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In January, 2019 there were 325 new filings of funding rounds in the U.S. from companies that were classified as "technology", "other technology", "telecommunications" or "biotechnology". 

California, New York, Massachusetts and Texas remained the leaders in total number of funding rounds in 2018. On a percentage growth basis in number of funding rounds, Texas took the #1 position with a 7.13% increase in deals, followed followed by Massachusetts at #2, with a 7.07% increase.

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Boston based DataRobot, which develops technology to automate the process of building and operationalizing machine learning models, has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to $225 million. The company's series a funding was back in 2014, when the team raised $21 million, led by New Enterprise Associates.

Whether it is a Series A funding or another funding round, each round of financing has its own terms and definitions. Normally when you begin the negotiations with an outside investment firm, a term sheet, or summary of their proposed terms for investment, is presented.

One of the most common questions asked by aspiring entrepreneurs is how to get a Series A funding.

For tech startups in the San Francisco, here are some of the largest technology and biotechnology related venture capital funding rounds, so far in 2018.

In looking at tech startups in the windy city, here are the largest technology and biotechnology related venture capital funding rounds so far in 2018, for Chicago.

Many of us had read the inspirational stories of people like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Elon Musk and at least briefly wondered "How do I come up with a tech startup idea so I can even achieve even a small fraction of the success that they have found?"