At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.
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Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland
TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.
Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.
Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO […]
SoftBank stays in as Meesho $606M IPO becomes India’s first major e-commerce listing
Meesho heads for India’s first big e-commerce IPO next week.
How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies
AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.
How Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025: Mentorship, mission-focus, and meditation
This week in Build Mode, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen is joined by the winner of this year’s competition, Kevin Damoa, the CEO and founder of Glīd, a logistics infrastructure company that aims to streamline the complex container shipment process.
Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025 by building solutions to make logistis simpler, safer, and smarter
We’re excited to interview the winner of Startup Battlefield 2025, and Glid co-founder Kevin Damoa, on this week’s Build Mode!
Nordic founders are taking bigger swings, and it’s paying off
Ten years ago, raising €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to make waves in the region’s tech scene. Today, the Nordics are turning out billion-dollar companies like Lovable — which hit $200M in revenue just 12 months after launching. Dennis Green-Lieber, founder of AI-powered customer intelligence platform Propane, has had a front-row seat to that shift over the […]
Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?