Tech Fund 30.04.2026
BioOrbit just closed £9.8M seed round, the largest ever for in-space drug manufacturing

BioOrbit has secured £9.8 million in seed funding to turn that vision into reality, marking the largest early-stage raise yet for in-space manufacturing....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Eight banks back SoftBank’s $40B OpenAI bridge loan ahead of expected IPO: report

Eight banks have joined SoftBank’s $40B OpenAI bridge loan, a deal that effectively hinges on OpenAI going public in time for repayment....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
pmtbox secures $15M led by Tandem Ventures to give merchants control over payments, risk and data systems

Utah-based pmtbox has secured $15 million in seed funding in a round led by Tandem Ventures....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
From $380B to $900B: Anthropic could raise $50B at near-trillion dollar valuation

Anthropic is weighing a $40B to $50B funding round at an $850B to $900B valuation, in what could be the Claude maker’s last private raise before an IPO....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
SoftBank eyes $100B US IPO for Roze AI, its robotics-led infrastructure venture: report

SoftBank is getting ready to launch Roze AI, a new company that will bring together robotics, data centre construction, and AI infrastructure under one...

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Octopus commits $500M to Living Carbon as Google, Meta and McKinsey buy the carbon credits

Octopus Energy Generation commits $500M to Living Carbon’s US reforestation projects, with Google, Meta and McKinsey signing up for carbon credits....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Earlybird closes its largest fund yet at €360M to back AI, infrastructure, and deeptech startups

Earlybird closes its largest-ever €360M fund to back AI, software infrastructure and deeptech startups while introducing a partner-only ownership model....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Cambridge healthtech startup auryx lands $2M led by Celero Ventures to turn earbuds into heart and lung monitors

Cambridge startup auryx raises $2M pre-seed led by Celero Ventures to turn everyday earbuds into continuous health monitors using built-in microphones....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Groove Quantum raises €16M, unveils the world's largest semiconductor spin-qubit processor

Delft-based Groove Quantum raises €16M from Innovation Industries, 55 North and the EIC to scale germanium spin-qubit processors compatible with semiconductor foundries....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Nvidia and Atlassian back legal AI startup Legora’s $600M Series D at a $5.6B valuation

Stockholm-founded legal AI platform Legora raises a $600M Series D backed by Nvidia and Atlassian, hitting a $5.6B valuation to build an agentic operating system for law....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
ETH Zurich spinout Mosaic SoC raises $3.8M from Fonderful to build an AI perception chip for AR glasses

ETH Zurich spinout Mosaic SoC raises a $3.8M pre-seed led by Founderful and Kick Foundation to build a dedicated spatial AI perception chip for AR glasses....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
YFM Equity Partners StudentCrowd's £7M round to build the data engine for student housing

UK-based student housing data platform StudentCrowd raises a £7M Series A led by YFM Equity Partners and Mercia to expand its market intelligence into the US and Europe....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Why the window between Seed and Series B is where female leadership dies

New data from Cognism reveals a "scaling trap": female CEO representation in European startups drops to just 15% during the crucial Seed to Series B growth phase....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Peek inside the pitch deck ManaMind used to raise $1.5M to automate game testing with AI agents

London startup ManaMind raises $1.5M pre-seed led by Sure Valley Ventures to automate game QA with autonomous AI agents across the global games industry....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Online Oceans grabs £4M from Seraphim Space to deploy solar-powered autonomous fleets for maritime security

UK maritime defence startup Online Oceans raises £4M led by Seraphim Space to build solar-powered autonomous fleets that monitor critical subsea infrastructure....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Coinbase Ventures backs Blockworks at $192M valuation to close the institutional trust gap in crypto

New York crypto data platform Blockworks closes a Series A extension at a $192M valuation led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures to acquire rival data providers....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
BMW’s venture arm just raised a new $300M fund to bet on physical AI and robotics

BMW i Ventures launches its $300M third fund to back early-stage North American and European startups building physical AI, robotics, and industrial software....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Kleiner Perkins leads Rogo's $160M raise to build the AI operating system for investment banking

New York finance AI platform Rogo raises a $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total funding to $300M as it scales its AI agents across global investment banks....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Firestorm Labs raises $82M led by Washington Harbour to deploy 3D-printing drone factories to the front line

San Diego defence tech Firestorm Labs raises an $82M Series B backed by Washington Harbour, NEA, and Lockheed Martin to scale its front-line drone factories....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Sequoia Capital leads Parallel’s $100M raise at $2B valuation to build the web infrastructure for AI agents

Founded by ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, AI infrastructure startup Parallel raises a $100M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, doubling its valuation to $2B....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Ex-Glossier execs grab $7M from Equal Ventures to build an AI operating brain for commerce brands

Founded by the ex-Glossier team, commerce AI platform Chord raises $7M led by Equal Ventures and M13 to build the operational brain for retail brands....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Airtel Africa plans a London IPO for its mobile money unit, aiming for $2B raise at a $10B valuation: report

Backed by TPG, Mastercard, and the Qatar Investment Authority, Airtel Africa’s mobile money unit is exploring a $10B London IPO to raise up to $2B....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Tether leads $14M Series A in Argentine crypto fintech belo to scale stablecoins across LatAm

Profitable Buenos Aires fintech belo raises a $14M Series A led by Tether and Titan Fund to scale its cross-border stablecoin platform across six LatAm markets....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Honey, Ripple founders back Certifyde’s $2M seed to fix the enterprise AI adoption gap. Here’s the pitch deck behind the raise

New York AI adoption platform Certifyde raises a $2M seed round backed by the founders of Honey and Ripple to fix the $28B corporate training market....