Unicorn IPO Plans Thawing, And AI Nose Startups Sniff Out Funding

[Crunchbase News]( September 16, 2023 [1]( [Unicorns Are Thawing Out IPO Plans]( Should the window stay open, we can expect to see many more unicorns resuscitate IPO plans first initiated toward the tail end of the market boom a couple of years ago. [IPO Thaw →]( [2]( [AI Nose Startups Take On Our Smelly World]( Several startups at the intersection of scent and technology have pulled in funding in the past few years. We take a look. [AI Sniffers →]( [3]( [Fintech Leads For New Unicorns In August And Two Companies Prepare To Exit]( Nine companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August 2023, with three of those companies in financial services. And two highly valued unicorns plan to go public in September, a signal that the IPO market could open further in 2024. [New Unicorns →]( [4]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Databricks And Generate Biomedicines Lead Another AI Surge]( Four of the week's top six rounds are directly related to AI and the use of the new technology. The rounds also show how AI is affecting every industry — from data analytics to biotech. [Biggest Rounds →]( [5]( [Most Active US Investors: Alumni Ventures Leads For 2nd Straight Month]( For the second month in a row, Alumni Ventures was the most active investor in U.S.-based startups. However, no firm cracked double-digits in U.S. investments in August. [Busy Investors →]( [6]( [Here’s How Index Ventures Is Investing In An Era Where ‘Every Company Will Have AI’]( Years before ChatGPT brought mainstream attention to AI, Index Ventures was placing bets on artificial intelligence companies. We talked with Index partner Erin Price-Wright about the firm's AI portfolio. [Index Investments →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104