Tech Fund 11.05.2026
How Front Ventures plans to back defence startups across Ukraine and Sweden with €5M fund

Stockholm-based Front Ventures has raised €5 million through an oversubscribed rights issue of B-shares to back defence technologies....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
Turkish gaming startup Grand Games bags $70M Series B led by Balderton Capital for hybrid casual puzzle games

Turkish mobile gaming startup Grand Games has secured $70 million in a Series B round led by Balderton Capital....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
Algorithmiq lands €18M co-led by CDP Venture Capital to commercialise algorithms for quantum computers

Algorithmiq has raised €18M and moved its HQ from Helsinki to Milan, betting Europe’s quantum future will be won by software, not hardware....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
Innovation Industries leads €40M round on eyeo's computer vision bet to triple what every camera can see

Netherlands-based deeptech startup eyeo has raised a €40M Series A led by Innovation Industries to replace traditional camera filters and triple light capture....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
HTGF and Auxxo back NanoStruct with €2.6M to cut food safety testing

German deeptech startup NanoStruct has raised a €2.6M Seed round led by HTGF and Auxxo to cut food pathogen detection times from days to hours using sensor chips....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs eyes over $2B funding from Thrive and Alphabet

Google DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs is in advanced talks to raise more than $2 billion, with Thrive Capital set to lead and Alphabet participating....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
Honeywell-backed Quantinuum files for US IPO at up to $20B valuation

Honeywell-backed Quantinuum files S-1 for Nasdaq IPO under ticker QNT, targeting a valuation above $20 billion....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
Lightspeed and Dragoneer to back Helsing’s $1.2B round, valuing it at $18B: report

The drone and defence tech company Helsing is closing in on a $1.2 billion funding round that could value the company at nearly $18 billion....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
European deeptech needs much more than it has — so let’s make sure we include women

Re-Fresh Global CEO Urte Zahn explains why solving deeptech hardest industrial challenges requires long-term capital, hard results, and a diverse talent pool....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
AI, remote work, and the attention economy: TFN and Native Teams launch event to explore the future of the 'human internet'

The internet could look entirely different in the coming years.  As AI reshapes communication, remote work replaces offices, and younger generations The event will explore how AI, remote work, and shifting user behaviour are reshaping how people connect, collaborate, and build online....

Tech Fund 11.05.2026
8 agtech startups to watch, according to top VCs

Global agrifoodtech funding hit $16.2B in 2025. With VCs writing larger checks for fewer deals, here are the top European agtech startups investors are watching....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Kalshi doubles valuation to $22B with $1B raise as Coatue bets on prediction markets

Kalshi has closed a $1B Series F at a $22B valuation, led by Coatue with Sequoia, a16z, IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, and ARK Invest...

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Tencent to back DeepSeek in $4B round at $50B valuation, marking first external funding: report

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, is seeking its first outside funding round at a valuation that could reach $50 billion, after years of avoiding external capital,...

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Lime files for IPO: Uber-backed e-bike and scooter startup eyes Nasdaq debut

Uber-backed micromobility company Lime has filed for a Nasdaq IPO under the ticker LIME....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Anthropic nears $1T valuation as Claude gains ground in enterprise race with OpenAI

Anthropic is considering raising tens of billions of dollars this summer in a deal that could push its valuation close to $1 trillion....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Ramp in talks to raise $750M from GIC, Iconiq Capital at over $40B valuation: report

Ramp is reportedly in talks to raise $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Akansha Dimri named Diversity Role Model of the Year at Global Startup Awards 2026

Tech Funding News founder and Editor-in-Chief Akansha Dimri has been named Diversity Role Model of the Year at the 11th edition of the Global Startup Awards....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
NASA wants to put people on the moon. Lunar Outpost just landed $30M to send its rovers there first

Colorado-based Lunar Outpost has raised a $30M Series B led by Industrious Ventures to scale its autonomous commercial rovers for the lunar surface....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Cybersecurity unicorn built by GitHub Copilot's creator raises $35M Series C extension from Samsung, NVIDIA 

Seattle-based XBOW, founded by GitHub Copilot creator Oege de Moor, has raised a $35M Series C extension from Samsung, NVIDIA, and Accenture, pushing total funding above $270M....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
a16z leads Tessera Labs’$60M round to automate SAP and ERP migrations with AI

Silicon Valley startup Tessera Labs has raised a $60M Series A led by a16z to automate complex, multi-year ERP and SAP migrations using a multi-agent AI platform....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
HawkEye 360 bags $416M at $2.42B valuation in US IPO as space tech heats back up

Virginia-based signals intelligence firm HawkEye 360 has raised $416M in its US IPO, landing a $2.4B valuation as defense and space tech listings heat up....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
Moonshot AI hits $20B after $2B raise, becoming China's top-funded LLM startup

Beijing-based Moonshot AI has raised a $2B round led by Meituan's venture arm, reaching a $20B valuation as its Kimi LLM crosses $200M in ARR....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
UK cultivated meat startup Meatly raises £10.4M from Oyster Bay to build Europe's biggest bioreactor facility

London-based Meatly has raised £10.4M in a Series A led by Oyster Bay to build Europe’s largest cultivated meat facility and scale its lab-grown chicken for pet food....

Tech Fund 08.05.2026
What founders need to know before resetting their valuation in 2026

A down round in 2026 isn't necessarily a failure. VCs and advisors explain why accepting a lower valuation is often healthier than taking toxic term sheets....