Global Funding Slide In 2022 Sets Stage For Another Tough Year, And The Year’s 10 Biggest VC Funding Rounds

[Crunchbase News]( January 7, 2023 [1]( [Global Funding Slide In 2022 Sets Stage For Another Tough Year]( Venture and growth investors in private companies scaled back their investment pace significantly in the latter half of 2022, signaling a slower funding climate as we begin 2023. [Global Funding →]( [2]( [The Year’s 10 Biggest VC Funding Rounds: Epic Games Lands Epic Round, SpaceX Soars]( Despite 2022's pullback in venture capital funding, 10 companies in the U.S. still broke the $1 billion barrier in individual raises. [Funding Rounds →]( [3]( [Forecast: VCs Stockpiled Record Funds This Year. Where Will All That 'Dry Powder' Go In 2023?]( Venture firms have continued to raise record funds in 2022, even as startups received far less money. So what will happen with all that dry powder in 2023? [Dry Powder →]( [4]( [Forecast: Mass Tech Layoffs Are Likely To Continue In 2023. But There's Good News Too.]( After two years of pandemic-fueled valuations, public market climbs and billions in venture funding, bloated tech companies big and small are now trimming their workforces as the economy slows. But the future of hiring in the industry is brighter than you might think. [Tech Hiring →]( [5]( [5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In 2022: Woolly Mammoths And Space Mining]( We look at the five most interesting rounds of the year — at least in our eyes. [Interesting Deals →]( [6]( [Creating The Crunchbase Chrome Extension Sidebar]( In early 2022 we launched the Crunchbase Chrome extension to bring contextual Crunchbase data into other sales tools and sites, including LinkedIn and Salesforce, with a custom Chrome sidebar. In this article, our Engineering team walks through how we built the Chrome extension sidebar to help other teams that may be facing similar challenges. [Chrome Extension →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104