Boom-Era Startups Will Face A Fundraising Cliff, And 5 Deals You May Have Missed

[Crunchbase News]( September 2, 2023 [1]( [Many Boom-Era Startups Will Face A Fundraising Cliff In 2025]( A Crunchbase analysis of the time interval between Series A and B rounds for U.S. startups funded over the past 10-plus years found the average time lapse was around 27 months. [Funding Pace →]( [2]( [5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In August: Window-Cleaning Robots, Pitch Deck Filters And More AI]( It’s the last full month of summer, and between vacations and other news (the IPO market has apparently opened), it’s easy to miss some intriguing funding rounds, and August certainly had a bunch of them. [Interesting August →]( [3]( [This Year’s Startup IPOs Have A Very Mixed Track Record]( Public market debuts have worked out well for some, horribly for others, and sort of “meh” for many more. Using Crunchbase data, we compare initial valuations with more recent ones for companies that made their public debuts in 2023. [IPO Mix →]( [4]( [European Venture Funding Halved In Q2 2023 As Late-Stage Investors Dialed Back]( European venture funding halved in the second quarter of 2023 compared to a year earlier, and was down two-thirds from the peak two years ago, a quarterly decline in line with the funding reset in North America. [European Funding →]( [5]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Energy-Related Startups Spark Huge Rounds]( This week didn’t see quite as many $100 million-plus rounds as the previous, but it somewhat made up for that with some huge ones. [Top Rounds →]( [6]( [AI’s Share Of US Startup Funding Doubled In 2023]( AI is generating more buzz than ever, and we’ve seen a plethora of enormous financings recently for companies in the space with the share of investment going to AI having more than doubled from year-ago levels. [AI Growth →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104