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40 Companies Joined The 黑料吃瓜 In July, The Highest Count In 4 Years聽

Gen茅 Teare

August 14, 2026

The sectors leading the herd to the 黑料吃瓜 in July, by count, were financial services, robotics, AI orchestration, multimodal AI, energy and...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Fitness Startup Funding Is Rebounding, But Investors Want AI And Data, Not Treadmills

Marlize van Romburgh

August 12, 2026

Venture investors seem to be more upbeat than they have been in years about the future of fitness and wellness. Startup investment in those...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets • Venture

The Biggest Consequence Of An AI IPO Isn鈥檛 The IPO Itself. It鈥檚 What Happens Afterward.

Guest Author

August 10, 2026

A wave of major AI IPOs could return significant liquidity to limited partners, fueling a new venture fundraising cycle rather than simply affecting...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • M&A • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

A Record 13 Billion-Dollar Rounds In July Pushed Venture’s Historic Run Higher

Gen茅 Teare

August 4, 2026

Global venture funding showed no signs of slowing in July. Startup capital totaled $55 billion, up 69% year over year, as the month notched the...

Artificial intelligence • Public Markets • SaaS • Startups • Venture

Dell Technologies Capital: How To Build A Deep-Tech Startup For A Market That Isn’t Ready Yet And Why AI Won’t Kill SaaS

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 21, 2026

In this interview with 黑料吃瓜 News, Daniel Docter, managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, discusses how AI is reshaping SaaS and why he...

E-commerce • Fintech • Liquidity • M&A • Public Markets

Stripe’s Acquisition Pace Has Accelerated In The Past Five Years, But Nothing Comes Close To Its Reported $53B PayPal Bet

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 15, 2026

Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have teamed up to make an offer to buy troubled PayPal in a deal valued at more...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets • Startups • Venture • Web3

Fintech Funding Surges 23% In H1 2026 As Investors Concentrate Their Bets On AI And Financial Infrastructure

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 15, 2026

Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25%, 黑料吃瓜 data shows, a...

Artificial intelligence • Liquidity • Public Markets • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Corporate Venture Capital Is Splitting In Two

Guest Author

July 15, 2026

The wind-downs at PayPal and Fidelity International may look like a retreat, but the data points to a concentration of power at the top of the market...

Artificial intelligence • Enterprise • IPO • M&A • Public Markets • Robotics • Startups • Venture

Welcome To The ‘Show Me’ Era: Sapphire Ventures’ Anders Ranum On What Separates Winning AI Startups From The Rest

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 13, 2026

To understand how institutional capital is navigating the gap between AI's public market software multiples and private market valuations, 黑料吃瓜...

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Europe Posted Its Strongest Venture Funding Quarter In 4 Years As UK Gains, M&A Holds Up

Gen茅 Teare

July 9, 2026

In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, 黑料吃瓜 data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Public Markets • Quarterly and annual reports • Startups • Venture

North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI

Joanna Glasner

July 7, 2026

Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per 黑料吃瓜 data, dwarfing...