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FundingHosting🇬🇧Jan 22, 2026 Leeds Chip Startup Optalysys Raises £23M to Take Photonic FHE to the US

M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 22, 2026 Lightning AI and Voltage Park Merge to Form $2.5B AI Cloud

ProductsFintech🇺🇸Jan 22, 2026 Lemonade Launches Industry-First Autonomous Car Insurance, Betting on Tesla FSD

Marketing🇺🇸Jan 22, 2026 Podium Passes $100M in AI Agent ARR on 300% Year-on-Year Growth

FundingEnergy🇺🇸Jan 22, 2026 Geothermal Power Startup Zanskar Raises $115M to Unlock Untapped Energy

Health🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 OpenEvidence Becomes a Daily AI Tool for Over 40% of U.S. Physicians, Reaching a $12B Valuation

M&AHealth🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 GSK Turns to Food Allergy Therapies in $2.2B Rapt Acquisition

IPOsHealth🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 Ethos Technologies IPO: Profitable insurtech targets $1.3B valuation, half its 2021 peak

FundingEducation🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 Preply Secures $150 Million to Expand Human-Led, AI-Enhanced Language Learning

InvestorsFintech🇩🇪Jan 21, 2026 Cloover raises equity and debt to scale financing for residential energy installations in Europe

Investors 🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 Deep33 Ventures Launches $150M Fund Focused on U.S.–Israel Deep Tech Collaboration

M&AMarketing🇫🇷Jan 21, 2026 Everstone-Backed Wingify Acquires AB Tasty, Creating a $500M Group

Fintech🇬🇧Jan 21, 2026 Matt Spetzler Brings Pipeline to Independent Music with $200M Backing

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 Baseten Hits $5B Valuation in $300M Funding Round Backed by Nvidia

FundingFintech🇫🇷Jan 21, 2026 Pennylane raises €175 million to accelerate AI development and European expansion

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 21, 2026 Backed by Nvidia and Bezos, AI startup humans& raises $480m seed at $4.48b valuation

Enterprise Software🇮🇳Jan 21, 2026 Indian AI Coding Startup Emergent Triples Valuation Within Four Months on $70M Raise

Investors 🇬🇧Jan 20, 2026 Plural raises third fund targeting €1 billion

FundingSpace🇦🇺Jan 20, 2026 Gilmour Space Raises $146M to Push Australia’s Orbital Launch Ambitions

Security🇩🇪Jan 20, 2026 Twentyfour Industries emerges from stealth with $11.8M funding to scale drone production

Energy🇨🇭Jan 20, 2026 €192M Financing Gives Terralayr Fresh Capital to Expand Battery Storage Portfolio

FundingEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇺🇸Jan 19, 2026 Noveon Magnetics Raises $215M to Expand U.S. Rare-Earth Magnet Production

FundingSpace🇯🇵Jan 19, 2026 Japanese Interstellar Technologies Raises $130M Series F to Advance Orbital Launch Vehicle

FundingMedia🇬🇧Jan 18, 2026 Fanvue raises $22m Series A after scaling to $100m ARR with AI-powered creator tools

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 18, 2026 ClickHouse, a Snowflake and Databricks challenger, hits $15bn valuation in $400m round

Education🇺🇸Jan 18, 2026 Replit’s reported $400m raise highlights a growing AI coding battle with OpenAI and Cursor

Investors 🇩🇪Jan 18, 2026 DTCP unveils €500m Project Liberty fund to back European defense and security tech

M&AHealth🇺🇸Jan 16, 2026 Sam Altman's Merge Labs Raises $252M to Explore Non-Invasive Brain–AI Interfaces

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Jan 16, 2026 Mytra Raises $120M to Expand Robotics Systems for Warehouses

Enterprise Software🇬🇧Jan 16, 2026 Cloudflare Buys Human Native, Adding a Licensed AI Data Marketplace

🇪🇸Jan 16, 2026 España Crece: Spain’s €10.5B Framework for Long-Term Public Investment

FundingMedia🇺🇸Jan 16, 2026 Higgsfield Raises $80M at $1.3B Valuation as Revenue Surges to $200M

Space🇬🇧Jan 16, 2026 Open Cosmos Beats Global Rivals for Satellite Spectrum, Boosting Europe’s Space Autonomy

Marketing🇩🇪Jan 16, 2026 Parloa Triples Valuation to $3B as Investment Heats Up in AI Customer Service

Fintech🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Alpaca Becomes a Unicorn with $150M Series D to Power Global Trading Platforms

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Thinking Machines Lab Loses Two Co-Founders to OpenAI, Reflecting a Broader Trend in AI Labs

FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Cerebras Lands $10B OpenAI Partnership for Compute Capacity

FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Cerebras in Talks to Raise $1B at $22B Valuation Ahead of IPO

Big techEnergy🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Tesla’s Texas Lithium Refinery: Fast-Tracking Critical EV Materials for a Local EV Supply Chain

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 WebAI Reaches $2.5B Valuation to Build On-Device, Privacy-First AI

Security🇮🇱Jan 15, 2026 CrowdStrike Makes Two Acquisitions Worth About $1.2B to Expand Security Platform

Robotics🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 Skild AI confirms $1.4B Series C at $14B valuation, cementing its role in general-purpose robotics

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Jan 15, 2026 WithCoverage Raises $42M to Rethink Insurance Broking for High-Growth Businesses

FundingEnterprise Software🇩🇪Jan 15, 2026 osapiens Raises $100M as Sustainability Rules Turn Enterprise Software into a Must-Have

Gaming🇨🇦Jan 14, 2026 Polygon Buys Coinme and Sequence in $250M Push into US Stablecoin Payments

Security🇧🇪Jan 14, 2026 Aikido Security Becomes Europe’s Fastest Cybersecurity Unicorn by Outshipping Incumbents with Product-Led Growth, Freemium Funnel, and Viral Brand Marketing

FundingSecurity🇺🇸Jan 14, 2026 Defense Unicorns Raises $136M at $1B Valuation to Supply Software to US Department of War

IPOsGaming🇺🇸Jan 14, 2026 Discord Files Confidentially for IPO as Public Markets Reopen to Consumer Tech

FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Jan 14, 2026 Nvidia challenger startup Etched secures $500M at $5B valuation to build specialized AI chips

Legal🇺🇸Jan 14, 2026 Voice AI Platform Deepgram Hits $1.3B Valuation After $130M Raise