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SS Innovations announced an $18.6 million private placement to accelerate its global rollout, including a U.S. launch of the SSi Mantra surgical robot. The company filed for FDA 510(k) clearance in December, with a decision expected by mid‑2026, and aims to compete on price, offering the system at less than one‑third the cost of Intuitive’s devices. Co‑founder of Intuitive, Fred Moll, contributed $2 million, underscoring confidence in the venture. Revenue surged 106% in 2025 to $42.5 million, though the firm still posted a $12.1 million loss.
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci announced they will leave BioNTech by the end of 2026 to launch a new company focused on next‑generation mRNA technologies. BioNTech will concurrently narrow its portfolio, concentrating on late‑stage therapeutic candidates and its existing vaccine...
After USAID’s 2025 workforce reductions, senior digital adviser Siobhan Green re‑entered entrepreneurship, co‑founding Fenix Digital with ten former colleagues. The consultancy, structured as an equity‑based LLC, blends cash contributions and labor tracked by time cards, allowing members to share risk...
Indian IT startups are pivoting from traditional outsourcing to serving domestic MSMEs by deploying open‑source ERP platforms such as Odoo. The Indian MSME digitisation market is projected to reach $100 billion by 2035, creating a massive revenue pool. Odoo’s partner programme...
Natural Spa Factory founder warns that beauty brands hitting £5m revenue often stall because they cling to the tactics that got them to £500k. Over‑reliance on existing retail partners, rising customer‑acquisition costs and thin margins signal deeper operational gaps. Adding...
Founder storytelling has become a cornerstone of modern PR, shifting focus from product features to the personal motivations behind businesses. Authentic narratives, like Sam Naughton's miscarriage‑inspired clinic and Nicky Wake's grief‑driven ventures, generate deeper media interest and trust. These stories...
Indian beverage startup Basil Health announced a $1.5 million pre‑Series A raise from Whiteboard Capital, Brigade REAP, Barbershop Fund and several angel investors. The capital will fund expansion of its IoT‑enabled kiosk and automated beverage machine network beyond Delhi NCR, Bangalore and...
Mantle8, a European natural‑hydrogen exploration startup founded in 2024, has secured a €2.06 million grant from the EU’s Just Transition Fund. The funding will be used to expand its technology platform in Grenoble, including the HOREX pilot, a new geochemistry lab,...
Invention Engine, a founder‑led AI and deep‑tech accelerator, announced that four of its portfolio companies have secured roughly $2.5 million in new funding. Sonic Lamb raised about $1 million to scale its India‑designed headphones and expand into automotive and pro‑audio applications. Cheerio...
A wave of Asian tech financing saw Cortical Labs secure an undisclosed round led by Horizon Ventures and Gobi Partners, while Vietnam’s Dat Bike received a $4 million Series B injection from Thien Viet Securities. Singapore‑based AI startups Acceler8 and Sapiens AI...
Women founders in UK lawtech face a pronounced funding gap, comprising only about 20% of technical teams and receiving far less venture capital than male peers. Harvard research shows investors ask women risk‑focused questions versus growth‑focused queries for men, influencing...
Climate‑tech startup Newtrace secured $6.3 million (₹56.93 crore) in a pre‑Series A round. The financing was led by HDFC Bank and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, with participation from Peak XV Surge, Aavishkaar, and other investors. Newtrace will use the funds to scale pilot...
Western Australia has reopened its Innovation Booster Grants, offering up to $50,000 per applicant, as part of a broader $2 million funding push. The state also launched a $1.75 million Spaceport Establishment Support grant to lure commercial launch operators. In parallel, AI‑tax...
Paris‑based Qevlar AI announced a €25.8 million funding round, co‑led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital with participation from EQT Ventures. The capital will expand its agentic AI platform that autonomously investigates security alerts, delivering full‑depth analysis and actionable insights. Qevlar claims...
Yann LeCun, former Meta chief AI scientist, launched Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) with a $1 billion funding round, valuing the Paris‑based startup at $3.5 billion. AMI aims to develop AI world models that understand and reason about the physical world, offering persistent...
Oz Hair & Beauty, a family‑owned Australian retailer, has exceeded $100 million in annual revenue and is set to open its 30th store, with two additional locations planned in Perth. Founded in 1986, the company grew from a single Sydney outlet...
Flexischools CEO Rachel Debeck credits co‑locating customer‑facing teams with engineers for faster feedback loops, turning user workarounds into product features. The proximity eliminated weeks‑long delays, enabling real‑time problem solving. This approach drove strong growth: events up 66%, uniform shops up...
Xibei’s founder Jia Guolong has stepped down as CEO of its flagship brand, reinstating veteran Dong Junyi to steady the ailing chain. The company is slashing head‑office staff from over 500 to roughly 200 and plans to close 102 outlets,...
Lisa Sutton Gardner, founder and director of Enigma, reflects on a 38‑year advertising career that began after reading Ogilvy. She highlights Enigma’s new "Here for Good" brand platform for Newcastle Permanent, built on human insight and designed to be unignorable....
Chris Webb argues that every new estate agency should define an exit strategy from day one, not as a distant goal but as a guiding intent. Without a clear plan, owners build overly dependent businesses that become heavy as they...
Former Bank of England staff Matthew Austin and Ryan Lovelock have launched Sportl, a pay‑as‑you‑go gym‑booking app that lets users reserve classes without a subscription. The startup closed a £250,000 pre‑seed round backed by industry veterans and appointed fitness influencer...
Michelle Leong and Debbie Gilbert, co‑founders of the Leanier app, have been accepted into the Female Founders Rise Fundraising Accelerator, a national programme that supports women‑led businesses in becoming fundraising‑ready. They join a cohort of 70 female founders across the...
Colossal’s Entrepreneur of Impact competition returns for its second year, expanding eligibility to entrepreneurs aged 13 and up. The 2026 contest, hosted by Daymond John, offers a $25,000 cash award, a two‑page advertorial in Entrepreneur Magazine, and a one‑on‑one mentorship...
Azoma has launched the Agentic Merchant Protocol (AMP), a machine‑native framework that lets brands push product data directly to AI shopping agents. The system, already adopted by L’Oréal, Unilever, Mars and Beiersdorf, centralizes catalogs, enforces brand guidelines and promises measurable...
Axiom Trust is a regulated, vertically integrated trust company and technology platform that delivers precise, seamless administration for fiduciaries and private families. The firm emphasizes operational efficiency without competing for the client relationship. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners with a...
Mega announced an $11.5 million Series A round to accelerate its AI‑driven growth engine for small‑and‑medium businesses. The round was led by Goodwater Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Atreides, SignalFire and Kearny Jackson. Notably, WNBA stars Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey...
The Department of Trade and Industry reported a 6% year‑over‑year increase in business name registrations for January‑February 2026, reaching 367,757 filings versus 345,903 a year earlier. New filings comprised 299,921 of the total, with wholesale and retail trade representing 59%...
Co‑founder Steve Wozniak reflected on Apple’s 50‑year journey in a CBS Sunday Morning interview, noting the company never set out to predict the future but instead aimed to take incremental steps ahead of rivals. The conversation, hosted by technology author...
Staircase Ventures announced the close of its second fund at CAD 50 million, surpassing the original CAD 40 million target despite a challenging Canadian VC environment. More than 80% of limited partners from the first fund returned, joined by new institutional investors such as...
Compliance is reframed as a growth engine rather than a cost centre, with early legal infrastructure enabling faster approvals from banks, app stores and investors. The article outlines a modular legal architecture—holding company plus operating subsidiaries, centralized IP ownership, standard...
Business Insider released pitch decks from 16 social and dating startups that have raised from pre‑seed to Series A, collectively securing over $150 million. The companies span IRL event platforms, AI‑driven matchmaking, professional networking, and social‑shopping, with notable rounds such as $22 million...
Little Cherry Mom, a kids‑nutrition brand founded by a former rocket designer and ex‑cricketer, appeared on Shark Tank India seeking Rs 75 lakhs for a 3% stake, valuing the company at Rs 25 crore. The founders disclosed they sold their house to fund a...
Shane Evans funded her first massage studio by cashing out her 401(k) and her daughters' college savings, investing roughly $100,000 to launch a modest location in Texas. The business quickly turned into a franchise model, expanding to 120 sites nationwide...
Escalating US‑Israel and Iran conflict is disrupting tech hubs across the Middle East, prompting global giants like Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon to shut their Dubai offices and shift staff to remote work. Indian founders based in Dubai report that day‑to‑day...
Tacit Therapeutics, an RNA‑editing startup focused on neurological disorders, announced its launch backed by a $19 million financing round. The capital, led by Andreessen Horowitz and DCVC, will fund the development of ADAR‑based therapeutics targeting diseases such as ALS, Huntington’s, and...
A former UniFi hosting provider discovered that the UniFi inform protocol includes an unencrypted MAC address in the first 40‑byte header. By extracting this MAC, he built a lightweight Go proxy that routes device inform packets to the correct tenant...
Veteran fintech leader Keith Todd has launched Sapphire Technology Group Ltd., a London‑based firm built around the “Sapphire Doctrine” – a repeatable framework for high‑growth, stakeholder‑aligned transformation. The company will run two core initiatives: Sapphire Leadership, a C‑suite coaching program...
Ecofy Finance, a climate‑focused NBFC, is raising Rs 380 crore in a Series B equity round led by British International Investment. The round includes Rs 220 crore from BII, Rs 70.5 crore from Finnfund, and continued backing from FMO and Green Growth Equity Fund....
Vilnius‑based Saltz secured a €20 million Series A round led by the EBRD, aiming to accelerate its pan‑European food‑supply marketplace. The funding will fund expansion into new markets, broaden supplier offerings, and support hiring over 100 staff by 2026. Saltz’s platform consolidates...
TechUK and TheCityUK hosted a summit urging UK tech firms to stay and scale domestically, targeting the nation’s first trillion‑dollar technology company by 2035. The Industrial Strategy calls for unprecedented capital inflows, with up to £190 bn of private funds expected...
South African start‑up Otinga, founded in June 2023, reports over 275% year‑on‑year growth by delivering AI‑driven transformation through rapid, execution‑focused programmes. The firm positions itself against “innovation theatre”, emphasizing disciplined governance, clear business ownership, and measurable outcomes rather than speculative pilots....
Navi Technologies posted an Rs 126 crore loss for FY25, a marked improvement from the Rs 358.5 crore loss a year earlier, despite an 18% jump in revenue to Rs 2,565 crore. Interest income, which makes up 85% of total revenue, rose 21% while other income...
Latitude59, a leading Nordic tech event, has opened applications for its 2026 pitch competition, inviting early‑stage startups worldwide to pitch on the Tallinn main stage. The 2025 edition saw €675,000 invested, with winners like MarkeDroid and Luna Robotics later raising...
Founders are racing to ship AI products, but a growing "empathy deficit" threatens success. While 52% of executives cite critical thinking as essential, only 17% prioritize empathy—cognitive empathy that models real user behavior. The article argues that neglecting this skill...
UVU Bio, together with the CSIR‑hosted Regional Innovation Support Programme, has launched an Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Product Development Regional Innovation Platform in the Western and Eastern Cape. The platform helps indigenous knowledge holders and early‑stage bio‑entrepreneurs convert traditional practices...
Ralph de la Vega announced Sacky JA from Ecuador as the 2026 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award winner, granting the team a $15,000 cash prize. The award, the pinnacle of the JA Company Program, recognized six regional student companies...
London‑based Augur has closed a $15 million seed round led by Plural to turn Europe’s existing camera and sensor networks into real‑time threat intelligence. The startup’s AI platform ingests video and sensor feeds, delivering live situational awareness without requiring hardware replacement....
StrideOne, an Indian NBFC that serves MSMEs and SMEs, secured ₹100 cr (≈$11 mn) in a blend of equity and debt from undisclosed investors. The capital will fund expansion of its enterprise‑anchor programmes, broaden its partner‑lender network, and upgrade technology and risk...
ESA’s Φ‑lab and Creative Destruction Lab‑Milan are hosting the third CommEO Award selection round in Milan, targeting early‑stage downstream Earth Observation startups in resilience, climate and infrastructure. The live pitch and demo event will choose five winners who advance to...
Munich‑based Telura announced a €4 million pre‑seed round led by Nucleus Capital, Possible Ventures and First Momentum, coupled with a validation pact with Germany’s SPRIND agency. The startup’s electric impulse drilling technology replaces mechanical bits with high‑voltage pulses to fracture rock,...
