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With $200M in revenue, Midjourney could be worth $10B
Within generative AI, image generation — a subset of visual media generation — is gaining traction. The space has seen top-tier investors and corporations rush in, including Coatue and Lightspeed...
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State of CVC Q3’23 Report
Quarterly corporate venture capital (CVC)-backed funding has fallen 73% from its all-time high ($48.6B) just 2 years ago. In that same period, CVC dealmaking has halved as corporations across the globe...
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State of Venture Q3’23 Report: LatAm
Venture funding in Latin America more than doubled in Q3’23 to $1.2B, clearing the billion-dollar mark for the first time this year. However, other signals point to a tighter market. For instance,...
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Generative AI Bible: The ultimate guide to genAI disruption
For countless companies around the globe, one question is looming larger than any other: How can we win in the era of generative AI? While the tech has been in development for years, it was the launch...
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Tech M&A Q3’23 Report
The tech M&A landscape in Q3’23 has continued to contract in terms of deal volume, reaching the lowest point since the early pandemic. With only 1,765 tech M&A deals, the market saw a 6%...
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State of Venture Q3’23 Report: MENA
Venture funding in MENA fell 24% QoQ to hit $340M in Q3’23 — its third straight quarterly decrease. Deals also declined, dropping by 31% to reach 110. GET THE LATEST DATA ON THE MENA VENTURE MARKET Our...
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State of AI Q3’23 Report
Global funding to AI companies reached $8.3B in Q3’23 — a 12% drop from the previous quarter — while deal count fell 18% to 501, the lowest quarterly level since 2017. Using CB Insights data, we dig...
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Tech Valuations Q3’23 Report
Tech valuations bounced back in Q3’23, with each stage experiencing a quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) increase in median valuation. The valuation uptick was particularly strong for Series C and D+ startups,...
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State of Venture Q3’23 Report: SEA
Venture funding in Southeast Asia continued to slide in Q3’23, falling by 24% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to $1.6B. Deals decreased as well, slipping by 20% QoQ to 169 — their lowest level since 2017....
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The 2024 Tech IPO Pipeline
September brought a wave of relief to the tech world. Frozen shut for a year and a half, the IPO market finally seemed to be thawing, with 3 major tech players — Arm, Instacart, and Klaviyo — making...
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Has the global unicorn club reached its peak?
Just a couple of years ago, the once-rare phenomenon of becoming a unicorn (a private company worth $1B+) was practically commonplace. The tech world’s exuberant “growth-at-all-costs” mentality,...
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The most promising early-stage companies to come out of top accelerators
Accelerators have experienced significant portfolio growth over the past few years. In 2022, the 50 most active accelerators collectively backed 7,794 accelerator deals — up 14% YoY and 34% compared to...
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Which VCs invest the most often after top accelerators?
The 50 most active startup accelerators backed nearly 7,800 deals in 2022, a 14% jump from the year prior. As accelerators become a stronger force in the venture ecosystem, other investors are relying...
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The future of big tech in 10 charts
Big tech companies — Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia — are on track to earn more than $1.65T in aggregate revenue this year. The group has already notched over $200B in...
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The top 25 most successful startup accelerators
Despite the economic slowdown, startup accelerators continue to play a crucial role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, providing startups with the necessary resources and guidance to grow and scale....
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The Google Mafia Map: 1,200+ startups founded by ex-Googlers — and the 10 you...
In 2017, 8 Google researchers published a paper introducing a new neural network architecture called the “Transformer” that could better understand and generate human language. The Transformer paper...
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Figma’s valuation is $8.3B-$9B, a haircut to the $20B Adobe offered
Adobe tried to acquire collaborative design tool Figma for $20B. The deal was killed today following regulatory hurdles. What’s Figma actually worth today? Based on current comps, Figma’s valuation is...
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State of Venture 2023 Report
Q4’23 was the harshest quarter for global VC in 6 years. However, the down market has revealed a handful of areas that remain notably resilient, from AI- and sustainability-focused startups to M&A...
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A $1.9B design unicorn is calling it quits
Design software company InVision raised $350M and announced its shuttering at the end of 2024. The company last raised $115M in 2018 (and did a secondary market transaction in 2021). It reached unicorn...
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Generative AI predictions for 2024
2023 was a blockbuster year for generative AI. Commercial interest in large language models (LLMs) exploded. Valuations hit the stratosphere. Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company amid AI-driven GPU...
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State of AI 2023 Report
Although AI venture activity slowed down in 2023, the sector — and particularly, generative AI — remains the one clear bright spot in an otherwise somber fundraising environment. Based on our deep...
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20 tech trends to watch closely in 2024
AI breakthroughs are ushering in a new wave of dynamism in tech. Startup valuations jumped for AI companies in 2023. Big tech is reaching new heights — as well as facing intensifying competition....
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