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Legal tech funding fell 74% in first half of 2016 when compared to the same period in 2015. While financing activity to startups targeting financial services...
A look at the fundraising success of the 10 most active accelerator programs in the US. The following is a guest post by Samir Kaji (@samirkaji),...
Hedge fund Tiger Global Management has invested in over 25 e-commerce companies since 2012. Investors normally focused on the public markets, like mutual funds, helped drive last year’s...
Deal activity, however, remains relatively high with six straight quarters of 200+ deals to private e-commerce companies. The global e-commerce industry is seeing more maturity as...
VR went from less than 25 to almost 100 deals in 2015, although deal activity ticked down in the first quarter of this year. Magic Leap...
Digital health startups are bucking the trend in VC and enjoying a strong quarter, with a flurry of $100M+ mega-rounds buoying numbers. While VC-backed companies saw a...
Corporate investment in drones climbed to a record high last year, but deals and funding plunged in Q1’16. Corporations and their corporate venture arms — including...
Q1’16 only saw 2 deals to drone startups of $20M or more in size, compared to 7 the previous quarter. However, Q1’16 was the third quarter...
Investors are piling into robotics. Funding to the category, excluding drones, was up 115% in 2015. Innovation Works, Intel Capital and High-Tech Grunderfonds were the most...
The IIoT trend affects asset-heavy industries from oil and logistics to agribusiness. Deals also surged in 2015 to nearly 200, but a weak Q4’15 has cast...