Tiger Global, SoftBank vie for top slot

Latest : The heaviest spenders in the venture capital world are showing no signs of paring down. If anything, the two most deep-pocketed investors appear to be putting more capital to work. The 14 most active startup investors in the third quarter participated in a total of 661 funding rounds, Crunchbase data shows. We look at the top names and the deals they did.

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Which startups landed the biggest VC investments in the past week? Investors made a big leap into AR company Magic Leap —again. Aside from that big $500 million round, cannabis, smart homes and a lot of fintech all attracted big investments in the U.S. this week, including a company seemingly crushed by the pandemic but now with a valuation over $7 billion.

Companies like Coinbase, Lyft and Stripe are now offering one-year vesting equity grants to new hires instead of the four-year vesting grant that’s long been the standard in the startup world. What’s happening, and why are vesting options getting an overhaul now? What does this mean for both employees and employers? Kaitlyn Knopp of startup compensation platform Pequity looks at the pros and cons of one-year equity grants.

U.S. early-stage funding has more than doubled year over year in the past two quarters. But not all tech hubs are sharing equally in the gains. At least 11 states have seen early-stage funding more than triple, according to a Crunchbase News analysis of U.S. states with $100 million or more in Series A and B investment. We break down the top gainers by percentage, deal count and total investment.

Once an obscure path to the public markets, SPACs are now mainstream. Follow along with our newly updated and ever-expanding list of venture-backed startups that have completed mergers with blank-check acquirers in 2021.

From established industry leaders to up-and-comers, your competition can directly affect how you sell, market and operate your business, and even determine whether you’re successful. That’s where competitive monitoring comes into play. In this article, find out which companies you should be tracking and learn how to effectively monitor and beat your competition.

Source : Crunchbase