2014 Year In Review

2014 was a busy year for us. We launched CrunchBase 2.0 along with a variety of new features to unleash the power of the Business Graph.

In the startup world, we watched as venture dollars invested per deal shot up in 2014 and monster funding rounds became commonplace.

We tracked the development of some unexpected markets in the venture scene, from the rise of bizarre food products to the budding revolution in cannabis tech.

We saw record-breaking exits as Alibaba completed the largest global IPO ever and Facebook paid $22 billion for WhatsApp in the biggest VC-backed acquisition to date.

And we expanded our scope, tracking more global startup activity than ever before as we followed the growth of tech hubs across Africa and South America.

See the full recap here, then join the conversation at #CBDaily