Datavant is on the M&A hunt as the $7B health data company bulks up before a potential IPO
Health data unicorn Datavant is looking for acquisitions in 2025 to boost its provider and life sciences businesses, Business Insider has learned.
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15 AI-powered fintechs to watch in 2025
Find out which AI-focused fintech startups are capturing VC attention, offering innovative solutions in finance.
Ryan Serhant founded 2 apps that didn't take off but raised $45 million to help fund his 3rd. Here's what he did differently.
Serhant launched two apps that didn't take off. To build his new app, he asked his real-estate agents which tools would make their jobs easier.
Here's what Big Pharma could buy in 2025, from obesity drugs to precision cancer treatments, according to a top M&A banker
Jefferies investment banker Chris Roop discussed the Big Pharma M&A outlook with Business Insider. Check out the types of deals he expects.
Fintech pitch deck library: How more than 60 startups raised millions in funding from top investors
Here are the pitch decks that fintechs used to raise millions of dollars, from seed rounds to Series D.
VCs say AI agents will be big in 2025. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck one startup in the space used to raise $20 million.
Vapi, which is building an infrastructure tool for developers to create AI voice agents, just raised a $20 million Series A from Bessemer.
Bored of Instagram and TikTok? Try these 3 new social-media apps instead.
After testing out many new social-media apps, here are three worth trying out if you're looking for alternatives to Instagram, X, or TikTok.
The rise of IRL social apps: How startups are trying to get people to hang out in person and taking aim at loneliness
IRL social apps are transforming the social media landscape by prioritizing real-world interactions.
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20 of the hottest proptech startups in 2024, according to venture capitalists
VC investors said these firms, which use tech to transform legacy aspects of the real-estate industry, are tackling key problems and likely to grow.
Fidelity lifts valuation of Elon Musk's X and xAI even higher
Fidelity boosted its valuation of the two Musk startups for a second month in a row, according to recent filings.
Jimini Health is using AI for better mental healthcare. See the 22-slide pitch deck that helped it raise $8 million.
Jimini Health raised $8 million in pre-seed funding to combine AI-assisted mental healthcare with talk therapy. Here's the pitch deck it used.
Big Tech's AI bets are driving a nuclear renaissance. Not everyone is buying the hype.
As Big Tech pivots to nuclear to power its AI boom, startups in the sector have to grapple with these key challenges.
OpenAI reveals new details about its plan to convert to a for-profit structure: 'We have to become an enduring company'
OpenAI is planning to convert its for-profit arm to a public benefit corporation in Delaware "with ordinary shares of stock."
Newcleo's Elisabeth Rizzotti tells BI about the startup's aim to become Europe's leading nuclear juggernaut and IPO
Newcleo's cofounder and COO says the startup, which is Europe's only nuclear unicorn, will IPO after hitting two key milestones.
VC's healthcare predictions for 2025: more M&A, fierce competition in AI, and a health insurance shake-up under Trump
13 investors share what they expect to see in healthcare in 2025, from a pickup in healthcare M&A to boosts for Medicare Advantage startups.
VCs say digital agents, 'crypto mania,' and a torrent of liquidity are the tech trends to watch in 2025
VCs at 35 firms like a16z and IVP tell us what's hot in tech next year, how regulatory changes could rouse the exit market, and where AI goes in 2025.
Want to break into VC in 2025? MBAs and consulting backgrounds are out. Technical skills, especially AI, are in.
VCs are increasingly looking for candidates with deep technical expertise, especially in AI. But they can't pay as much as companies like OpenAI.
Immigration lawyers tell tech workers on visas to get back to the US before Trump takes office. 'A storm is coming.'
During his first term, Trump signed executive orders that limited access to many work visa types, impacting a crucial source of technical talent.
M&A is poised for a comeback. Here's how this AI-powered dealmaking startup is getting in on the action.
How a startup born inside Goldman Sachs wants to give other startups an investment-banking edge amid an expected M&A resurgence.
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says work-life balance isn't possible in the startup game
LinkedIn's cofounder Reid Hoffman said work-life balance at startups is unrealistic, telling the "Diary of a CEO" podcast it's "not the startup game."
These creator-economy startups raised millions this year in areas ranging from AI to newsletters
This year, investors put over $900 million into 17 buzzy creator economy startups, which focused on AI, e-commerce, influencer marketing, and more.
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Halle Tecco doesn't want to be your infertility influencer
Here's why Cofertility founder and investor Halle Tecco is done with the fertility industry after nearly a decade of fervent advocacy.
Tiun gives media companies another way to monetize online content. It just raised $2.5 million with this pitch deck.
Swiss startup Tiun has developed an alternative pay-for-what-you-use model to help media companies generate revenue.
I moved to Bengaluru, India, to launch my startup but left after 16 months. It's not comparable to Silicon Valley.
Dhruv Suyamprakasam moved to Bengaluru twice to develop his startup but didn't stay. He says it has perks but isn't comparable to Silicon Valley.
Raaz Herzberg of Wiz tells BI of its plans to become the world's biggest cybersecurity company
Raaz Herzberg, CMO and VP of product strategy at Wiz, details the startup's roadmap to an IPO after it turned down a $23 billion takeover offer.
The average startup CEO now makes $132,000, down from $142,000 last year
According to an analysis from accounting firm Kruze Consulting, employee compensation accounts for around 75% of the total operating costs for startups.
The CEO using AI to fight insurance-claim denials says he wants to remove the 'fearfulness' around getting sick
Claimable has helped patients file hundreds of health-insurance appeals. Its CEO says its success rate of overturning denials is about 85%.
I left the US and moved to the 'Silicon Valley' of India to launch my startup. It's the most fun country I've lived in.
Spencer Schneier moved to Bengaluru, India, from Seattle and launched a company. He said access to amazing talent was a major perk.
These 10 startups are using AI to disrupt healthcare payments as public outrage toward insurers mounts
Health insurers are increasingly denying paying for patient care. A growing crop of startups think AI can help.
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Scoop: Particle Health lands $10 million in funding after lobbing antitrust lawsuit against medical records giant Epic
The new funding comes three months after Particle Health filed an antitrust lawsuit against electronic medical records giant Epic.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are trying to kill PowerPoint. Good luck with that.
Four decades after its release, PowerPoint remains the cockroach of meetings: ubiquitous and unkillable.
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CHART: Meet Business Insider's rising stars of venture capital in 2024, by the numbers
Business Insider compiled data about our 2024 list of VC rising stars and broke it down into charts that show investors location, focus area, and education.
Exclusive: Read the 9-page memo hyperscaler startup Nscale used to raise a $155 million Series A
Nscale provides end-to-end services, including data center and GPU access, to clients. BI got an exclusive look at its investment memo.
How I pivoted careers from design to launch a climate tech startup that's now backed by Uber
45-year-old Tiya Gordon was a successful designer before she pivoted careers and cofounded a startup that makes EV charging more accessible.
He helped Twitter and Instagram outstrip competitors. For his hat trick, Kevin Weil will try to save OpenAI from itself.
He led Twitter and Instagram to outstrip competitors. For his hat trick, Kevin Weil will try to save OpenAI from itself.
Klaviyo's CEO shares his secrets for a successful IPO
CEO Andrew Bialecki talks about Klaviyo's strategy of combining high growth with profitability, as it uses AI to revolutionize marketing for merchants.
Silicon Valley leaders are bullish on David Sacks becoming Trump's AI and crypto czar
The former COO of PayPal is set to oversee the creation of a legal framework for the US crypto industry in a bid to improve its competitiveness.
Meet 45 rising stars of the venture capital industry who stood out in 2024
Meet the top emerging venture capitalists of 2024, spotlighting key VCs from diverse backgrounds and sectors, including AI, healthcare, and fintech.
Fidelity just boosted the value of its stake in Elon Musk's xAI by 70%
Financial giant Fidelity bumped up the valuation of two Elon Musk-owned companies, social media platform X and AI startup xAI in October.
Here's the pitch deck a startup for Wall Street traders used to win $30 million from investors like Stanley Druckenmiller and Greg Coffey
The startup has signed on ExodusPoint, Soros Fund, and Millennium Management, whose founder Izzy Englander also invested in a past round.
Meet the OpenAI mafia: These 23 former employees left the AI juggernaut and founded startups that have collectively raised billions
The OpenAI "mafia" includes several research and technical scientists who left the startup to launch companies of their own.
The app gold rush 'is kind of over,' Procreate CEO says. Here's his advice if you're thinking of making an app.
Procreate CEO James Cuda said there's still room to create "incredible" apps but founders won't find success by following trends.
At Pitch and Run, VC Nihal Mehta is creating a community for founders and investors to connect over exercise.
New York investor Nihal Mehta founded Pitch and Run to use exercise to build meaningful relationships between founders and VCs.
Read a VC firm's advice for founders about how to use AI
Insight Partners, a prominent venture capital firm, advises companies to take a "crawl, walk, run" approach to incorporating generative AI.
Buzzy French voice startup PyannoteAI is in talks to raise around $10 million in funding, sources say
The French startup has developed AI speech models to detect and identify speakers for clearer audio transcriptions.
Many digital health startups are quietly raising down rounds and closing up shop. Here's why.
While 2021 had a record number of healthcare-startup deals, the first three quarters of 2024 brought in only about half of those deals.
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Forward's leaders are already recruiting for a new startup, just a week after the healthcare company shut down
Forward shut down last week. Its leaders are already planning another startup, with CEO Adrian Aoun as a cofounder, according to leaked messages.
Startups that rely on Chinese manufacturers are bracing for Trump's impact
The average startup lacks the leverage, not to mention the financial firepower, that Big Tech has to influence Trump's tariffs policy.
Voice-cloning startup ElevenLabs looks to triple its valuation to more than $3 billion in new funding round led by Iconiq Capital
ElevenLabs, a startup that can recreate a person's voice from a recording, is raising $200 million in funding in its second cash-grab this year.
Cathie Wood's Ark pitches mom-and-pop investors on exposure to Elon Musk's startups
Cathie Wood's Ark Venture Fund is banking on Elon Musk to deliver new retail investors to its flock.