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Stablecoin Payments and Fintech IPOs: The Next Infrastructure Wave
Stablecoin payments and fintech IPOs: evaluating unit economics, regulatory risk, and pre-IPO opportunities.
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SpaceX shares trade 20% below IPO price
SpaceX shares fell as much as 20% below the IPO price. From the June 16 peak, the company lost more than $1.2 trillion in market value, one of the largest dr...
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Revolut confirms a $115 billion valuation in secondary sale
Revolut launched a secondary process allowing some employees to sell shares at $2,017 per share. A similar transaction less than a year earlier valued the co...
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OpenEvidence considered a $20 billion round and may walk away
The Information reported that OpenEvidence considered raising $200 million at a $20 billion valuation but was likely to skip the round because of dilution fo...
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Mercor discusses a round at a $20 billion valuation
Forbes reported that Mercor is discussing a roughly $500 million round that would double its valuation in less than a year. The founder said run-rate revenue...
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Venture Monitor Q2: records amid a shrinking market
PitchBook and NVCA reported that $100 million-plus mega-rounds captured 87.5% of the $412.7 billion invested in the US in the first half of 2026. AI took 86%...
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Lovable discusses a round at a $13.2 billion valuation
TechCrunch, citing Sifted, reported that Lovable is discussing a $300 million financing led by Menlo Ventures. The round would double the company's valuation...
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Late-stage startups: why investors are looking at late stages before an IPO
An investor loves the moment when the company already looks real, but has not yet become public. The product works. Clients pay. Revenue is growing. The name...
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Evaluation of Pre-IPO companies: what metrics to look at before investing
Самая опасная фраза в Pre IPO звучит не как предупреждение. It sounds beautiful: “the company is strong.” Strong brand, strong growth, strong equity funds, s...
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Crusoe discusses a $3 billion round
Bloomberg reported that Crusoe is in talks to raise $3 billion in a transaction that could roughly triple its valuation to about $30 billion, compared with $...
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Global venture funding hits a record $510 billion in the first half
Crunchbase reported that startups raised more in the first half of 2026 than in all of 2025. Q1 brought $305 billion and Q2 added $205 billion. OpenAI and An...
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How to Evaluate a Startup Before Investment
Evaluating a startup before investment is an attempt to understand not only how interesting the company is today, but also whether it has a chance to grow in...