The funding market has been on fire owing to the AI revolution. This makes it important to understand what is transpiring in the US VC market. This article aims to achieve the same goal using the November 2025 VC deals as its source. Number of AI companies by funding type, funding raised and Multiples Figure …
On May 18th, 2012, Meta, formerly called Facebook, was listed under the FB ticker. The IPO of Meta came at a time when networking companies were witnessing spectacular interest from the market at large. Case in point, LinkedIn was listed in 2011 and witnessed a stellar first-day move of 109% gain. Other social media players …
In our previous post, we analyzed key insights from September’s funding trends. The October data offers further perspective into capital allocation patterns, sector concentration, and how AI continues to shape the startup funding industry. Funding by Sector Classification Figure 1: Heatmap of Funding Raised by Sector, Data source: Crunchbase Heatmap shows the industries that raised …
Most startup growth advice relies on anecdotes and outlier success stories. Founders wonder: “Is my 50% year-over-year growth good enough?” Investors ask: “Should I expect 3x returns at Series B?” Without reliable benchmarks, these questions go unanswered. At Eqvista, we’ve seen how this data gap creates confusion at every funding stage. Last year, we addressed …
Venture capital has been on a stride in the past couple of quarters, owing to the AI revolution. Without a doubt, few forces have reshaped funding activity as profoundly as AI. This makes it worth noting to decipher what is happening in the US VC market. September 2025s US deal data offers a telling snapshot …
The British mathematician, Alan Turing, in 1947, famously said, “What we want is a machine that can learn from experience”. Turing never named his idea anything. Fast forward eight decades, and what he envisioned is finally shaping up. AI is now the buzzword in the financial markets and the defining theme in the big technology …
