NVCA report: 285 AI-related startups raised $6.9B in the US during Q1 2020, beating the pace of 2019's investments, as the overall VC market was roughly flat
Before the coronavirus hit, AI startups were on pace to set another venture capital funding record for 2020. In Q1, AI-related startups raised $6.9 billion, according to @nvca. https://venturebeat.com/... via @VentureBeat
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US VC investments reach $34B in Q1, but decade-long rise will likely subside due to COVID-19. Check out new @PitchBook & @NVCA Venture Monitor data in @GeekWire: https://www.geekwire.com/... via @Taylor_Soper
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Seattle-area startups raised $555 million across 67 deals during Q1, which was down from $823 million across 96 deals in the year-ago quarter: https://www.geekwire.com/...
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We take a deep dive into Lightspeed, the global VC firm with 3 Midas List members and 1 Brink List up-and-comer that just raised more than $4 billion across three new funds and that, 20 years into its history, is grappling with its identity: https://www.forbes.com/...