Tech Fund 09.04.2026
AfterQuery raises $30M at $300M valuation from Altos Ventures as AI labs race for expert training data

AfterQuery raised $30M at a $300M valuation to build expert reasoning datasets from nearly 100,000 verified professionals for AI model training...

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
AfterQuery raises $30M at $300M valuation from Altos Ventures as AI labs race for expert training data

San Francisco-based startup AfterQuery has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round at a $300 million valuation. The round was led by Altos...

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Meta commits $21B to CoreWeave in one of AI infrastructure's largest ever contracts

Meta has signed a $21B deal with CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity through 2032, underscoring its aggressive push into inference infrastructure....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
UK startup and venture capital tax reforms lead to ‘troubling picture’ for ecosystem 

UK policy reforms are sending mixed signals to the startup and venture capital ecosystem, according to investors, and risk setting the early-stage Venture capitalists say the policies work against each other. Some make sense, but others hinder entrepreneurial exits incentives....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Flashpass lands $4.1M from J2 Ventures to help state governments retrain workers displaced by AI

Flashpass has raised $4.1M led by J2 Ventures to help U.S. states connect workforce training with jobs using AI and government partnerships....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
SignalFire backs Patlytics in $40M raise to automate patent drafting, litigation, and portfolio management

Patlytics has raised a $40M Series B led by SignalFire to bring AI to high-stakes patent law, saving attorneys up to 15 hours per application....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Exclusive: Flink founder raises $6M from Speedinvest to put an AI agent in charge of the cloud bill

Berlin startup BLOCKS raised $6M in pre-seed funding led by Speedinvest to help startups cut cloud costs automatically with its AI agent, Major Tom....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Edmund grabs €2.5M from FORWARD.one to fix manufacturing's brain drain before an entire generation retires

Prague-based Edmund raised €2.5M from FORWARD.one, University2Ventures, and Tensor Ventures to help factories cut downtime with AI-powered diagnostics....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
This Seville startup snaps €1M from DraperB1 and Robin Capital to fix Spain's broken pension system

Seville-based fintech Arca Digital has raised €1M from DraperB1 and Robin Capital to unlock corporate pension plans for SMEs through API-first infrastructure....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Exclusive: AENU backs YC alum to build a Bloomberg Terminal for clean energy developers. Here is the pitch deck behind its €3.3M raise

Backed by AENU, Plume uses geospatial and document-reading AI to help energy developers find sites faster, cut permitting risk, and speed up projects....

Tech Fund 09.04.2026
Golden Owl raises €1.4M from First Drop to tackle disinformation and hybrid risks with AI intelligence

Spanish deeptech Golden Owl raised a €1.4M seed round led by First Drop to turn open, deep, and dark web data into actionable geopolitical and business intel....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
From drones to body armour: why investors are backing the full defence tech stack

Defense tech is no longer a niche corner of the startup world. In 2025, venture capital deals in the defense technology sector hit a record $49.1 billion,...

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Two former physicists have launched Bondstone’s €50M deep tech fund in Lisbon

Portuguese real estate giant Bondstone is pivoting into venture capital with a new €50M fund targeting early-stage deep tech startups in Southern Europe....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
OpenAI alumni launch Zero Shot: a $100M fund that's betting on vibe coding

Ex-OpenAI alumni have launched Zero Shot, a new VC fund that just secured its first $20M to back the next generation of AI startups like Foundry Robotics....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Artemis missions and SpaceX IPO to create fertile ground for startups in $1.8T space industry

The Artemis space programme has shot astronauts back into space and space tech back onto the public agenda — but the next generation of willing space tech As the Artemis II mission makes headlines, investors, startups, and analysts warn that space tech's real value is commercial applications on Earth, including for AI....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Jeito Capital closes $1.2B second fund, the largest independent European biopharma fundraises

As several blockbuster drugs lose exclusivity, revenues could fall by $400 billion by 2033. This is pushing big pharmaceutical companies to seek new...

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Pitch deck: How Estonian Handhold convinced Bolt's CEO and Wise's CTO to back its €3M raise for AI agent sales

Tallinn startup Handhold raised €3M from Entourage Capital, Inovia, and e2vc to automate sales demos, lead qualification, and onboarding for SMB-focused B2B SaaS....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Hermeus hits $1B valuation with $350M raise from Khosla Ventures to build America's fastest unmanned aircraft

Aerospace startup Hermeus has hit a $1B unicorn valuation. Unlike Boom or Destinus, its turbine engines allow conventional takeoffs. Next up: supersonic testing....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Wayve, Cerebras backer Eclipse Ventres secures $1.3B across two funds to back physical AI startups

Eclipse Ventures has closed two new funds totaling $1.3B, doubling down on the physical world through startups like Wayve, Redwood Materials, and Cerebras....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
Backed by a CFC Underwriting insider, Narwhal Labs grabs £20M to undercut PolyAI on price and speed

Narwhal Labs has raised £20M from UK investors including CFC Underwriting director Jonathan Swann to scale DeepBlue OS, its autonomous communications platform....

Tech Fund 08.04.2026
The software running Dubai Police and Belgian Federal drones just raised €4.4M from Keen Venture Partners

Dutch drone software startup AirHub raised €4.4M from Keen Venture Partners and Runway FBU to build a European alternative for secure drone operations....

Tech Fund 07.04.2026
The founder who sold his last networking startup to Juniper just raised $125M. Here's the pitch deck he used

Aria Networks exits stealth with $125M from Sutter Hill Ventures, Atreides, Valor, and Eclipse to build AI-native networking for large AI clusters....

Tech Fund 07.04.2026
Why traveltech startups are reinventing corporate expense management

Startups thrive on speed with employees travelling to pitch investors, meet partners, and expand into new markets. Yet behind that momentum lies a...

Tech Fund 07.04.2026
JIC launches €16.3M venture fund to back CEE deep tech founders at the earliest stages

Brno has produced Kiwi.com, Y Soft, and Flowmon, three of Central Europe's most cited technology success stories. All three passed through JIC, the South...