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28/05/2026

Through April, U.S. venture capital in 2026 is already on par with all of 2025. And 80% of that investment has gone to rounds of $500M or more, across just 29 companies. 🤯

The headline number looks like a boom, but the distribution tells a different story.

Capital is concentrating heavily at the top — but the broader market is still growing, just more modestly. The exception: rounds between $1M and $10M, which are down year over year.

That raises a real question for founders and investors outside the mega-round tier: is the rise of OpenAI and Anthropic expanding the market for everyone, or pulling capital toward an increasingly small group at the top?

Crunchbase Research Lead Gené Teare digs into the data. 👉 https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/data-capital-concentrating-faster-startups-100m-ai/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=crunchbasenews

26/05/2026

The G2 Summer Reports are here, and we showed up. 😎

Crunchbase earned 32 badges, including multiple G2 Leader recognitions across categories. 🏅

These badges are a milestone worth celebrating — but what we really love is the feedback behind them. The real validation comes from the investors, GTM teams, and analysts who use Crunchbase daily to find opportunities first and win more deals.

Get the details. 👉 https://about.crunchbase.com/press/press-releases/crunchbase-earns-32-badges-in-g2-summer-2026-reports-market-intelligence-sales-intelligence-data-exchange-data-as-a-service-financial-research?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=G2-summer-report

22/05/2026

We love hearing from the people using Crunchbase to find and act on opportunities first. 🙌

Reviews like this one remind us why we're building what we're building. The teams that predict market moves are the ones who win the deal. Spot the right companies early, understand where capital is flowing, and move before the competition does with our predictive intelligence. 💪

We're grateful for every piece of feedback our community shares. It shapes how we grow.

Curious what others think? See what real users are saying about Crunchbase on G2. 👉 https://www.g2.com/products/crunchbase/reviews

21/05/2026

$113B has flowed into the Snowflake Partner Network since 2020. 💰

We partnered with Snowflake to analyze 3,000+ companies across their ecosystem, tracking where the capital went, how funding patterns have shifted, and what the move toward fewer, larger AI bets signals for enterprise technology.

The full report is out now. If you work in enterprise AI, GTM, or market strategy, it's worth your time. 🔗: https://www.snowflake.com/en/resources/report/solving-the-ai-scaling-challenge-insights-from-the-snowflake-partner-ecosystem/?utm_source=crunchbase&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-snowflake-crunchbase-report

And if you're headed to Snowflake Summit in June, come find us. 👋 We'll be on the floor showing how our predictive intelligence works natively inside Snowflake, giving teams a live look at funding, growth, and exit predictions.

Book a time to meet with us there, and we'll show you how to spot where the market is heading before your competitors do. 👉 https://calendly.com/sharmon-crunchbase/demo-booking?&utm_source=conference&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=snowflake-summit&utm_content=group-demo-booking-link

20/05/2026

Another prediction confirmed. 🎯

More than a month ago, Crunchbase flagged Anduril Industries as a likely fundraising candidate with 91% confidence.

Last week, they announced $5 billion in new funding at a $61 billion valuation. 🤯 That's double the $30.5 billion valuation they received less than a year ago.

Crunchbase’s ability to predict this new round is what our predictive intelligence looks like in practice. We don’t just recap what happened – we show you when something is about to. While the funding news was making headlines, Crunchbase users already knew it was coming.

Explore our predictions. 👉 https://www.crunchbase.com/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=crunchbasecalledit

19/05/2026

Agtech investors aren't pulling back. They're getting selective. 👀

Deal count is on pace for its worst year since the 2021 boom, with just 187 deals done so far in 2026 vs. 784 in all of 2025. But dollars? Roughly flat. 🤔

Bigger checks and fewer bets mean capital is concentrating fast around companies with something real to show.

The ones still getting funded are using AI to actually run farm operations autonomously — controlling equipment, managing irrigation, and making decisions in the field without human input.

Get the full sector breakdown. 🔗: https://news.crunchbase.com/agtech-foodtech/startup-vc-funding-ai-automation-data/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=crunchbasenews

18/05/2026

We're thrilled to share that Crunchbase has been named a 2026 AI Tech Award winner, with our predictive intelligence recognized for best innovation in the AI for Finance category. 🏆

Winners are selected by an advisory board of technical leaders based on innovation, real-world adoption, and market impact. In one of the most competitive categories, our predictive intelligence stood out.

Crunchbase’s predictive intelligence uses proprietary signals and live market data to forecast which companies are about to raise, grow, or exit — before it's public knowledge. For investors, product builders, and GTM teams, that's the difference between getting ahead of an opportunity and arriving late to it.

🔗: https://about.crunchbase.com/press/press-releases/crunchbase-predictive-intelligence-wins-2026-ai-techawards-for-ai-in-finance?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=ai-tech-awards

15/05/2026

If any of these keep you up at night, we need to talk. 😅

The scariest part about working in sales isn’t missing a deal; it’s finding out you were never in the running.

Crunchbase predicts private company funding, exits, and growth before those events actually happen. So instead of playing catch-up, you’re moving before the rest of the market catches on.

See what Crunchbase is predicting next. 👀 Link in bio.

14/05/2026

Our co-branded report with Snowflake is officially out. 👇

Crunchbase and Snowflake analyzed 3,000+ companies across the Snowflake Partner Network to track where $113B has flowed since 2020 — and what the shift toward fewer, larger AI bets means for where enterprise AI is headed next.

Check out the full report 🔗: https://www.snowflake.com/en/resources/report/solving-the-ai-scaling-challenge-insights-from-the-snowflake-partner-ecosystem/?utm_source=crunchbase&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-snowflake-crunchbase-report

And if you're heading to Snowflake Summit in June, come find us! We'll be on the floor showing how to use private market predictions about funding, growth, and exits natively inside Snowflake to spot where the market's heading next. 💪

Book a 1:1 demo at Summit and be among the first to see what we're unveiling — because the teams who predict market moves are the ones who win the deal.

Book your spot, and we'll see you there! 🗓️: https://calendly.com/sharmon-crunchbase/demo-booking?&utm_source=conference&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=snowflake-summit&utm_content=group-demo-booking-link

13/05/2026

28 new unicorns joined the Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April. 26 of them are AI companies. 🦄

The most striking entries came from the same starting point — former DeepMind researchers, both in London. Ineffable Intelligence hit a $5.1B valuation on a $1.1B seed round, while Recursive Superintelligence hit $4.5B on a $500M Series A.
Neither has shipped a single product. 🤯

The pace of unicorn creation isn't slowing. It's accelerating, and it's increasingly global.

Crunchbase News has the full April breakdown — who's on your watchlist for May? 🔗:

A total of 28 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the second consecutive month.