Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Peek inside the pitch deck inploi used to raise £3M from YFM Equity Partners for AI hiring agents

London-based inploi has raised £3 million from YFM Equity Partners to build AI agents that automate candidate screening, scheduling and communication on top of existing ATS platforms like Workday and SAP SuccessFactors....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Quantum chip testing startup OrangeQS extends seed round to €15M from EIC Fund

Delft-based OrangeQS has closed a €15 million seed round led by the European Innovation Council Fund to scale its automated quantum chip testing systems, cutting test times from months to hours....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Dutch robotics startup bags €10M to automate warehouses

Dutch robotics company Smart Robotics has completed over 1 billion real-world robotic picks across 120+ deployed systems, powering Europe's leading AI pick-and-place platform for e-commerce logistics....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Anthropic and OpenAI close in on Europe with London growth. What we know so far 

Anthropic and OpenAI are closing in on European AI companies as they cement their presence in the UK, forcing startups to reevaluate salaries and benefits European AI startups could be forced to reassess their compensation packages as the look to compete with the US heavyweights....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
How startups are using AI to outmaneuver the online gaming giants

When you track the real money flowing through the online gaming world, the biggest surprises aren't in major studios or splashy releases. The seismic...

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
IQ Capital leads Rivan's $34M raise to build Europe’s domestic synthetic gas supply

London startup Rivan has raised $34 million to build Europe's largest synthetic natural gas plant, producing carbon-neutral gas from air, water and solar for industrial decarbonisation....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
22 pitch decks that convinced VCs to write cheques in 2026

Tech Funding News reviewed recent startup pitch decks, spanning AI software to greenhouse robotics. Here are the key fundraising trends and strategies we found....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Coral raises $12.5M from Lightspeed and Z47 to automate healthcare admin

New York startup Coral has raised $12.5 million to automate US healthcare back-office workflows, tackling fax queues, prior authorisations, and intake delays with AI....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Revolut targets 2028 IPO with $150B valuation in sight

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky says an IPO is "at least two years away," giving the fintech time to secure its US bank charter and aim for a $150 billion valuation, likely on Nasdaq rather than in London....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
A four-month-old AI lab just raised $500M from GV, Nvidia: report

Founded by researchers from DeepMind, OpenAI and Salesforce, AI startup Recursive Superintelligence has raised at least $500M from GV and Nvidia at a $4 billion valuation to build self-improving AI....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
DeepSeek seeks outside funding for the first time at a $10B valuation: report

DeepSeek is raising at least $300 million at a $10 billion valuation, marking the Chinese AI lab's first external funding round since it was founded in 2023 on a self-funded, research-first model....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
DeepSeek seeks outside funding for the first time at a $10B valuation

DeepSeek is raising at least $300 million at a $10 billion valuation, marking the Chinese AI lab's first external funding round since it was founded in 2023 on a self-funded, research-first model....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Cursor to raise $2B from Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital at a $50B

AI coding startup Cursor is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital, as it hits a record-breaking $2 billion ARR...

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Uber deepens Delivery Hero stake in €270M deal

Uber has bought another 4.5% of Berlin-based Delivery Hero from Prosus for €270 million, lifting its stake to about 7% as Europe’s food delivery market consolidates...

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Cerebras files for IPO with $510M revenue and a $23B valuation

Cerebras has filed to go public on Nasdaq after 2025 revenue rose 76% to $510 million, highlighting rising demand for AI infrastructure beyond GPUs....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Startups turn to precision medicine to better fight cancer and dementia 

Most people remember the COVID-19, Swine Flu, and AIDS pandemics. Kinled, a family office founded in 1924, has a much longer perspective — one that Companies are betting on advances in technology to improve healthcare and move it from trial-and-error to precision....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
German startup brainjo raises €2M from HTGF to build prescribable VR therapy for children with ADHD

German healthtech startup Brainjo has raised €2 million led by HTGF to develop a VR-based digital health app for children with ADHD, targeting DiGA approval and insurance reimbursement by 2028....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
Exhibition stand design that works: What top brands do differently at trade shows

While they have been around for decades, trade shows are still a popular marketing channel, where brands can interact face-to-face with their audiences as...

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
ASML alum’s Euclyd eyes €100M raise to build AI chip systems: report

Dutch chip startup Euclyd, founded by former ASML director Bernardo Kastrup, is seeking at least €100 million to scale its AI inference system and win early customers....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
AI coding startup Factory raises $150M from Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital at $1.5B valuation

Factory AI has raised $150 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, led by Khosla Ventures, to expand its Droids platform that automates software development from coding to deployment....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Fund promises cash, compute, visas – but will it deliver?

Founders and investors are cautiously optimistic of the UK Government’s AI ambitions, they tell Tech Funding News on the launch of the £500m Sovereign AI Alex Kendall, the CEO of Wayve, said the Sovereign AI Fund would have made a “meaningful impact” on his company in its early days....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
InsightFinder raises $15M from Yu Galaxy to fix AI failures

InsightFinder is expanding its AI-powered IT reliability platform with new funding, adding autonomous incident response capabilities to compete with Datadog, Dynatrace, and Grafana Labs....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
STORM Therapeutics raises $56M from M Ventures, Pfizer Ventures to start Phase 2 trial for cancer drug

Cambridge spin-out STORM Therapeutics has closed a $56 million Series C and started Phase 2 trials of STC-15, the world's first METTL3 inhibitor to reach this stage, targeting rare sarcoma cancers....

Tech Fund 17.04.2026
British Business Bank commits £100M to Apposite to close UK life sciences scale-up gap

British Business Bank has committed £100 million to Apposite Healthcare Growth I to support UK healthcare and life sciences scaleups and address the country’s late-stage funding gap....