| Hi, Agen. We’re not exactly seeing new unicorn startups galloping into view like we did three years ago, but January was still a strong month for new billion-dollar startups. Eleven new companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, altogether adding $16 billion in value and spanning AI, clean energy, semiconductor, quantum computing and AR, among other sectors. Plus, last week saw a lot of very large funding deals, but also more than 6,000 workers laid off by U.S. tech companies. Eleven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January — the first double-digit monthly count in over a year — with more than half hailing from Asia. See also: The Crunchbase Unicorn Board Ten U.S.-based startups each raised $100 million or more last week, an eerie throwback to 2021. Maybe startup investing is back, or maybe investors were just really excited about this crop of companies, which includes AI, biotech, music and advanced materials startups. See also: The Crunchbase Megadeals Board A dozen companies joined our Tech Layoffs Tracker last week, altogether axing more than 6,000 jobs. They included big names in tech like Cisco, Instacart and Mozilla, along with a handful of lesser-known startups. From construction tech to AI health diagnostics to spacetech, our data shows seed-stage investors have been funding young startups across an array of fascinating industries. Now, monday sales CRM users can enrich their CRM records with Crunchbase’s best-in-class proprietary company data to quickly identify qualified opportunities and inform outreach. Find out more here. Seven years after the #MeToo movement and four years after George Floyd’s killing sparked a global racial justice reckoning, startups led by Black founders and women still continue to receive single-digit percentages of funding. How do we do better? Guest author Joey Mak of nonprofit Chicago:Blend offers his perspective. Over the past few quarters, venture investors have poured hundreds of millions into companies with offerings aimed at freelance and gig workers. Top focus areas include platforms for finding work, accounting tools and apps tailored for specific industries. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Freelance And Gig Worker Services Startups | 
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