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October 7, 2021

Investments in chips hits record level

As the chip shortage continues to disrupt different sectors—perhaps most notably automotive—investors have flooded money into the design and processing of chips at a never-before-seen rate.

October 7, 2021

A deep dive into deep tech as investors take notice

With every new SaaS enterprise platform seeing no end to funding and valuation increases, some investors seem to be looking to the next frontier—or frontier technology—for new opportunities.

October 7, 2021

Legal Tech Makes Its Case With Venture Capitalists, Tops $1B In Funding This Year

The legal world’s sometimes glacial pace does not obviously lend the industry to being disrupted by new technologies—but venture investors seem to be betting big on exactly that.

September 12, 2021

VC-Backed Cyber Companies Bought Up At Record Pace

Venture capital investors aren’t just putting a record amount of money into cybersecurity startups, they are also cashing in, as evidenced by an explosion of M&A deals in the space.

July 29, 2021

HR Tech Funding Explodes As Companies Grapple With Transforming Workforce

Venture capital money is flooding the human resources space as employers seek new ways to recruit, hire and retain their workforces.

July 29, 2021

Industrial automation investment on track for 5-year high

About five years ago, venture investors poured cash into the promise of updating industrial facilities by connecting and modernizing them to push them into the current century. It was called “Industry 4.0,” or the Industrial IoT — and it also was pretty much a bust.

July 29, 2021

Proptech funding surges, with these sectors hauling in the most cash

Funding to venture-backed proptech companies has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to Crunchbase data, with construction tech and property management startups leading the way.

July 14, 2021

Venture dollars flood semiconductor space

The global computer chip shortage is not just causing headaches for laptop- and smartphone-makers. It also appears to be pushing significant venture capital dollars into a space often shunned by investors fixated on the next big software play or social app. Already this year, chipmakers and designers have hauled in massive venture funding rounds, as a combination of factors have thrown the industry into disarray.

July 14, 2021

Funding Surges For Startups Serving Older Adults

Over the past 100 years, the average human lifespan has roughly doubled. And as life expectancy rises, the senior population is growing, too. By 2050, well over a fifth of Americans are expected to be 65 and over. An American born today, meanwhile, can expect to live to nearly 80. In short, we’re getting older. And startups and venture investors — ever cognizant of growth markets — are scaling up efforts to serve our fast-growing aging population.

June 17, 2021

Fintech takes aim at a $400B healthcare puzzle

The US healthcare payments system is ripe for disruption. Just two decades ago, fees paid by patients accounted for only 5% of hospitals and doctors' revenue, but by 2017, that portion was up to 35%

June 17, 2021

Why some edtech investors could finally be set for a post-pandemic payday

For years, many venture capitalists were skeptical about betting on education technology startups, in large part because of a dearth of exit opportunities.

June 17, 2021

Consolidation is Coming: How to Play Fintech’s Next Phase

Fintech as a sector began to take shape as technology was adapted to improve the speed, accuracy, efficiency, and cost of back-office processing. This movement focused initially on banks, which owned much of the process and, having fallen far behind in terms of technical innovation, were ripe for disintermediation by tech-savvy startups hungry to peel off this or that specific process and modernize it, attracting legions of users along the way.