Venture capital is having a record year, but the headline hides a bifurcated market story. According to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, US startups raised $412.7 billion in the first half of 2026. That is more than any previous full year, including the 2021 peak. Almost all of it went in one direction: AI companies […]
Just when it seemed as though start-up valuations had peaked in 2013, the year 2014 has started with an opening shot in the form of the reported $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs by Google, followed with Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp. It now looks as if this year continues the perfect-storm conditions, which […]
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