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鈥嬧��5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In July: Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate, AI Legal Matchmaker And Seeing Underground

Marlize van Romburgh

July 25, 2025

We take a closer look at a host of funded startups that caught our attention this month, ranging from a flu vaccine developer to a startup...

Business • Fintech • Sales & Marketing • Startups

Why Today’s Best CFOs Think Like Founders

Itay Sagie

July 25, 2025

The best CFOs are just like the founders they work for: business thinkers who understand how to turn capital into outcomes. In this guest commentary...

Artificial intelligence • Media & entertainment tech • SaaS • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Rocksalt Raises $3.5M Seed To Help Execs Become Influencers Via AI Marketing

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 24, 2025

A pair of San Francisco-based siblings teamed up to found Rocksalt, an agentic AI platform that aims to help B2B companies become influencers of...

Agriculture & foodtech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

Protein Startups Still Gobble Up Capital, Even As Investors Move Away From Alt-Meat

Joanna Glasner

July 24, 2025

While investors have mostly abandoned the once-hot lab-grown meat space, data shows there鈥檚 still a hearty appetite 鈥� and some big checks 鈥� for...

Regional • Startups • Venture

Spain鈥檚 Startup Economy: Sustainable Model or Achilles鈥� Heel?

Guest Author

July 24, 2025

Spain鈥檚 startup economy is thriving 鈥� but is it scaling fast enough to stay globally competitive? In this guest commentary, Mind the Bridge鈥檚 Alberto...

Artificial intelligence • Job market • Startups • Venture • Workplace

Exclusive: With OpenAI and Shopify As Customers, Ashby Raises $50M Series D For AI-Powered Talent Platform

Mary Ann Azevedo

July 22, 2025

In a 黑料吃瓜 News exclusive, San Francisco-based Ashby, provider of an 鈥渁ll-in-one鈥� AI-powered HR platform, says it has raised $50 million in a...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • M&A • Public Markets • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Startups • Venture

The State Of Startups In Mid-2025 In 8 Charts: Global Funding And M&A Surge As AI Fervor Continues

Marlize van Romburgh

July 22, 2025

We take a deep dive into our Q2 startup data with eight charts from 黑料吃瓜 News鈥� venture reports that illustrate the major startup and VC trends...

Manufacturing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Startups Supplying Scarce Materials And Rare Earth Elements See Abundant VC Funding

Joanna Glasner

July 21, 2025

In the past few quarters, a growing roster of venture-backed companies has secured funding for areas including battery and magnet recycling, rare...

M&A • Startups • Travel & tourism

Travel Funding Holds Strong As Etraveli Said To Reach $3.1B Valuation

Joanna Glasner

July 21, 2025

So far this year, seed through growth-stage financing for travel-related companies is on track to continue its recovery from 2023 lows. Recent deal...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Manufacturing, AI And Publishing Attract Investor Dollars

Joanna Glasner

July 18, 2025

For what one might expect to be a sleepy week in mid-July, this turned out to be a fairly active period for venture dealmaking. Top fundraisers...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Startups

Startup M&A Crests Higher In First Half Of 2025

Joanna Glasner

July 18, 2025

Acquirers made just over $100 billion worth of disclosed-price startup purchases 鈥� Including deals that were announced but have not yet closed 鈥� in...