Tech Fund 05.05.2026
Anthropic, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman launch $1.5B venture to deploy Claude across enterprise

Anthropic is partnering with Goldman Sachs and Blackstone to launch a $1.5 billion venture to accelerate AI adoption across businesses....

Tech Fund 05.05.2026
SAP bets €1B on German AI startup Prior Labs, which raised only €9M pre-seed

SAP has agreed to acquire  Prior Labs, a two-year-old German AI startup, committing more than €1 billion over four years to scale it into a major AI...

Tech Fund 05.05.2026
Reduciner raises €3.6M from Voima Ventures, Lifeline Ventures to turn CO2 into fuel

Finland-based deeptech Reduciner has raised €3.6 million in its first funding round, combining equity backing from Voima Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, and the Mikko Kodisoja Foundation....

Tech Fund 05.05.2026
Linkerbot hits $3B valuation with Ant Group, HongShan to produce robotic hands that perform delicate tasks

Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot has closed a Series B+ round at a $3 billion valuation, reports Reuters....

Tech Fund 05.05.2026
Ex-OpenAI counsel raises $9M from YC and 20VC in four days for AI law firm Moritz

Moritz raises $9M from Y Combinator and 20VC in four days to build a flat-fee AI law firm founded by a former OpenAI lawyer....

Tech Fund 05.05.2026
Check the pitch deck eleQtron used to grab €57M led by Schwarz Digits for trapped-ion quantum computers

Germany’s eleQtron raises €57M Series A led by Schwarz Digits and backed by the EIC Fund to scale trapped-ion quantum computers for European industry....

Tech Fund 04.05.2026
Exclusive: Peek inside the pitch deck Ekiden used to raise $2M at $20M valuation to bring institutional-grade trading on-chain

See the pitch deck Ekiden used to raise $2M at a $20M valuation from Unicorn Factory Ventures and P2 Ventures to build institutional-grade on-chain derivatives trading infrastructure....

Tech Fund 04.05.2026
Frankfurt startup bags €1M pre-seed to make Europe's streetlights smarter. Here’s its pitch deck

Frankfurt startup ENVIOTECH raises €1M pre-seed from Jürgen Fitschen and other industry backers to retrofit streetlights and help cities cut energy use....

Tech Fund 04.05.2026
HTGF backs Mobility Signage with €1.8M to modernise public transport data without system replacement

Munich startup Mobility Signage raises €1.8M from HTGF and 2bX to connect ageing public transport IT systems without replacing existing infrastructure....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Accenture and Adobe back Netomi’s $110M Series C to scale enterprise agentic CX

Netomi raises $110M from Accenture Ventures, Adobe Ventures and WndrCo to scale agentic customer service for enterprises, with DraftKings traffic peaking above 40,000 requests per second....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Meta raises $25B in bonds as stock drops 9.5% on $145B AI spending plan

Meta raised $25B in bonds after lifting 2026 capex to as much as $145B, but its stock fell 9.5% as investors questioned the payoff from its AI spending surge....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
10 best supplier management software solutions for 2026

This guide breaks down the best supplier management software available today, what makes each platform effective, and how to choose the right one for your organisation....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Top hosting advantages agencies gain from multiple-site systems

The benefits of hosting multiple client properties through a unified system go far beyond convenience....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Nebius to acquire Eigen AI for $643M to bring MIT inference talent in-house

Nebius is acquiring Eigen AI for $643M to add MIT-born inference and model optimisation talent to its AI cloud platform and launch a Bay Area engineering hub....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Norway’s 1X opens California factory to build 100,000 humanoid robots by 2027

OpenAI-backed 1X opens what it says is America’s first vertically integrated humanoid robot factory after selling out its first-year NEO production in five days....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Blue Owl cashes out SpaceX stake at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO

Blue Owl sold about half its SpaceX stake at a $1.25T valuation for a 10x return, positioning the gain as a hedge against AI-driven risk in its software loan book....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
SpaceX backer 137 Ventures closes $700M to invest in high-impact tech companies

137 Ventures closes more than $700M across two funds, lifting AUM above $15B as its $10B-plus SpaceX stake could see major upside in a potential IPO....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
YC alum, ex-Pinterest engineer exits for $105M selling Shopify subscription rival to Recharge

Recharge acquires YC-backed Shopify subscription startup Skio for $105M in cash, marking a strong exit for founder Kennan Frost after raising just $8M....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
AMD and Airbus back Featherless.ai’s $20M Series A to power open-source AI infrastructure

Featherless.ai raises $20M from AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures to build neutral infrastructure for open-source AI and scale access to 30,000 open-weight models....

Tech Fund 01.05.2026
Three structural forces that holding back VC's next generation, and AI isn’t one of them

AI is not the main threat to new VCs. Market bifurcation, weak exits and shrinking LP capital are making it harder for emerging managers and junior investors to break in, shares Anu Adebajo, CEO of Newton Venture Program...

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
How due diligence tools are changing tech startup funding decisions

Investor expectations in tech startup funding are shifting as economic pressures intensify. Due diligence processes have become more rigorous, driven by a...

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
The man who built Internet Explorer and sold a brain-computer interface to Meta is raising $500M to make AI less power-hungry

Thomas Reardon’s Flourish is nearing $500M at a $2.5B valuation from Lux and GV to build brain-inspired AI systems that use far less power....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Goldman Sachs backs Aidoc in $150M round before IPO to cut diagnostic errors in hospitals using AI

Aidoc raises $150M from Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and NVentures as the clinical AI company weighs an IPO and scales hospital adoption....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Rocsys secures $13M from Capricorn Partners to automate robotaxi charging

Waymo provides about 500,000 paid rides each week across 10 US cities, using a fleet of 3,000 vehicles, TechCrunch reported earlier. Each car needs to be...