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BlackRock Backs Secondary-Market Startup Caplight in New Round
Caplight, a startup that offers pricing data and matchmaking services for shares of private companies, has raised $16 million in a Series A round co-led by BlackRock and Fin Capital. UBS is joining as a strategic investor and partner, Caplight said…
Canada has everything for an AI startup boom except the strategy
AI-native startups are growing ten times faster than the rest of tech, but we've read a similar story before. The annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) was released by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network at VivaTech Paris…
An AI startup is suing the US government for taking away Anthropic's new model
One AI startup just sued the US government for cutting its access to Anthropic's top models. On Tuesday, legal tech company Legion filed a suit in Washington, D.C. over a government order requiring Anthropic to keep its models Fable 5 and Mythos 5…
Red Bull Invests In Gen Z Founders As They Build Startups With Empathy
Red Bull Basement World Finals Top 10 Teams on Stage in San Francisco Ryan Taylor/Red Bull Content Poo;l Red Bull helps young innovators worldwide become entrepreneurs. Earlier this month, the company brought students from over 40 countries to San…
Indian Deep-Tech Startup Completes Assembly Of E200X Electric Air Taxi
Chennai's deep-tech startup, The ePlane Company, has achieved a major milestone by completing the assembly of its e200X electric air taxi prototype, poised to revolutionise urban air mobility with its versatile design for passenger, cargo, and…
NATO opens challenge to startups, engineers and defense companies
NATO seeks technologies capable of shutting down enemy airfields longer Competition focuses on aircraft, runways, fuel depots and infrastructure Proposed systems must survive electronic warfare and navigation disruptions NATO and Ukraine have…
Israeli AI startup sold to French media giant Netgem
BARY, an Israeli AI company founded in Tel Aviv, was sold to the French media and technology group Netgem, as part of another Israeli exit in the artificial intelligence sector. Netgem, which is traded on the Euronext exchange, said it is acquiring…
Cyprus prepares support scheme for cybersecurity startups
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has informed businesses about a new survey launched by the Digital Security Authority (DSA) to identify the needs of startups operating in the cybersecurity sector, as part of preparations for a…
Startups are relocating the wrong person
Most startup relocation packages are built around the person signing the contract. That sounds logical, but it misses how relocation actually works. The employee is the one who gets the offer, the visa support, the relocation allowance, the…
How astronomy, fireflies and forests become a business model for a village startup in Pune
The landscape decides where people want to stay. For many decades, Shilimb, located beside the Pawna Dam backwaters in Mawal taluka of Pune district, was a village that ambitious young people wanted to escape. Tucked into the rocky terrain of the…
India's MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
Indian customer engagement software firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal, betting that AI agents that make decisions for individual customers will become the future of marketing. MoEngage did not disclose…
AI Factory Startup Hadrian Denies Reported $1 Billion Funding Round
Bloomberg reported these figures Tuesday (June 23), citing unnamed sources, and added that a Hadrian spokesperson said the information is “inaccurate” and declined to say more. The reported valuation would more than quadruple the $1.6…
Cymru Premier announces multi-year partnership with Anglesey startup
From the 2026/27 season, all 16 Cymru Premier clubs will have access to Pelly to manage their internal operations and recruitment. The agreement allows clubs to centralise their day-to-day operations, which are currently spread across spreadsheets…
A US Startup Wants To Sell You A $21,500 Ameri-Kei Pickup With A Manual
A new American company wants to sell an affordable pickup truck. REO's gas engine deliberately skips modern direct injection. The base truck ships without a radio or finished door cards. Slate isn't the only young American outfit chasing the idea…
Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
Berlin-based defence startup Stark has confirmed it has raised €500m to expand research, development and manufacturing capacity across Europe, confirming earlier reporting by Sifted that the company was in talks for a blockbuster funding…
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