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Company Profile
The private-company intelligence platform tracking funding data on millions of startups, now leaning into AI-driven predictive deal signals.
Founded 2007San Francisco, CA$106.5M raised
Investors
Alignment GrowthOMERS VenturesEmergence CapitalMayfieldCowboy VenturesVerizon Ventures
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Funding & Valuation History
from our coverage| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise | $1.75B lead deal (Joulent) | — | Story → |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Series D | $50M | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Series C | $30M | $150M | — |
Crunchbase FAQ
- How much has Crunchbase raised?
- Crunchbase has raised approximately $106.5M in total funding to date.
- Is Crunchbase publicly traded?
- No. Crunchbase is privately held.
- Who are Crunchbase's investors?
- Crunchbase's investors include Alignment Growth, OMERS Ventures, Emergence Capital, Mayfield, Cowboy Ventures, Verizon Ventures.
Coverage Timeline
newest first- Aug 3, 2026FUNDINGAI and Robotics Still Dominate the Unicorn Board→
- Jul 27, 2026FUNDINGOpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars$217B, 43% of VC→
- Jul 23, 2026FUNDINGWhy 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market→
- Jul 23, 2026FUNDINGBillion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026→
- Jul 22, 2026AILed by DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Join Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June→
- Jul 21, 2026AIFrontier Labs and Robotics Keep Dominating Crunchbase's Unicorn Board→
- Jul 16, 2026FUNDINGThe Billion-Dollar Seed Round Isn't What It Seems→
- Jul 16, 2026FUNDINGChina, AI Push Asia Startup Funding to Q2 Peak→
- Jul 15, 2026FUNDINGFintech Funding Rose 23% in H1 as AI Bets Concentrate+23% H1 funding→
- Jul 10, 2026FUNDINGKeyfactor's $1B Raise Leads a Week of Billion-Dollar AI Deals$1B+ (Keyfactor)→
- Jul 8, 2026FUNDINGGeneral Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)→
- Jul 6, 2026FUNDINGCleantech Startup Funding Is Quietly StabilizingCleantech funding stabilizing, Q2 2026→
- Jul 6, 2026FUNDINGCrunchbase: It's Time for LPs to Leave the Megafund CrowdLP capital concentration analysis→
- Jul 2, 2026IPOIPOs and M&A Soared to a Record $113B in Q2 2026 as the AI Boom Reshapes Exits$113B in $1B+ M&A (record quarter)→
- Jul 2, 2026FUNDINGGlobal Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Concentration$510B H1 2026 (record)→
- Jul 2, 2026FUNDINGCrunchbase: Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Swallows the Market$510B H1 2026→
- Jul 2, 2026FUNDINGCrunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise$1.75B lead deal (Joulent)→
- Jul 1, 2026FUNDINGLondon's Tapestry VC Closes $80M Third Fund to Back Repeat European Founders$80M Fund III→
- Jun 30, 2026FUNDINGGV's Dave Munichiello on Qualcomm's Modular Deal, a Roughly 10x Return, and the AI Software Shift~10x return→
- Jun 29, 2026IPOQ2 2026 Delivers the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 PeakMost $1B+ exits since 2021→
- Jun 29, 2026IPOCrunchbase: Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 PeakMost exits since 2021→
- Jun 29, 2026IPOQ2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021Most exits since 2021→
- Jun 22, 2026AI'SaaS Isn't Coming Back': Crunchbase Argues Agentic AI Is Replacing the Model→
- Jun 22, 2026FUNDINGRobotics Startups Have Already Raised $18.8B in 2026 -- Smashing Every Prior Annual Record$18.8B YTD→
All Coverage
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AI and Robotics Still Dominate the Unicorn Board
Crunchbase's new-unicorn tracker shows AI and robotics companies topping the list for consecutive months in 2026 -- 10 new unicorns in June alone, led by DeepSeek -- confirming unicorn creation is concentrated almost entirely in frontier tech.
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OpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars
FUNDING$217B, 43% of VC
OpenAI, Anthropic Swallow 43% of All VC Dollars
OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounted for 43% of all global venture funding in the first half of 2026, according to Crunchbase data on a record $510 billion half-year total.
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Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
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Why 2026's Funding Boom Is Actually a Two-Speed Market
Real headline funding is bigger than ever, but a two-speed market has emerged: AI-adjacent mega-rounds keep getting bigger while everything else gets harder to raise, based on Crunchbase's H1 2026 data and this week's own deal flow.
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Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
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Billion-Dollar-Plus Venture Rounds Keep Rising in 2026
Crunchbase data shows the count of billion-dollar-plus venture rounds climbing through H1 2026, concentrated overwhelmingly in AI, fintech and healthcare -- a structural shift in how the largest checks in venture get written.
AI
Led by DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Join Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June
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Led by DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Join Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June
Crunchbase News reports ten AI and semiconductor companies, led by DeepSeek, crossed the billion-dollar valuation threshold in June, showing unicorn creation is still concentrated in frontier AI.
AI
Frontier Labs and Robotics Keep Dominating Crunchbase's Unicorn Board
AI
Frontier Labs and Robotics Keep Dominating Crunchbase's Unicorn Board
Frontier AI labs and robotics companies topped Crunchbase's new-unicorn count for consecutive months in 2026, with DeepSeek joining Chinese peers like Moonshot AI and StepFun in raising billion-dollar rounds this quarter.
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The Billion-Dollar Seed Round Isn't What It Seems
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The Billion-Dollar Seed Round Isn't What It Seems
Crunchbase News analysis finds the recent wave of billion-dollar-plus seed rounds in AI and biotech function more like growth rounds, with founder-pedigree pricing replacing product validation.
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China, AI Push Asia Startup Funding to Q2 Peak
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China, AI Push Asia Startup Funding to Q2 Peak
Asia's startup funding hit a multiyear high in the second quarter of 2026, led by China and AI-focused deals, according to Crunchbase data.
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Fintech Funding Rose 23% in H1 as AI Bets Concentrate
FUNDING+23% H1 funding
Fintech Funding Rose 23% in H1 as AI Bets Concentrate
Fintech venture funding rose 23% in H1 2026 even as deal count fell, per Crunchbase News, as investors concentrate bets around AI and financial infrastructure over consumer apps.
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Keyfactor's $1B Raise Leads a Week of Billion-Dollar AI Deals
FUNDING$1B+ (Keyfactor)
Keyfactor's $1B Raise Leads a Week of Billion-Dollar AI Deals
Machine-identity security firm Keyfactor closed a $1 billion-plus growth investment led by Summit Partners, one of two billion-dollar deals Crunchbase says led the week's 10 biggest funding rounds.
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General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
FUNDING39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)
General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
General Catalyst, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz were Q2 2026's most active US investors, with over two-thirds of their deals going into AI startups, according to Crunchbase data.
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Cleantech Startup Funding Is Quietly Stabilizing
FUNDINGCleantech funding stabilizing, Q2 2026
Cleantech Startup Funding Is Quietly Stabilizing
Crunchbase data shows cleantech venture funding stabilizing in Q2 2026 as growing AI-driven energy demand creates real commercial pull for grid, storage and generation startups after several volatile years.
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Crunchbase: It's Time for LPs to Leave the Megafund Crowd
FUNDINGLP capital concentration analysis
Crunchbase: It's Time for LPs to Leave the Megafund Crowd
A new Crunchbase analysis argues that a year of LP capital rushing toward megafunds out of misplaced fear has left emerging managers underfunded, even as smaller funds have historically outperformed on a vintage-adjusted basis.
IPO
IPOs and M&A Soared to a Record $113B in Q2 2026 as the AI Boom Reshapes Exits
IPO$113B in $1B+ M&A (record quarter)
IPOs and M&A Soared to a Record $113B in Q2 2026 as the AI Boom Reshapes Exits
Crunchbase News reported July 2 that 32 companies went public above a $1 billion valuation in Q2 2026 and 24 more were acquired at $1 billion-plus valuations totaling a record $113 billion, headlined by SpaceX's $1.77 trillion IPO (raising $75 billion) and.
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Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Concentration
FUNDING$510B H1 2026 (record)
Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Concentration
Global venture funding hit $510 billion in the first half of 2026, Crunchbase News reported July 2 -- surpassing all of 2025's $440 billion total in just six months -- with OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounting for $217 billion (43%) of the total, and.
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Crunchbase: Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Swallows the Market
FUNDING$510B H1 2026
Crunchbase: Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Swallows the Market
Crunchbase News reported July 2 that global startup investment hit a record $510 billion in H1 2026, already exceeding the $440 billion invested in all of 2025 combined, as AI-focused companies captured more than 70% of Q2 global funding. OpenAI and Anthropic alone raised a combined $217 billion in H1 — 43% of every venture dollar deployed worldwide — while exit activity kept pace, led by SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO and its $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Cursor.
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Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise
FUNDING$1.75B lead deal (Joulent)
Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy Raise
Crunchbase News' roundup of the week's 10 biggest funding rounds (June 27-July 2) was led by Houston-based energy infrastructure provider Joulent's $1.75 billion raise from National Grid Ventures, aimed squarely at AI and compute-intensive industries' power needs. Together AI's $800M Series C and Venice AI's $65M unicorn round both placed inside the top 10, alongside biotech, legal-tech, sports and video-AI rounds spanning a genuinely broad set of categories beyond pure frontier-model AI.
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London's Tapestry VC Closes $80M Third Fund to Back Repeat European Founders
FUNDING$80M Fund III
London's Tapestry VC Closes $80M Third Fund to Back Repeat European Founders
Tapestry VC closed an $80 million third fund on July 1, targeting repeat European founders with $1-3 million checks -- up from roughly $1 million in its prior fund -- out of a new London flagship office led by managing partner Patrick Murphy, who relocated from San Francisco, Crunchbase News reported. Limited partners include the British Business Bank, pension fund Railpen, Molten Ventures and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar personally.
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GV's Dave Munichiello on Qualcomm's Modular Deal, a Roughly 10x Return, and the AI Software Shift
FUNDING~10x return
GV's Dave Munichiello on Qualcomm's Modular Deal, a Roughly 10x Return, and the AI Software Shift
GV general partner Dave Munichiello discussed Qualcomm's June 24 acquisition of AI infrastructure software startup Modular in a Crunchbase Q&A published June 30, describing a return of roughly 10x on GV's total dollars invested after leading Modular's Series A at a $155 million valuation with a $23 million check. Munichiello framed the deal as validation of a shift toward 'disaggregated inference' — software that lets AI workloads run efficiently across a mix of chips rather than locking into a single hardware vendor.
IPO
Q2 2026 Delivers the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 Peak
IPOMost $1B+ exits since 2021
Q2 2026 Delivers the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 Peak
Startup exits worth $1 billion or more were more numerous in Q2 2026 than at any point since the 2021 market peak, according to Crunchbase data -- powered by SpaceX's record IPO (a $2.1 trillion first-day market cap on $75 billion raised), Cerebras's and Quantinuum's debuts, and SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor. The quarter signals the long-frozen exit window has decisively reopened for late-stage tech.
IPO
Crunchbase: Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 Peak
IPOMost exits since 2021
Crunchbase: Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 Peak
Crunchbase data published June 29 shows venture-backed startup exits valued at $1 billion or more hit their highest count in Q2 2026 since the 2021 market peak, headlined by SpaceX's roughly $2.1 trillion first-day market cap IPO and SpaceX's subsequent $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Cursor — the priciest purchase of a private, venture-backed startup ever, nearly double Google's $32 billion Wiz deal.
IPO
Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021
IPOMost exits since 2021
Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021
Q2 2026 produced the most billion-dollar startup exits since the 2021 boom, led by SpaceX's blockbuster IPO and its record $60 billion purchase of Cursor parent Anysphere, according to Crunchbase data. While exit counts still trail the 2021 peak, the sheer size of deals -- with Anthropic and OpenAI now filing to test the trillion-dollar mark -- is the defining feature of the reopened liquidity window.
AI
'SaaS Isn't Coming Back': Crunchbase Argues Agentic AI Is Replacing the Model
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'SaaS Isn't Coming Back': Crunchbase Argues Agentic AI Is Replacing the Model
A Crunchbase News analysis argues that traditional SaaS is being structurally displaced by agentic AI -- software that acts on outcomes rather than charging per seat. The piece frames a generational shift in how business software is built, priced and valued.
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Robotics Startups Have Already Raised $18.8B in 2026 -- Smashing Every Prior Annual Record
FUNDING$18.8B YTD
Robotics Startups Have Already Raised $18.8B in 2026 -- Smashing Every Prior Annual Record
Robotics startups have raised $18.8 billion globally so far in 2026, according to Crunchbase data -- already eclipsing the $15 billion raised in all of 2025 and the $14.1 billion of the 2021 peak, with half the year still to go. The surge is concentrated in embodied AI and humanoids, headlined by billion-dollar rounds for Saronic, Neura Robotics, Skild AI and others as investors stop treating robotics as a risky hardware bet.