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Interesting insights on the unicorn boom from Crunchbase research lead Gené Teare 💡

Crunchbase has been named the inaugural Predictive Intelligence Solution of the Year in the 2026 MarTech Breakthrough Awards. 🏆 As the leading predictive intelligence solution, Crunchbase provides private company predictions — often weeks or months before the news goes public — so go-to-market teams and investors can identify opportunities earlier and act first. We're proud to be recognized alongside this year's MarTech Breakthrough winners, including Adobe, Klaviyo, Sprinklr, and Contentful, who were honored across a range of marketing technology categories. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g3QPJkWh

🗞️ Hot off the press! The Crunchbase and HumanX 2026 European AI Economy Report is officially live. The headline is big: European AI startups raised $23B in H1 2026, up 130% year over year. We break down where capital is flowing, which markets and sectors are pulling ahead, the investors driving growth and what Crunchbase predicts will come next. We’re excited to finally share it. Download the full report: https://lnkd.in/g_n3rQBq

Your LLM is only as good as the data you feed it — and the Crunchbase MCP feeds it high-quality private market intelligence you can trust. Ask your LLMs a question in plain English, like  “which AI companies are growing the fastest?” or “which fintech companies are predicted to raise funding next?”. Get a sourced, structured answer grounded in live Crunchbase data. Then keep going — drill deeper, compare companies, or turn it into a finished deliverable, all in the same conversation. Give it a try: https://lnkd.in/gzESGKjf

Excited to have Semaverse as a launch partner for the Crunchbase MCP, bringing our private market intelligence to power smarter M&A deal screening for private equity and corp dev teams. Congrats on the launch!

We have exciting news: the Crunchbase MCP is here! 🎉 Ask your AI a plain-English question about the private market. Get a structured, sourced answer — grounded in Crunchbase’s live private market intelligence and delivered to you in seconds. Funding history. Investor relationships. Acquisition signals. IPO likelihood. Market maps. Diligence memos. All of it. Right where you already work. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gzESGKjf

Something big is coming to your LLMs. 👀 Private market intelligence — funding signals, investor data, predictive analysis — available right where you're already working. No tab-switching. No manual research. Just answers. Stay tuned.

AI startups: if fundraising is on your roadmap, don't miss this session. Join Crunchbase Chief Product Officer Ketaki Rao at AGI Summit for Building an AI Startup That Gets Funded — an actionable discussion about what investors are looking for, how the AI funding landscape is evolving, and how you can stand out. 🗓️ Saturday, July 18 | 2:10 PM 📍 Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco 🎟️ Use this link to save 15% on your AGI Summit pass: https://lnkd.in/gjFWAi_5

A lot of teams are sitting on pipeline opportunities they haven’t spotted yet. In the next Ahead by Crunchbase webinar, we’ll share practical ways GTM teams can use market and competitor signals to find those opportunities, prioritize the right accounts, and stay ahead of market changes. Save your seat: https://lnkd.in/gXQyrzSg

Investors can't fund what they can't find. So get found. 🔍 Fill out a quick form about your company by July 11 and we'll create or update your Crunchbase profile for you. Simple as that. Everyone who submits is entered to win free AGI Summit tickets. San Francisco, July 18-19. Submit your company info here: https://lnkd.in/gNk_RfiX