Venture Investors Keep The Brakes On In January, And Funding Flows To Water-Focused Startups

[Crunchbase News]( February 17, 2024 [1]( [Crunchbase Monthly Recap: Venture Investors Keep The Brakes On For The First Month Of 2024]( Global startup funding for the first month of the year reached close to $22 billion — slightly below the monthly average for 2023 — according to an analysis of Crunchbase data. [January Global Funding →]( [2]( [Funding Is Still Flowing Strong To Water-Focused Startups]( Funding to startups working on water-related technologies has not dried up. Crunchbase data found it was actually higher in 2023 than in 2021, with 2024 off to a strong start. [Protecting Water →]( [3]( [Most-Active US Investors: Andreessen Horowitz And Sequoia Lead Slow Start To Year]( It’s a new year, but it seems no investor wanted to go too big in investing in too many U.S.-based startups. Only one investor that was not an accelerator made 10 deals or more in January. [Active Investors →]( [4]( [Crunchbase Announces New Partnership With monday.com]( Now, monday sales CRM users can enrich their CRM records with Crunchbase’s best-in-class proprietary company data to quickly identify qualified opportunities and inform outreach. [Learn More →]( [5]( [Startups Roll Out More Services For Growing Ranks Of Self-Employed And Gig Workers]( Venture investors have poured hundreds of millions into companies with offerings aimed at freelance and gig workers. We look at where the money's going. [Worker Support →]( [6]( [Deep Tech Investments Down, But Maybe Not As Much As You Think]( After a significant slowdown through the first half of 2022, some of the biggest sectors in deep tech showed resiliency last year, despite still being down. [Deep Tech Spending →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104