first financings rarely produce venture-scale returns because high entry valuations limit investor upside. Instead, argues guest author Ellie McDonald, the strongest venture outcomes have typically come from capital-efficient startups that raised modest early rounds.

Jul 16, 2026

Overall, investors poured $42.8 billion into startup funding rounds across all of Asia in Q2 2026, per Crunchbase data. Led by China's $7.4 billion DeepSeek raise, that’s by far the highest quarterly total in more than three years.

Jul 16, 2026

In the first half of this year, investors poured $15 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for companies in Crunchbase cleantech, EV and sustainability-focused categories. That puts funding on track to slightly exceed the 2025 tally, which was the lowest in several years.

Jul 6, 2026

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5hV1d2c0FZTk5qeF85dGpPZE95SndRQVhRRTJySkh6NjJwNklHenJzNHFKSGlodUJndy0ydzBobVYycGt3TUxHZ1k1VC0zcTI5OVdOOXhhN0JOTWpiaTJFeEpvM24yeGs?oc=5" target="_blank">Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">CTech</font>

Jul 2, 2026

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal [&#8230;]

Jun 5, 2026

Venture funding has always been a world of haves and have nots. And these days, the haves are having more than ever. Case in point this week was generative AI giant Anthropic's $65 billion Series H funding, followed by a billion-dollar funding for an AI software developer.

May 29, 2026

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE8zcHNUZUlxOTNoeEozQ1hJdFFfa3hObThYZ0pzTFM5eHh6bTZDU2pPaEFDVGdLU1JwVE5TTkd6TVVFOUc1VC1ibkdZRGJ5Z0l5SjJGYUwyX2luak9OcWNYM1dKTU1CVVVR?oc=5" target="_blank">The five biggest Israeli tech funding rounds of 2025</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">CTech</font>

Dec 29, 2025

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiaEFVX3lxTFAzZzJZVTd1bGpHQ3ZYTUF5czdneEtKRndJN1Z5RlMyeUppMDhybHNLM2JHWWFUb2o0STYzR2RCcXIyMDh0TVFxY3RLeHh4Tm5mM1ZtSUVYVmlxYi00b19HLWxaemRRYkN4?oc=5" target="_blank">Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2025</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">CTech</font>

Dec 29, 2025