2021 Shatters Records For Number Of New Startups Valued At $10B+, And This Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds

[Crunchbase News]( November 20, 2021 [1]( [The Year Of The Decacorn: 2021 Shatters Records For Number Of New Startups Valued At $10B+]( More new startups valued at $10 billion or above have been minted in 2021—far more than in any prior year, and double the number created in 2020, which set the previous record for new “decacorns,” as these highly valued companies are known. All told, 30 companies have been newly valued at a decacorn valuation in 2021 so far, Crunchbase data shows. [New Decacorn Record →]( [2]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Sierra Space And Cloud Security Provider Lacework Raise Huge $1B-Plus Rounds]( Fundraising has been nuts this year and this week is a perfect illustration—with two gigantic $1 billion-plus rounds. Those weren’t the only large rounds, as the week saw 10 U.S.-based companies raise more than $200 million. Clearly, investors are not winding down even as the year does. [Biggest Rounds →]( [3]( [Big Money Rounds Flood Amazon Aggregator Space]( While many of us will spend a fair amount of money on Amazon this holiday season for gifts, venture capitalists and others are instead putting their money into companies that buy up brands on the goliath’s marketplace. [Amazon Aggregators →]( [4]( [VCs Will Spend Billions More To Make The Metaverse A Reality]( Almost three decades since sci-fi author Neal Stephenson coined the phrase, the metaverse is moving closer to reality. [Metaverse Reality →]( [5]( [Real Estate Tech Startup Place Raises $100M Series A Round At $1B Valuation]( Place is a tech and business services platform for real estate agents, which allows them to focus on real estate transactions. [RE Unicorn →]( [6]( [4 Ways To Find and Engage Hyper-Targeted Sales Leads with Crunchbase]( Finding hyper-targeted sales leads (leads who are highly likely to convert) doesn’t have to be complicated. In this article, we’ll dive into four simple ways Crunchbase can help you easily identify hyper-targeted leads based on your ICP. [Find Leads →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104