Tech Fund 24.04.2026
Coding startup Cognition AI eyes $25B valuation after Windsurf acquisition: report

AI coding startup Cognition AI is reportedly in early-stage talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, potentially doubling its valuation to $25 billion just months after a $400M raise....

Tech Fund 24.04.2026
Lifeline Ventures, Tesi back Verda in a $117M round to build a cleaner hyperscaler AI cloud alternative

Helsinki-based Verda has raised $117 million to expand its profitable AI GPU cloud globally, betting on full-stack infrastructure, renewable-powered data centres, and faster enterprise access to compute....

Tech Fund 24.04.2026
Microsoft is spending $18 billion to make Australia its Asia-Pacific AI beachhead

As AI infrastructure grows as important as ports and power grids, Microsoft has secured a strong position in the Asia-Pacific region. Earlier this week,...

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
How short form content drives engagement across platforms

Short-form content is a titan of the internet today. The surge of its use is emblematic of evolving user behavior, preferring ease of access to...

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
EQT explores $3.3B takeover of Kakaku.com as Japan's PE boom hits its biggest internet company yet

Swedish buyout firm EQT is reportedly exploring a takeover of Japanese internet company Kakaku.com, sending its shares up 24% and pushing its market value to $3.3 billion....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Backed by EIF and Bpifrance, Kurma Partners hits €1B AUM with €215M Biofund IV close

Paris-based Kurma Partners has closed Biofund IV at €215 million, backed by CSL, EIF, and Bpifrance, reaching €1 billion AUM after four trade sales from Biofund III to AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, uniQure, and Ipsen....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Tencent, Alibaba to back DeepSeek at $20B+ valuation: report

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is reportedly in talks for its first external funding round at a $20 billion valuation, drawing major interest from tech giants Tencent and Alibaba....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
SoftBank plans to borrow $10 billion using its OpenAI stake as collateral: report

SoftBank is seeking a $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake, avoiding a share sale while raising capital for further AI investments ahead of OpenAI's expected IPO....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Ex-Looker co-founders raise $120M at $1.5B valuation from ICONIQ to build the AI layer for enterprise analytics

San Francisco's Omni has raised $120 million in a Series C led by ICONIQ at a $1.5 billion valuation, building a governed semantic layer that lets AI agents query enterprise data without hallucinating....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI with $1T secondary market valuation after 233% revenue surge

Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI on secondary markets with a $1 trillion implied valuation, driven by 233% revenue growth in a single quarter, as OpenAI shares trade below their primary-round price....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
VAST Data triples valuation to $30B with $1B from NVIDIA to build the AI operating system for GPUs

VAST Data has raised $1 billion in Series F funding at a $30 billion valuation, led by Drive Capital and Access Industries, to expand its AI operating system platform globally....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
AI security unicorn Cyera, valued at $9B, buys Ryft to ramp up how AI agents access data

AI security unicorn Cyera has acquired New York-based data lake startup Ryft to build a unified control plane for how AI agents access, move, and govern enterprise data....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Northern Gritstone snaps £20M from British Business Bank to boost UK spinouts

British Business Bank made a £10 million cornerstone investment into Northern Gritstone’s new £20 million rolling close....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
USDA, Palantir ink $300M deal to modernise federal farm systems. Here’s how

The USDA has awarded Palantir a $300 million no-bid contract to consolidate federal farm data into a single Palantir Foundry platform, launching the 'One Farmer, One File' initiative by 2028....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Cloudsmith lands $72M from Insight Partners to secure AI-generated software as cybersecurity concerns intensify

Belfast-based Cloudsmith secured a $72 million Series C round, one of the largest funding deals in Northern Ireland’s history....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
McWin Capital Partners leads €10M round in Incapto to replace coffee capsules with smart subscriptions

McWin Capital Partners has invested €5 million as lead investor in Incapto as part of the company’s €10 million Series B round....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Ex-Swapfiets founders snap €3.2M for a platform for buying EVs. Here’s the pitch deck behind the raise

Eccasion, a used EV platform founded by the team behind Swapfiets, has raised €3.2 million from Playfair VC and Rethink Ventures to connect buyers directly with ex-lease inventory....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Voima Ventures, Superhero Capital back TheStorage’s €3.6M round to slash factory energy bills by 70%

TheStorage has raised €3.6 million in seed funding to scale a technology that stores energy in moving sand and helps factories move away from fossil fuels....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Bpifrance and Blast back UNIVITY with €27M to build a space network for telecom operators

Paris-based UNIVITY has raised a €27 million Series A from Blast and Bpifrance to build a wholesale VLEO 5G satellite constellation, providing telecom operators with a sovereign alternative to Starlink....

Tech Fund 23.04.2026
Bath University spinout replacing microplastics with plant beads just got €4.1M to open its Italian factory

Naturbeads has secured a €4.1 million EU grant to build its first commercial plant in Puglia, scaling biodegradable cellulose microspheres as a drop-in alternative to plastic microbeads....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
NeoCognition emerges from stealth with $40M to train AI agents that learn on the job

San Francisco startup NeoCognition has emerged from stealth with $40 million in seed funding to build self-learning AI agents that specialise on their own for complex enterprise tasks....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
OpenAI in talks to fund DeployCo with $1.5B to make AI easier for companies to use: report

OpenAI is reportedly launching DeployCo, a $10B joint venture backed by TPG, Bain Capital, and Advent, designed to embed AI engineers directly into enterprise companies to restructure operations....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
SpaceX could buy Cursor for $60B; the pair partner on AI model training

Cursor has formed a strategic partnership with SpaceX, giving Elon Musk's company the option to acquire the AI coding startup for $60 billion by the end of 2026, or pay a $10 billion collaboration fee....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
13 European climate tech startups to watch, according to top VCs

Despite a slight dip in European cleantech funding to €8.2 billion in 2025, leading climate tech VCs reveal the top portfolio and non-portfolio startups they are backing for Earth Day 2026....