Unicorn IPO Plans Thawing, And AI Nose Startups Sniff Out Funding

September 16, 2023 Unicorns Are Thawing Out IPO Plans Should the window stay open, we can expect to see many more unicorns resuscitate IPO plans first initiated toward the tail end of the market boom a couple of years ago. IPO Thaw → AI Nose Startups Take On Our Smelly World Several startups at the intersection of scent and technology have pulled in funding in the past few years. We take a look. AI Sniffers → Fintech Leads For New Unicorns In August And Two Companies Prepare To Exit Nine companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August 2023, with three of those companies in financial services. And two highly valued unicorns plan to go public in September, a signal that the IPO market could open further in 2024. New Unicorns → The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Databricks And Generate Biomedicines Lead Another AI Surge Four of the week's top six rounds are directly related to AI and the use of the new technology. The rounds also show how AI is affecting every industry — from data analytics to biotech. Biggest Rounds → Most Active US Investors: Alumni Ventures Leads For 2nd Straight Month For the second month in a row, Alumni Ventures was the most active investor in U.S.-based startups. However, no firm cracked double-digits in U.S. investments in August. Busy Investors → Here’s How Index Ventures Is Investing In An Era Where ‘Every Company Will Have AI’  Years before ChatGPT brought mainstream attention to AI, Index Ventures was placing bets on artificial intelligence companies. We talked with Index partner Erin Price-Wright about the firm's AI portfolio. Index Investments → Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | View in Browser | Unsubscribe Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104