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Exclusive: Capchase, The ‘Affirm for B2B,’ Secures $200M In Debt And Equity

Mary Ann Azevedo

May 27, 2026

Financing startup Capchase has secured a new round of funding, consisting of $26 million in equity and a $174 million credit facility, the company...

Artificial intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Sales And Marketing Gets An AI Makeover

Joanna Glasner

May 8, 2026

So far in 2026, companies in sales, marketing and CRM categories have pulled in around $2.7 billion globally in seed- through growth-stage funding...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Enterprise • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Frontier Labs And Robotics Companies Again Top List Of New Unicorns In April 

Gené Teare

May 6, 2026

A total of 28 companies joined The ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in April, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Robotics • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly

Marlize van Romburgh

May 1, 2026

Large U.S. venture deals this week were led by a massive defense tech raise for space security startup True Anomaly. We also saw sizable deals for...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The New Unicorn Count Reached A 4-Year High In March, Led By Robotics, Frontier Labs And AI Infrastructure 

Gené Teare

April 21, 2026

A total of 37 companies joined The ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data shows. The...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

The Most Active Startup Acquirers Of The Past 3 Years Aren’t Always Who You’d Expect

Joanna Glasner

March 20, 2026

To get a sense who’s buying in bulk, we used ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data to put together a list of 79 companies that acquired three or more seed- or venture...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

While OpenAI Shattered Records, Robotics and Semiconductor Startups Quietly Added The Most New Unicorns In February

Gené Teare

March 12, 2026

A total of 27 companies joined the ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare...

IPO • Liquidity • Sales & Marketing • Startups

‘Why Not?’ How Sales Automation Unicorn Clay Uses Tender Offers To Reward Employees Without An Exit In Sight

Mary Ann Azevedo

February 12, 2026

There's a a growing shift among high-growth startups of rewarding employees with liquidity long before an IPO is in sight. ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ News recently...

Artificial intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Winn.ai Raises $18M Series A For AI-Powered Real-Time Sales Assistant

Mary Ann Azevedo

February 11, 2026

Tel Aviv's Winn.AI, builder of an artificial intelligence-powered sales assistant, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, the company...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Venture

SpaceX Vaults To Top Of The List As 23 Companies Join ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ In December

Gené Teare

January 27, 2026

The momentum of new unicorn creation picked up in the final four months of 2025, with the fourth quarter showing the highest count of newly minted...

Artificial intelligence • Sales & Marketing

B2B Sales Isn’t Broken (Yet), But Trust Is

Guest Author

November 20, 2025

AI is accelerating sales productivity but at the cost of trust, flooding buyers with impersonal, error-prone outreach that erodes credibility and...