March 9, 2024 8:00 AM
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AI Funding Share Increased In February, And Startups Buying Fewer Startups
Global venture capital funding and spotlight on startups, AI impact, and Govtech, with notable February deals highlighted.
March 9, 2024 Global VC Funding Settles Around $20B In February But AI Share Increases Global venture capital funding reached $21.5 billion in February 2024 — flat month over month and slightly up from February 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Fe
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March 9, 2024 8:00 AM
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AI Funding Share Increased In February, And Startups Buying Fewer Startups
Global venture capital funding and spotlight on startups, AI impact, and Govtech, with notable February deals highlighted.
March 9, 2024 Global VC Funding Settles Around $20B In February But AI Share Increases Global venture capital funding reached $21.5 billion in February 2024 — flat month over month and slightly up from February 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Fe
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line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:16px">Global venture capital funding reached $21.5 billion in February 2024 — flat month over month and slightly up from February 2023, Crunchbase data shows.</span></p></div></div><div class="button-container" align="left" style="line-height:inherit; padding-top:10px; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:40px; padding-left:20px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; color:#ffffff; background-color:#408bcb; border-radius:4px; -webkit-border-radius:4px; -moz-border-radius:4px; width:auto; width:auto; border-top:1px solid #408bcb; border-right:1px solid #408bcb; border-bottom:1px solid #408bcb; border-left:1px solid #408bcb; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align:center; word-break:keep-all"><span style="line-height:inherit; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; font-size:16px; display:inline-block"><span style="font-size:16px; line-height:2; word-break:break-word">February Funding →</span></span></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height:inherit; background-color:transparent"><div class="block-grid " style="line-height:inherit; min-width:320px; max-width:600px; word-wrap:break-word; word-break:break-word; margin:0 auto; background-color:transparent"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-collapse:collapse; display:table; width:100%; background-color:transparent"><div class="col num12" style="line-height:inherit; min-width:320px; max-width:600px; display:table-cell; vertical-align:top; width:600px"><div class="col_cont" style="line-height:inherit; width:100%!important"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-top:00px solid #000000; border-left:00px solid #000000; border-bottom:00px solid #000000; border-right:00px solid #000000; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><div class="img-container center autowidth" align="center" style="line-height:inherit; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; outline:none"><img class="center autowidth" align="center" border="0" alt="2" title="2" width="600" src="https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/M_A.jpg" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; height:auto; border:0; width:100%; max-width:600px; display:block"></a> </div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:30px; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:20px; padding-left:20px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:24px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; color:#0f66ff">Startups Are Still Buying Fewer Startups</a></span></strong></p></div></div><div style="color:#000000; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:20px; padding-left:20px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#000000; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:16px">In all of 2023, just over 650 funded startups globally were acquired by other funded startups, per Crunchbase data, the lowest total in three years. This year, meanwhile, is off to a similarly slow start.</span></p></div></div><div class="button-container" align="left" style="line-height:inherit; padding-top:10px; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:40px; padding-left:20px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; color:#ffffff; background-color:#408bcb; border-radius:4px; -webkit-border-radius:4px; -moz-border-radius:4px; width:auto; width:auto; border-top:1px solid #408bcb; border-right:1px solid #408bcb; border-bottom:1px solid #408bcb; border-left:1px solid #408bcb; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align:center; word-break:keep-all"><span style="line-height:inherit; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; font-size:16px; display:inline-block"><span style="font-size:16px; line-height:2; word-break:break-word">Startup Sales Slump →</span></span></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height:inherit; background-color:transparent"><div class="block-grid two-up" style="line-height:inherit; min-width:320px; max-width:600px; word-wrap:break-word; word-break:break-word; margin:0 auto; background-color:transparent"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-collapse:collapse; display:table; width:100%; background-color:transparent"><div class="col num6" style="line-height:inherit; display:table-cell; vertical-align:top; max-width:320px; min-width:300px; width:300px"><div class="col_cont" style="line-height:inherit; width:100%!important"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-top:00px solid #000000; border-left:00px solid #000000; border-bottom:00px solid #000000; border-right:00px solid #000000; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:30px; padding-right:20px; padding-left:20px"><div class="img-container center autowidth" align="center" style="line-height:inherit; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; outline:none"><img class="center autowidth" align="center" border="0" alt="3" title="3" width="260" src="https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Halftime-AI-thm-1.jpg" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; height:auto; border:0; width:100%; max-width:260px; display:block"></a> </div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:20px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; color:#0f66ff">Battery Ventures Sees AI's Massive Impact On Tech, And It's Here Already</a></strong></p></div></div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; color:#000000">We sat down recently with Battery Ventures general partner Dharmesh Thakker to talk about the AI technologies he’s most excited about, and where he sees them already creating billions of dollars in value.</span></p></div></div><div class="button-container" align="left" style="line-height:inherit; padding-top:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; color:#ffffff; background-color:#408bcb; border-radius:4px; -webkit-border-radius:4px; -moz-border-radius:4px; width:auto; width:auto; border-top:1px solid #408bcb; border-right:1px solid #408bcb; border-bottom:1px solid #408bcb; border-left:1px solid #408bcb; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align:center; word-break:keep-all"><span style="line-height:inherit; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; font-size:16px; display:inline-block"><span style="font-size:16px; line-height:2; word-break:break-word; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Battery's AI Vision →</span></span></a> </div></div></div></div><div class="col num6" style="line-height:inherit; display:table-cell; vertical-align:top; max-width:320px; min-width:300px; width:300px"><div class="col_cont" style="line-height:inherit; width:100%!important"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:30px; padding-right:20px; padding-left:20px"><div class="img-container center autowidth" align="center" style="line-height:inherit; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; outline:none"><img class="center autowidth" align="center" border="0" alt="4" title="4" width="260" src="https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Legal_thm.jpg" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; height:auto; border:0; width:100%; max-width:260px; display:block"></a> </div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:20px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; color:#0f66ff">No One Gushes About Govtech, But It Can Produce Some Nice Returns</a></strong></p></div></div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; color:#000000">From modernizing parking payments or streamlining permit applications, venture-backed software and app developers are behind an assortment of tools getting funded.</span></p></div></div><div class="button-container" align="left" style="line-height:inherit; padding-top:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; color:#ffffff; background-color:#408bcb; border-radius:4px; -webkit-border-radius:4px; -moz-border-radius:4px; width:auto; width:auto; border-top:1px solid #408bcb; border-right:1px solid #408bcb; border-bottom:1px solid #408bcb; border-left:1px solid #408bcb; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align:center; word-break:keep-all"><span style="line-height:inherit; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; font-size:16px; display:inline-block"><span style="font-size:16px; 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padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; outline:none"><img class="center autowidth" align="center" border="0" alt="5" title="5" width="260" src="https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/5_Most_Interesting_thm.jpeg" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; height:auto; border:0; width:100%; max-width:260px; display:block"></a> </div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:20px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; color:#0f66ff">5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In February</a></strong></p></div></div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:14px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; color:#000000">Some may have missed a few of the more unique startups that raised fresh cash in the year’s second month. 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Companies needed to raise $170 million or more just to make the tailend of our list of largest U.S. venture funding deals.</span></p></div></div><div class="button-container" align="left" style="line-height:inherit; padding-top:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; color:#ffffff; background-color:#408bcb; border-radius:4px; -webkit-border-radius:4px; -moz-border-radius:4px; width:auto; width:auto; border-top:1px solid #408bcb; border-right:1px solid #408bcb; border-bottom:1px solid #408bcb; border-left:1px solid #408bcb; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align:center; word-break:keep-all"><span style="line-height:inherit; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; font-size:16px; display:inline-block"><span style="font-size:16px; line-height:2; word-break:break-word; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Big Funding Month →</span></span></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height:inherit; background-color:transparent"><div class="block-grid " style="line-height:inherit; min-width:320px; max-width:600px; word-wrap:break-word; word-break:break-word; margin:0 auto; background-color:transparent"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-collapse:collapse; display:table; width:100%; background-color:transparent"><div class="col num12" style="line-height:inherit; min-width:320px; max-width:600px; display:table-cell; vertical-align:top; width:600px"><div class="col_cont" style="line-height:inherit; width:100%!important"><div style="line-height:inherit; border-top:00px solid #000000; border-left:00px solid #000000; border-bottom:00px solid #000000; border-right:00px solid #000000; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px"><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:10px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:12px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; text-align:center; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:12px"><a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:underline; color:#59a6b9">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:underline; color:#59a6b9">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:underline; color:#59a6b9">View in Browser</a> | <a href="#" style="line-height:inherit; text-decoration:underline; color:#59a6b9">Unsubscribe</a></span></p></div></div><div style="color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:1.2; padding-top:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:10px"><div style="line-height:1.2; font-size:12px; color:#555555; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:12px; line-height:1.2; word-break:break-word; text-align:center; margin:0"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:12px; color:#7b7b7b">Crunchbase, Inc.</span><br style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit; font-size:12px; color:#7b7b7b">564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><img border="0" width="1" height="1" alt="" src="http://sp.email.crunchbase.com/q/El6mfwdlWGMj6mbcHxvT6A~~/AARGbAA~/RgRnzv6bPlcDc3BjQgpl6pt57GUEHEa1UhVlbXVsaXN0MDFAb3V0bG9vay5jb21YBAAAADs~"> </body></html>
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