Global venture funding for semiconductor firms has hit nearly $5.3 billion across just 175 deals so far this year. This puts 2024 well ahead of the last two years. For many years, chip startups were considered to be less glamorous than those of other tech sectors. But the boom in AI an...
Limited partners are making changes, too. They are becoming more selective and are less likely to back funds run by first-time managers, according to the report. With venture capital becoming scarce, tech startups have resorted toalternative fundingto finance themselves, including bridge loans, st...
We are going to be focusing on Venture Capital here, but this isn’t the only option for early-stage companies by any means. Some founders “bootstrap” their business, i.e. use their own savings rather than getting money from elsewhere. See some examples of external funding sources below...
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Venture capital funding in Asia remains difficult with deal value falling to US$18.8 billion in the first quarter of this year, from US$22.9 billion in Q4 2023, according to data from KPMG. Companies based in Greater China, particularly mainland China and Hong Kong, experienced a slow start ...
The funding challenges experienced by female founders this year follow a record 2019. In the first quarter of that year, VC funding hit a decade peak of $950 million across 207 deals. The year ended with a total of $3.35 billion invested over 709 deals. So far this year, venture capitali...
Financial Advisory Services (FAS) represents China start-ups seeking venture capital or private equity funding. Through its extensive network of investors worldwide, FAS channels over US$100M to about 10 start-ups each year. These start-ups are distributed across a broad spectrum of industries, ...
Crypto had a big bounceback year in 2023. Now, venture investors are returning. Venture funding for crypto-related companies in the fourth quarter of 2023 totaled $1.9 billion, a 2.5% increase from the prior quarter, PitchBook said Thursday. It marks the first time that venture VC inves...
In 2022, start-ups secured more than $22 billion in funding across early- and late-stage rounds from venture capitalists; 2023 is also shaping up to be a solid year, with more than $12 billion raised through quarter three. Overall declines have largely been driven by a lower ...
“After a strong Q2, funding and M&A activity slowed in the third quarter and financial activity is lagging compared the same period of last year. The performance of the much anticipated four digital health IPOs at the end of Q3 has been disappointing and the fate of future IPOs may depend...