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VCs doubled down on their most established bets amid the pandemic.

While year-to-date funding and deals are down from 2019, the number of quarterly mega-rounds hit a record high in Q2'20, with 69 companies raising $100M or more.

Stripe led the pack with a whopping $600M Series G extension at a $36B valuation, which made it the most valuable startup in the US — tied with SpaceX. 

We dig into more of the latest VC trends in our PwC & CB Insights MoneyTree report. Read it here.

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Two-day shipping has become an industry standard thanks to aggressive investments from the likes of Amazon and Walmart. 

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The fully virtual Future of Health (September 23-25) will feature 50+ speakers. We’ll have:

• 20+ public co C-level execs and CEOs of healthcare unicorns speaking on our life sciences and pharma innovations streams 

• 20+ startup co-founders and CEOs presenting on the Digital Health 150 stream

• Themed workshops, roundtables, and partner firesides

With hundreds of attendees from startups, VC firms, and big healthcare corporations, you’ll also be able to schedule 1:1 video meetings with all of your fellow attendees.

Here’s a sneak peek of some of the people you’ll be able to meet:

Save a bonus $500 on an individual ticket with code networking500. Register now.

David vs. Goliath

Some startups in the insurance space are obtaining insurance licenses in an effort to directly compete with incumbents.

Expert Intelligence clients can read more about what this means for the insurance industry here.

Business Insider. Alex Torres (@alex_g_torres) speaks with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal (@asanwal) about CB Insights’ acquisition of Dow Jones VentureSource assets. 

CNN Business. Julia Horowitz (@juliakhorowitz) covers Ant Group’s anticipated IPO in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter and cites CB Insights valuation data. 

P.S. We’re looking for a senior product designer. Send in your application here. 

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