The Emerging Unicorn Board, And The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds

[Crunchbase News]( April 23, 2022 [1]( [The Emerging Unicorn Board: Meet 300 Companies That Could Be The Next Billion-Dollar Startups]( Introducing The Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn list: A curated list of private companies that could be future unicorn startups as they're on the cusp of achieving billion-dollar valuations. [Emerging Unicorns →]( [2]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: More Musk As The Boring Company Digs Up $675M, Upside Foods Cultivates $400M Round]( If the venture market truly is slowing down, it is interesting to see how investors are placing bets in so many different areas—as VCs put money into Elon Musk’s big-dig company, a meat grower and an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) firm. [Biggest Rounds →]( [3]( [VCs Are Scaling Up Climate Software Investments]( Climate-focused software startups were a hot area for early-stage investment last year. Now it appears companies are graduating rather quickly to larger rounds and much higher valuations. [Climate Funding →]( [4]( [Want To Exercise Your Stock Options? Read This First.]( Equity remains one of the hallmarks of working at a startup. But while it’s something most employees receive, it’s not something that all take advantage of. [Exercising Options →]( [5]( [Despite Growing Crypto-Corn Numbers, Sector Not Immune To Macro Trends]( Crypto sometimes seems like the darling of venture capital—impervious to a slowdown as rounds and valuation only go up. However, while a dozen unicorns were minted in the crypto space so far this calendar year, venture dollars dipped in Q1 compared to both the previous quarter and last year’s first quarter. [Crypto-Corns →]( [6]( [How to Do Market Research for a Startup: Tips for Success]( Looking into how to do market research for a startup? Here’s everything you need to know about how to conduct market research so you can validate your startup idea with relevant industry insights before you hit the ground running. [Find Industry Insights →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104