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DeepSeek AI cranks open the spigots on Chinese venture capital

DeepSeek isn’t taking VC money yet. Here are 3 reasons why. | TechCrunch

Amplify your brand with an Exhibit table at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

Why VCs ghost founders, or reject deals and never speak to the founder again | TechCrunch

Thoma Bravo raises €1.8B for its first European fund | TechCrunch

3 reasons every founder and VC should be at All Stage 2025 | TechCrunch

Getaround abruptly shuts down US car-sharing operations | TechCrunch

QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest | TechCrunch

Carried interest repeal could stifle investments in startups, NVCA says | TechCrunch

Could this startup's compact nuclear reactors revolutionize cancer detection? | TechCrunch

European VC firm Emblem raises $85 million for its initial fund | TechCrunch

European AI startups raised $8B in 2024

BIA report: UK biotech investment surged to £3.5bn in 2024

Quantum VC QDNL hits €25M first-close on new fund | TechCrunch

How African VC firm Oui Capital returned its first fund with Moniepoint's unicorn exit | TechCrunch

Top New York VC Ben Lerer says more mid-sized VC firms are heading for failure | TechCrunch

January almost had its first pentacorn, and other startup news | TechCrunch

Report: VC in emerging markets plummeted by over 40% last year | TechCrunch

Silicon Valley is so dominant again, its startups devoured over half of all global VC funding in 2024 | TechCrunch

Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice steps down, CNBC reports | TechCrunch