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FreshToHome is close to securing about $16 million in debt across two tranches, the latest led by BlackSoil with $7.2 million and Stride Ventures contributing $1.8 million via OCRPS. The round adds to a prior $9 million January debt and follows a $104 million Series D equity raise, bringing total equity to $320 million. The funds will support working capital, growth, and its new quick‑commerce service. FreshToHome posted 14% revenue growth to $51 million in FY25 while losses stayed flat around $17.6 million.
Qodo, operating as Codium Ltd., announced a $70 million Series B round, bringing its total capital to $120 million. The startup offers an AI‑driven code verification platform that inserts a governance layer into developers' CI/CD pipelines, using specialized agents to detect bugs, compliance...
Viewber, the UK‑wide on‑demand property service founded by former estate agent Ed Mead, has hit its 1,000,000th appointment milestone. Since its 2016 launch, the company has broadened from assisted viewings to inspections, marketing, tenant checks and fire‑door compliance, with estate‑agency...
A veteran VC argues that a startup’s fate can be judged in minutes by assessing three founder traits—clarity, context, and chemistry—rather than relying on a polished pitch deck. He explains that clear, jargon‑free storytelling reveals true problem insight, while deep...
Neon, a new app, pays users to record and sell their phone calls for AI training, quickly rising to the top of the App Store. An early security flaw exposed call metadata and transcripts, prompting a public backlash. After securing...
LatAm fintechs eyeing the U.S. market face a choice between obtaining their own state money‑transmitter license—often starting in Florida—or partnering with Banking‑as‑a‑Service (BaaS) providers. A Florida license costs roughly $10,000‑$50,000, while a national rollout can exceed $250,000 in fees and...
Saskatchewan’s Southeast Tech Hub (SETH) in the 10,000‑person town of Estevan is reviving its annual pitch competition, offering a $20,000 CAD (≈$14,800 USD) seed prize to rural entrepreneurs. The event, held April 16 at Southeast College and livestreamed region‑wide, showcases startups from...
TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200, part of Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco (Oct 13‑15), invites early‑stage founders to apply by May 27. The program prioritizes truly disruptive, category‑defining ideas over polished traction, requiring only a working MVP and a compelling founder narrative. Diversity across...
Hopper’s B2B arm, Hopper Technology Solutions, has secured a long‑term partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada to run the Avion Rewards Travel platform, replacing Expedia. The agreement is expected to lift Hopper’s annual revenue by hundreds of millions of...
Brazilian digital prescription platform Mevo secured an $18 million funding round led by Prosus, with participation from Matrix, Jefferson River Capital and Floating Point. The capital will fund expansion of exam‑scheduling tools, patient‑support program integration, and growth of its online pharmacy...
Invences, founded in 2023 by telecom veteran Bhaskara Rallabandi, delivers autonomous, low‑cost private 5G/6G networks for small businesses, farms, factories and universities, especially in underserved areas. The Texas‑based startup leverages Open RAN, virtualized RAN, digital twins and agentic AI to...
Priscilla Tsai, a Wharton‑trained former J.P. Morgan analyst, founded clean‑beauty brand Cocokind in 2014 after battling hormonal acne. Leveraging a community‑first approach, she built the brand through transparent social media engagement and secured national retail placements at Target (2019) and Ulta (2022)....
Nina Woodham, a Havelock North mother, launched Dress NZ, a home‑based dress‑rental service, using her own wardrobe as seed inventory. Within a year she expanded from 10 to about 60 dresses, each rented for roughly $36 USD with delivery included. The business...
Bharath Space Vehicle (BSV), an Indian rocket startup founded by former ISRO engineers, is developing the liquid‑fueled Agasthya‑1 small‑sat launch vehicle. The company has submitted a proposal for a private spaceport near Kodinar in Gujarat, a coastal site offering open...
Edge security startup Huskeys announced its emergence from stealth after closing an $8 million seed round led by investors such as 10D, SV Angel and a roster of athlete angels. The company launched its Edge Security Management platform, which sits atop...
Alix Earle, a 14‑million‑follower influencer, has launched the skincare line Reale Actives in partnership with dermatologist Dr. Kiran Mian. A cryptic teaser campaign sparked strong pre‑launch engagement, turning curiosity into a ready‑made audience. Earle’s content has long documented her cystic acne journey and Accutane...
Canada’s youth unemployment rose to 14.1% in February, the highest level since 2010. SimplyCast CEO Saeed El‑Darahali has built a hiring model that relies on student co‑ops, using the ICTC’s Work‑Integrated Learning (WIL) Digital program to offset salaries. The program...
Sett, a 2023 startup, raised $30 million in a Series B round to expand its AI‑driven marketing automation platform. The platform automatically generates playable and video ads while optimizing campaign performance across the user‑acquisition funnel for game publishers. The funding, led by...
Qnetic, a SOSV‑backed startup, is launching low‑volume production of its Q500 solid‑state flywheel energy storage system at a new Sacramento factory. The Q500 is designed for 500 kWh capacity, 125 kW power, and up to twelve hours of discharge at lower power,...
The Games Growth Summit announced two new speakers for its June lineup: industry veteran Jason Avent and HR specialist Emma Smith. Avent brings over 20 years of experience with major publishers and founded Boss Alien, the studio behind CSR Racing....
Progress Ochuko Eyaadah, a senior blockchain engineer at Toyow and developer‑relations mentor at Women in DeFi, is designing Africa‑focused blockchain frameworks that tokenise real‑world assets and link fiat with crypto. Her work on platforms like Toyow and Sytemap creates transparent,...
P101’s tenth State of Italian VC report shows the ecosystem now generates about $10.8 B in output and employs roughly 62,000 people. Venture capital funding has quadrupled to $1.5 B annually in 2025, though the number of deals fell 35% and the...
Starcloud, a Redmond‑based orbital data‑center startup, closed a $170 million Series A round that values the company at $1.1 billion. The financing, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures with participation from institutional and angel investors, follows the successful November launch of Starcloud‑1, which...
Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), Ireland’s leading non‑profit startup campus, has invested roughly $55 million since its 2000 founding, supporting 1,500 startups and housing 160 companies on a five‑storey campus. Revenues reached about $2.8 million last year and are projected to exceed $3.3 million...
The Sankalp Africa Summit 2026 featured an Enterprise Showcase where five emerging African businesses shared their stories. Interviews focused on three core questions: biggest challenges, needed support, and funder misconceptions. Companies highlighted ranged from clean‑energy storage at AceleAfrica to menstrual...
London‑based Nothreat, an AI‑driven cybersecurity startup founded in 2023, has been selected for PSG Labs, the accelerator run by French football giant Paris Saint‑Germain at Station F. The programme offers startups business mentorship, product testing in professional sports, and fundraising support. Nothreat...
On-chain investment platform Midas announced a $50 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $58.75 million. The round was led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, with participation from major crypto investors including Coinbase Ventures and Franklin Templeton. Midas’ technology tokenizes institutional‑grade...
CaoCao Mobility posted a $2.9 billion revenue for 2025, a 38% year‑on‑year increase, and recorded its first quarterly adjusted net profit. Gross margin rose to 9.4% as scale, AI‑driven dispatch efficiency, and depreciation leverage improved unit economics. The firm now serves...
Empirical Ventures, a UK investment group focused on scientific founders, has secured a £10 million (≈ $12.7 million) commitment from the British Business Bank, raising the bank’s total backing to £15 million (≈ $19.1 million). The funds will be channeled into deep‑tech and life‑science startups led...
SkyRefund, a legal‑tech startup founded in 2017, builds a data‑driven platform that automates air‑passenger compensation claims across the EU, UK, Canada, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Brazil. By aggregating airline, flight‑status, weather and news data, the company reconstructs the factual picture...
Peacock Supplies, a UK‑based specialist in Ramadan and Eid party goods, has built a catalogue of nearly 1,000 items and secured shelf space at Morrisons and TK Maxx. Over the past year, larger party‑goods brands entered the niche, undercutting Peacock...
Global firms are increasingly targeting the UAE as a financial and technology hub, but many stumble because they treat entry options—buy, license, or build—as interchangeable. The article argues that aligning the chosen route with the UAE's fragmented regulatory landscape (DIFC,...
UK‑based digital end‑of‑life platform Aura Life has secured backing from YFM Equity Partners to accelerate its growth. Founded in 2019 after a co‑founder’s motor neurone disease diagnosis, the company offers a transparent, digitally‑enabled alternative to traditional funeral planning. The new...
HubKonnect, led by serial entrepreneur Michael Koch, has defined a new enterprise‑AI category called Hyperlocal Intelligence, which analyzes real‑time local signals to optimize decisions for individual retail locations. The platform ingests millions of data points—demographics, weather, traffic, and store performance—to...
The AI boom has triggered a severe DRAM shortage, pushing conventional memory prices up 90% in early 2026 and straining startup budgets. Startups typically allocate 15‑25% of hardware spend to memory, and the scarcity is causing longer lead times and...
Around 75 % of startups fail, largely because founders treat early ideas as finished solutions rather than testable hypotheses. Mark Bjornsgaard argues that this "idea addiction" stems from System One thinking, which skews judgment and drives costly missteps. He proposes a simple...
Tech startups are abandoning broad, global ad campaigns in favor of hyper‑local digital marketing as venture capitalists demand early profitability. Rising customer acquisition costs in 2026 make generic outreach inefficient, prompting founders to target specific geographic markets. Partnerships with local...
G.R. Balasubramaniam launched GRB Dairy Foods in 1984 with just $36 (Rs 3,000) and a bicycle‑based butter operation. By focusing on traditional, high‑quality ghee and pioneering an FMCG‑style distribution network, the company now generates about $169 million (Rs 1,400 crore) in annual revenue, employs...
Finland‑based quantum computing startup IQM Quantum Computers has secured a €50 million financing package, roughly $55 million, from BlackRock‑managed funds. The capital will bolster IQM’s balance sheet ahead of its planned SPAC merger that would make it Europe’s first publicly listed quantum...
Nordic Air Defence (NAD), a Stockholm‑based defence‑tech startup, announced the appointment of former UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Head of Product Nicholas Högasten to its board. The move comes as NAD pushes its K100XR autonomous interceptor into European...
LLCNameGenerator.ai has launched a free AI-powered platform that creates business name ideas for LLCs, corporations, and nonprofits, complete with live .com domain availability checks. The tool offers up to 24 AI-generated suggestions per query, advanced customization filters, and supports all...
Mistral AI has secured an $830 million syndicated loan from seven banks to finance a new AI data centre near Paris, slated to launch in Q2 2026. The facility will house 13,800 Nvidia GPUs, giving the French startup direct control over its...
Early‑stage VC Cedar Hill Capital led a $1.5 million financing round for Gurugram‑based fraud‑intelligence startup Sign3. The round also included existing backer Smile Group and angels such as Rajesh Sawhney, Dinesh Agarwal, Anup Agarwal and Vinay Bagri. Sign3’s AI‑native platform, used by...
SecurePrint3D, founded in 2023, unveiled a patented hardware‑enforced print‑authorisation system designed to close the authorisation gap in distributed additive manufacturing. The technology embeds cryptographic controls directly into 3D printers, ensuring only approved digital files can be produced. Founder Ranjith Gopalakrishnan...
India’s D2C men’s innerwear startups XYXX and DaMENSCH posted strong top‑line growth in FY25, with XYXX’s revenue rising 46% to roughly $22.5 million and DaMENSCH’s up 34% to $14.2 million. Despite the scale boost, both firms remained loss‑making, though XYXX cut its...
Kansai’s metropolitan area of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe is being positioned as Japan’s next global deep‑tech hub. The regional METI office and the Union of Kansai Governments announced a ¥10 trillion (≈$63 billion) investment plan through 2027, targeting 100 unicorns and 100,000...
The article outlines a reshaped startup funding ecosystem where venture capital remains pivotal but now concentrates on companies with clear traction and growth potential. Early‑stage capital has fragmented into accelerators, incubators, corporate programs, grants and hybrid funds, creating a broader...
Inflexor Ventures, a Mumbai‑based VC, has been backing deep‑tech startups since 2015 and is now raising its third fund of roughly Rs 1,200 crore (about $145 million) to target pre‑Series A and Series A companies with validated products. The firm prioritises working prototypes, early customer...
Matt Guest, a former Olympic field‑hockey player and ICU physician, co‑founded Clearwater Wellness to commercialise the SnowCap, a cold‑plunge tub that uses thermoelectric cooling instead of ice. After a friends‑and‑family round and a $700,000 (≈$460,000) Indiegogo pre‑sale, the Geelong startup...
India’s deep‑tech ecosystem is moving from pure scientific ambition to commercial scale, buoyed by a government‑backed Rs 1 lakh crore (≈$12 billion) Research, Development and Innovation fund. Inflexor Ventures, an early‑stage Mumbai VC, is raising a third fund of about Rs 1,200 crore (≈$144 million) to back...
