As the ranks of ultra-heavily funded unicorns swell, they’re showing greater willingness to spend large sums to buy complementary startups. For a sense of where the money is going, we put together a list of the 12 largest disclosed-price startup-to-startup acquisitions of the past year.

For startups — whose attention is often intensely focused on innovation and fundraising — overlooking fundamental employment law responsibilities can become a costly oversight. In this guest column, Ling Kong and Lara Shortz of Michelman & Robinson LLP share some tips on building a strong talent foundation.

Software supply chain security startup Chainguard raised a massive $356 million Series D at a valuation of $3.5 billion as companies look for ways to secure software development.

What works for an early-stage startup doesn’t always translate to a scaling business. To survive, you need to adapt, writes guest author Dimitri Masin, co-founder and CEO of Gradient Labs, who shares some valuable tips from his experience of growing a unicorn.

Canada-U.S. relations are strained right now — to put it mildly. While many wait to see the aftermath of the new tariffs in the public market, there are also questions about what it could mean for venture investment in Canada-based startups, which did see a comeback of sorts in 2024 after a down 2023.

Palo Alto, California-based Manychat, a company that provides conversational AI and automation tools for businesses across social and messaging platforms, has raised $140 million in growth capital led by Summit Partners.

The electron economy is the future of electric generation, writes Evan Caron, chief investment officer at Montauk Climate, who says we're witnessing the transformation of a utility into a technology platform, a potentially multitrillion-dollar sector.

A new wave of fintech companies is emerging — AI-native and built on owned infrastructure, enabling better data, smarter decisioning and far stronger economics, writes guest author Simon Wu of Cathay Innovation, who shares the changes ahead for the sector.

Asia’s venture market continues to decline at an alarming rate, and it’s not just China weighing it down. We take a look at exactly what’s happening in the region as we break down some of its biggest venture markets by country.

We take a closer look at the major startup and VC trends in Q1 2025.