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title: "Crunchbase News"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/crunchbase-news
updated: 2026-11-05T15:40:02.000Z
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# Crunchbase News

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/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)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/dropbox-plans-to-acquire-ai-storage-startup-tigris-data-for-350m-its-d6d5dae3) (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)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/minneapolis-based-slingshot-which-uses-ai-to-help-businesses-offer-3ca5ffe1) (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)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/european-venture-funding-rose-77-yoy-to-25b-in-q3-the-regions-acb417a9) (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)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/north-american-startup-funding-hit-92b-in-q3-down-35-qoq-but-up-50-yoy-ec555d42) (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)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/baselayer-which-uses-ai-to-help-financial-institutions-verify-2b848ac3) (Sep 22, 2026)

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