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Japan carbon-capture startup's IPO in 2027 'not off the table'
TBM, a Japanese maker of carbon-capture technology and recycled materials, has started preparatory work for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Growth Market to list in the “not-so-distant future,” a company…
How Startups Can Find Product-Market Fit
Tanay Kothari, Co-Founder and CEO, Wispr Flow. Since childhood, my dream was to build J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Man's AI-powered assistant. In 2021, I finally got the chance to pursue it with a close friend from Stanford. Our goal was simple in theory and…
Venture Capital As A Service: Bridging Corporations And Startups
Anis Uzzaman (アニス・ウッザマン) is the General Partner and CEO at Pegasus Tech Ventures | Chairman of Startup World Cup. Corporations typically invest in startups as a way to become more…
You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into
Getting tired of dusting off Grandpa's stuffy old urn? One startup has the solution for you. It's called Parting Stone, a company based in San Francisco which offers to turn your loved ones' ashes into a pile of smooth, white rocks. Justin Crowe…
Geothermal Startup Fervo Attracts New Investors Including Google
Fervo Energy, the US geothermal startup whose technology uses the earth's heat to generate power, raised $462 million from a group of new and existing investors. The series E funding round was led by Capital B, Fervo said Wednesday in a statement.
Meesho's $606M IPO pops as enthusiasm for India's e-commerce startups rises
Meesho, an Indian e-commerce marketplace, had a good first day as a public company, with its shares climbing as much as 46% from its issue price as investors jumped to grab a piece of the company built around small merchants and value-conscious…
How a SpaceX IPO could deliver Google one of the most lucrative startup wins ever
Talk about the rich getting richer. Alphabet, parent company of Google, has been one of the best-performing stocks of the year, up nearly 70%, and now has a market capitalization of $3.8 trillion. The company also happened to make what could turn…
AI defense booms in UK and Germany as new wave of billion-dollar startups emerge
The U.K. and Germany have emerged as crucial defense tech ecosystems as Europe rearms. Technical talent, increasingly pro-startup policy, and access to new markets and frontline training have helped make these two countries regional leaders.
Fertility startup Inito wants to use AI-designed antibodies to expand at-home health tests
Fertility startup Inito has raised $29 million in Series B funding to scale its at-home health diagnostics platform and use AI-designed antibodies to unlock new kinds of at-home tests. When the company launched its first fertility monitor in 2021…
Unacademy's founder says startup is now worth less than $500M, confirms M&A talks
Unacademy, once one of India's best-known edtech startups, may now be worth less than $500 million, 85% less than its pandemic-era peak valuation, as the company undergoes a steep reset and explores merger and acquisition options. In a detailed…
Why This $1 Billion Startup CEO Rejects 996, Hustle Culture
Saarinen is the 38-year-old CEO of project management startup Linear. Linear, which was valued at $1.25 billion in June, is a remote company that offers five weeks of paid time off per year and four months of paid parental leave. At the heart of…
AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa 'for hours' per day
A new helper has arrived at the North Pole in recent years: AI. Tavus, the AI startup that creates digital replicas using voice and face cloning technology, has launched its AI Santa experience for the second year in a row. This allows parents and…
This startup is using AI agents to automate HR tasks. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $24 million.
A Tel Aviv startup that uses AI agents to automate HR processes like onboarding and compensation has raised $24 million in funding. The HR platform from Shapes essentially offers an app store of AI-based HR tools. 'It means that you can manage your…
Google and Telangana Government Launch Hub for Startups in Hyderabad
Google and the Telangana government launched the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub in Hyderabad - a dedicated space to encourage the growing startup ecosystem to scale and deliver world-class innovations. This Google for Startups Hub is…
Jeff Bezos's Project Prometheus Joins The Unicorn Board Alongside 18 Other Startups In November
November brought another strong showing for The Crunchbase Unicorn Board with 19 companies joining the ranks of billion-dollar startups. The largest round went to Jeff Bezos ' Project Prometheus, which has reportedly raised billions of dollars out…
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