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More than $364B worth of venture capital is expected to flow in 2025. That’s a 20.7% increase from last year.

The big winners? The startups.

🚀 Growth Mode: The 25 Fastest-Growing Startups You Need To Know About

Unsurprisingly, AI companies are having a great time of things right now, with strong search growth and major funding to go with it (more on that shortly). But there are supercharged startups across all kinds of industries.

🔗 See our list of rapid-growth startups »

📊 Thinking of Launching a Startup? Read This.

1 in 5 startups fail within the first year, but over 1.2K have hit unicorn status. Learn what separates winners from losers.

🔗 Get the top startup insights »

🔎 Spotlight On AI: 60 Growing Startups

This year, the AI industry is forecast to be worth $243.7B. Startups continue to find novel use cases, aided by the ever-improving technology.

🔗 Explore the AI startup surge »

💻 The State Of Martech In 2025

Compared to AI, there’s something a little unfashionable about martech. It’s also an increasingly saturated space, with more than 14K tools already out there. But there are still some hugely exciting startups making a success of it.

🔗 Discover 20 skyrocketing martech startups »

💰 Digital Payments Startups Showing Major Growth

Every industry requires payment solutions. And not only is society going increasingly cashless, there’s also a shift from fiat currency to cryptocurrency. That’s why one startup enabling businesses to easily accept crypto is showing 9700% search growth in the last 5 years.

🔗 Find out which fintech startups are blowing up »

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