I have spent the better part of a decade helping thousands of first-time founders raise their first round of outside capital, and evaluating thousands more for investment. In all of these data points, ...
Four years ago, Allbirds announced its entrance into the world. Today, the San Francisco-based environmentally friendly digital shoe brand is valued at $1.4 billion. That doesn’t mean Allbirds is ...
Finding the right investors can bring connections and guidance that influence a business’s future. However, securing that financial backing isn’t simple because venture capital firms look closely at a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. Venture capital (VC) makes headlines, but less than two ...
Massachusetts startups raised $16.7 billion last year from venture capital investors, a 12 percent increase from 2024, marking the strongest improvement since the market collapsed during the pandemic.
The report said the total US VC market value reached $9.4 trillion in the first quarter, with unicorn startups alone ...
Founders make a lot of decisions when building and growing their company. One of the most important is how to fund it. When determining how to fund the next growth phase, entrepreneurs must think ...
After Sequoia Capital valued Mubi at $1 billion, a left-wing revolt sent the indie film company into a tailspin.
Eleven venture capital firms with local offices invested over $78.7 million in Orange County companies during 2025, according to Business Journal research. This year’s list includes VC firms in OC ...
The Autonomous Vehicle sector saw the largest capital backing its seen in more than 10 years, but the money concentrated ...