News archive — April 2026
Funding🇺🇸Apr 30, 2026
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to build drone factories that deploy to the front lines
Investors🇩🇪Apr 30, 2026
Earlybird closes its largest fund at €360M to bet on Europe's deep tech moment
Investors🇬🇧Apr 29, 2026
Illuminate Financial closes $135M fund backed by major banks to scale fintech AI
Funding🇧🇪Apr 28, 2026
Coultreon Biopharma raises $125M Series A to advance oral immunology drug from Galapagos
ProductsHealth🇺🇸Apr 28, 2026
Profluent signs $2.25B partnership with Eli Lilly for AI-designed gene editors
FundingEthiopiaApr 28, 2026
Addis Ababa e-mobility startup Dodai raises $13M Series A to scale battery swapping
Robotics🇯🇵Apr 27, 2026
Andy Rubin's robotics startup Genki reportedly hits $1B valuation at Series A
Funding🇬🇧Apr 27, 2026
Ex-DeepMind star David Silver raises $1.1B at $5.1B valuation for AI "superlearner" startup
Big techEnterprise Software🇸🇬Apr 27, 2026
China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal, moves to curb US investment in AI
Funding🇮🇱Apr 27, 2026
Quantum Art extends Series A to $140M to scale trapped-ion multicore computing
🇳🇱Apr 26, 2026
Invest-NL backs €10M European defence tech fund targeting AI and cybersecurity startups
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Apr 24, 2026
Cognition AI in talks at $25B as AI coding race intensifies after SpaceX-Cursor deal
IPOsEnterprise Software🇮🇹Apr 24, 2026
Bending Spoons picks banks for $20B US IPO — Europe’s acquisition machine heads to Wall Street
Funding🇫🇮Apr 24, 2026
Verda raises $117M to build Europe’s AI cloud hyperscaler on clean Nordic power
🇺🇸Apr 24, 2026
Sergey Brin folds $200M brain-health VC fund into family office as neuro bets top $2B
People🇬🇧Apr 24, 2026
Balderton appoints Peakon founder Phil Chambers as partner to back early-stage European startups
Investors🇫🇷Apr 23, 2026
Kurma Partners closes €215M Biofund IV, crosses €1B in assets under management
Funding🇬🇧Apr 23, 2026
Cloudsmith raises $72M Series C as AI coding agents reshape the software supply chain
Funding🇨🇳Apr 23, 2026
Pudu Robotics raises $150M, crosses $1.5B valuation as cleaning robots drive 100% growth
Funding🇺🇸Apr 23, 2026
Omni raises $120M Series C at $1.5B to become the semantic layer for AI agents
Enterprise Software🇨🇳Apr 22, 2026
DeepSeek eyes $20B+ valuation as Tencent and Alibaba circle first funding round