Crunchbase News
- TYPE
- Company
- SIGNALS
- 5
- FIRST SEEN
- Sep 22, 2026
- LAST SEEN
- Nov 5, 2026
Recent signals
- Dropbox plans to acquire AI storage startup Tigris Data for $350M, its largest acquisition to date; Tigris raised ~$31.9M from Spark, a16z, and others (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) Nov 5, 2026
- Minneapolis-based Slingshot, which uses AI to help businesses offer embedded insurance, emerges from stealth with a $27M seed co-led by Rally and Skyward Group (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) Oct 22, 2026
- European venture funding rose 77% YoY to $25B in Q3, the region's strongest funding quarter in four years, representing 16% of global VC and led by AI startups (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News) Oct 8, 2026
- North American startup funding hit $92B in Q3, down 35% QoQ but up 50% YoY, with $61B to AI startups; there were 11 $1B+ acquisitions and IPOs remained quiet (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News) Oct 7, 2026
- Baselayer, which uses AI to help financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk, raised a $35M Series A led by M13, for ~$40M in total funding (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) Sep 22, 2026