Funding news
Here are some recent funding news and announcements:
Startups
- Fintech startup, Stripe, raises $600 million in funding at a valuation of $95 billion. (Source: The Information)
- E-commerce platform, Shopify, raises $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $150 billion. (Source: Bloomberg)
- AI-powered mental health startup, Wysa, raises $5 million in funding. (Source: TechCrunch)
- Cybersecurity startup, Axonius, raises $100 million in funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. (Source: VentureBeat)
- Food delivery startup, DoorDash, raises $400 million in funding at a valuation of $12 billion. (Source: CNBC)
Venture Capital
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2 raises $40 billion in funding. (Source: Reuters)
- Sequoia Capital raises $8 billion in funding for its new fund. (Source: Forbes)
- Andreessen Horowitz raises $6.5 billion in funding for its new fund. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Kleiner Perkins raises $1.2 billion in funding for its new fund. (Source: TechCrunch)
- Founders Fund raises $1.1 billion in funding for its new fund. (Source: VentureBeat)
IPOs
- Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing company, goes public with an IPO of $3.4 billion. (Source: CNBC)
- Airbnb, a short-term rental platform, files for an IPO with a valuation of $47 billion. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Palantir, a data analytics company, files for an IPO with a valuation of $22 billion. (Source: Forbes)
- Slack, a workplace communication platform, files for an IPO with a valuation of $13 billion. (Source: TechCrunch)
- Zoom, a video conferencing company, files for an IPO with a valuation of $10 billion. (Source: VentureBeat)
Government Funding
- NASA receives $23.2 billion in funding for its 2022 budget. (Source: Space.com)
- The European Union allocates €1.1 billion in funding for its Horizon Europe research program. (Source: EurActiv)
- The National Institutes of Health receives $41.7 billion in funding for its 2022 budget. (Source: NIH.gov)
- The Department of Defense receives $721 billion in funding for its 2022 budget. (Source: DoD.gov)
- The National Science Foundation receives $8.3 billion in funding for its 2022 budget. (Source: NSF.gov)
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