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IPOsFintech🇬🇧Apr 22, 2026 Revolut CEO says IPO is two years out, eyes $150–200B valuation
Investors🇹🇷Apr 21, 2026 Firstpoint VC launches €50M fund to back AI gaming startups in emerging markets
FundingRobotics🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Reliable Robotics raises $160M to push uncrewed cargo flights toward FAA certification
FundingHealth🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Tortugas Neuroscience launches with $106M for mid-stage CNS pipeline
FundingHealth🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Ray Therapeutics closes oversubscribed $125M Series B for vision restoration
FundingRobotics🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Project Prometheus nears $10B raise at $38B valuation
InvestorsTransportation🇨🇳Apr 21, 2026 DeepWay closes $310M pre-IPO round as global funds back autonomous truck push
FundingEnergy🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Blue Energy raises $380M to build prefabricated nuclear plants
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Amazon deepens Anthropic bet with up to $25B investment and $100B cloud deal
Big techConsumer Electronics🇺🇸Apr 21, 2026 Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO — hardware chief John Ternus takes over
M&AHealth🇺🇸Apr 20, 2026 Lilly pays up to $7B for Kelonia in bid to reinvent cancer cell therapy
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Apr 20, 2026 Cursor in talks to raise $2B at $50B valuation as AI coding race intensifies
M&AFood🇩🇪Apr 20, 2026 Prosus sells €270M Delivery Hero stake to Uber to satisfy EU regulators
FundingHealth🇨🇳Apr 20, 2026 Medtronic leads $100M round in Pulnovo to back novel heart disease device
M&AHealth🇺🇸Apr 20, 2026 UCB pays up to $1.15B for Neurona's epilepsy cell therapy bet
Semiconductors🇳🇱Apr 17, 2026 Euclyd, the ASML alum's chip startup, eyes €100M to take on Nvidia in inference
Big techSemiconductors🇺🇸Apr 17, 2026 OpenAI commits $20B to Cerebras chips and takes an equity stake
FundingTransportation🇺🇸Apr 17, 2026 Loop raises $95M to become the AI brain of the supply chain
Investors🇺🇸Apr 17, 2026 Sequoia raises $7B expansion fund under new leadership to double down on AI
Semiconductors🇺🇸Apr 17, 2026 Upscale AI seeks $200M at $2B valuation — its third raise in seven months
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Apr 17, 2026 Factory raises $150M at $1.5B to take on AI coding's enterprise market
Investors🇬🇧Apr 17, 2026 UK launches £500M Sovereign AI fund and backs first seven startups
FundingFintech🇺🇸Apr 16, 2026 Ramp rival Slash Financial raises $100M at $1.4B valuation with $300M in annualised revenue
FundingRobotics🇬🇧Apr 16, 2026 Wayve raises $60M extension from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm as chip giants bet on its AI Driver
M&A🇸🇦Apr 16, 2026 PIF sells Al-Hilal to Prince Alwaleed's KHC and eyes LIV Golf exit in Saudi sports reset
Health🇺🇸Apr 16, 2026 Roche pays up to $595M for cancer detection startup SAGA Diagnostics
Kids🇺🇸Apr 16, 2026 TPG backs school bus startup Zūm with $100M at $1.7B valuation
PeopleFintech🇬🇧Apr 16, 2026 SaaStock founder shuts down 10-year brand to launch Shift AI for the post-SaaS era
FundingHealth🇫🇮Apr 16, 2026 Proteins.1 raises €4.7M to commercialise ultra-sensitive protein detection for early disease diagnosis
Investors🇨🇳Apr 16, 2026 Lanchi Ventures closes $560M fund to bet on Chinese AI
Investors🇩🇰Apr 16, 2026 Unconventional Ventures closes second tranche of Fund II backing underrepresented European founders
M&ASpace🇺🇸Apr 16, 2026 Amazon's $11.6B Globalstar deal puts it in Starlink's orbit
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 Artemis raises $70M to build AI-native security platform that fights machine-speed attacks
Investors🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 With $5B in new funds, Accel bets big on AI hardware and software
M&AHosting🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 CoreWeave lands $1B Jane Street investment and $6B cloud deal
FundingHealth🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 Terremoto Biosciences raises $108M to crack the AKT inhibitor puzzle
FundingHealth🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 Beeline Medicines launches with $300M and five BMS drugs to target lupus and beyond
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 Fluidstack targets $18B valuation as Jane Street leads $1B raise
Semiconductors🇮🇹Apr 15, 2026 Italy backs 2D Photonics with €211M grant to tackle AI's data bottleneck
FundingEnterprise Software🇰🇷Apr 15, 2026 Upstage raises $120M Series C, becomes Korea's first generative AI unicorn
🇺🇸Apr 15, 2026 Lockheed Martin expands venture fund to $1B to fast-track defence tech from startups to supply chain
FundingTransportation🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 Glydways raises $170M with pilots in UAE, NYC and Atlanta — and a $1B valuation round already in talks
M&AHealth🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 Eli Lilly acquires ADC biotech CrossBridge Bio for up to $300M
FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 Sygaldry raises $139M to bring quantum hardware to AI data centres
Education🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 Handshake's ARR crosses $1B as AI training revenue surges
ProductsHealth🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 Harbinger Health launches RESOLVE blood test with $100M to speed cancer diagnosis
Big techHealth🇩🇰Apr 14, 2026 Novo Nordisk bets on OpenAI to accelerate drug discovery as obesity race heats up
M&AFintech🇺🇸Apr 14, 2026 OpenAI acquires Hiro Finance, bringing in serial fintech founder Ethan Bloch
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Apr 13, 2026 Harvard neuroscientist seeks $100M to build AI that never forgets
FundingHealth🇺🇸Apr 13, 2026 Neomorph raises $100M to push its first molecular glue degrader into the clinic
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