Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub receives $600K grant to accelerate hardware startups * Intel repurchases 49% stake in Irish Fab 34 for $14.2B, signaling strategic confidence in chip manufacturing * Saronic Technologies raises $1.75B to build autonomous naval vessels, secures $392M U.S. Navy contract 🚀 JPMorgan Drops $600K to
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Empirical Ventures secures £10M from UK’s Regional Angels Programme to scale science-led startups outside London * Oregon AI Accelerator launches inaugural cohort with 20 startups targeting enterprise and health AI applications * Jimini Health Raises $17M Seed Funding to Deploy AI Mental Health Platform Sage 🚀 £10M Boost Triples Empirical
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Blackstone closes $6.33B life sciences fund, largest ever, with $15B in assets under management and 86% approval rate for Phase III-backed drugs * Rebellions raises $650M in six months, targets US market with RebelRack™ and RebelPOD™ HPC systems using UCIe and HBM3E * ScaleOps raises $130M Series C at
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Eli Lilly and Insilico Medicine sign $2.75B AI drug development deal, with $115M upfront payment * Datavault AI Inc. reports record $33.8M Q4 revenue, 3,650% YoY growth, and first net profit of $661K 🤖 Lilly Bets $2.75B on AI-Designed Drugs in Global First $2.75B says
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * eMed raises $200M Series A at $2.5B valuation to expand AI-powered telehealth and GLP-1 platform * Advanced Partners with AusAgritech to Unlock R&D Tax Incentives for Regional Australian AgriTech Startups * Startale Group secures $63M Series A funding led by SBI Group and Sony Innovation Fund to
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5B for 22nd early-stage fund and $2.5B for late-stage vehicle, doubling previous fund size * Chexy Raises $14M CAD Series A to Expand Business Payments Platform in Canada * BNB Chain Launches University Dev Roadshow at NYU, Harvard, and UC Berkeley 🚀 Kleiner Perkins Drops $3.
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Zevero Secures $7M Funding to Scale AI-Powered ESG and Carbon Accounting Platform Across Global Enterprises * Halter raises $220M Series E to transform livestock management with AI-powered GPS collars, targeting $2B valuation by 2025 * Swish raises $54M to scale ultra-fast food delivery by owning kitchens, tech, and last-mile logistics
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Credo Ventures Closes $88M Fund Focused on Pre-Seed Startups in Central and Eastern Europe * BKR Capital Launches $50M Fund to Close Funding Gap for Black-Led Tech Startups in Canada 🚀 $88M Credo Fund V: 20 Pre-Seed Shots to Mint CEE’s Next UiPath $88M just dropped on CEE pre-seed—
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Partech Impact Fund closes €300M to target climate tech gaps in Europe * HyperDev raises $1M seed funding to disrupt vibe coding with AI-powered app development for SMBs in South Africa and Poland * Viemed reports 26% CAGR since IPO, $270M 2025 revenue, and 62% CPAP patient growth as sleep
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * Verily Life Sciences raises $300M, becomes independent health entity under Alphabet spin-off * Edra secures $30M Series A from Sequoia and 8VC to turn operational data into AI-powered knowledge bases * Bluesky raises $100M Series B led by Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, and Knight Foundation to scale AT Protocol infrastructure
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * CometChat raises $21.7M from Run VC and Anuj Garg to fuel AI-powered communication infrastructure for wellness, e-commerce, and hospitality verticals * Rivia Secures $15M Series A Funding to Scale Agentic Product Development Across US and Europe * Swarmer surges 520% post-IPO to $382M market cap, signaling investor appetite for
Startups & Entrepreneurship
TL;DR * iDEL Therapeutics closes €9M seed round to advance tumor-targeted cancer therapies using synthetic shuttle technology * Choice, a SaaS platform for independent restaurants, closes $7.1M Series A to scale across Southern Europe * SBIR/STTR Programs Reauthorized by U.S. Congress with $4B Annual Funding for 4,000 Small