PitchBook: nearly 340 startups have privately raised money at $1B+ valuations in 2021, more than triple the total from 2020

PitchBook: nearly 340 startups have privately raised money at $1B+ valuations in 2021, more than triple the total from 2020 —  SPACs and venture capitalists are plowing money into startups at record rates, looking past worries about lofty valuations  —  Investors are defying a share-price slump …