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🇬🇧May 19, 2026 Google DeepMind's Hassabis held secret stake in $900B rival Anthropic
Investors🇸🇪May 18, 2026 EQT picked to manage EU's €5B Scaleup Europe Fund
FundingSecurity🇳🇱May 18, 2026 Destinus seeks €200M pre-IPO raise at €5B+ valuation
FundingMedia🇺🇸May 18, 2026 Decart raises $300M at $4B valuation to power real-time AI
FundingEnergy🇺🇸May 18, 2026 Gradiant hits $2B valuation with Series E to tackle AI's water problem
PeopleFintech🇺🇸May 18, 2026 Berkshire triples its Alphabet stake to $17B, bets $2.6B on Delta under new CEO
Funding🇺🇸May 15, 2026 xAI co-founder Babuschkin in talks to raise up to $1B for new AI research startup River AI
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 15, 2026 Anthropic agrees terms for $30B round at $900B valuation — overtaking OpenAI
Investors🇬🇧May 15, 2026 Lightrock raises $500M to back clean energy access across Asia and Africa
FundingTransportation🇮🇳May 15, 2026 Rapido raises $240M at $3B as Uber names it India's top ride-hailing rival
FundingEducation🇬🇧May 15, 2026 Multiverse raises $70M at $2.1B valuation to build Europe's AI adoption layer
M&ASemiconductors🇺🇸May 14, 2026 Arm and SoftBank tried to buy Cerebras weeks before its $34B IPO
FundingHealth🇺🇸May 14, 2026 CREATE Medicines raises $122M to advance in vivo CAR therapy
IPOsSemiconductors🇺🇸May 14, 2026 Cerebras raises $5.55B in biggest US IPO of 2026
🇮🇳May 14, 2026 Three Peak XV veterans launch Mettle Capital with $350–400M target for Indian startups
FundingSemiconductors🇬🇧May 14, 2026 SoftBank injects $450M into Graphcore as it bets on a Nvidia alternative
Space🇺🇸May 14, 2026 Blue Origin weighs first external fundraising as $4.8B annual spend outpaces Bezos's solo backing
Funding🇨🇳May 14, 2026 Ex-Alibaba Qwen lead raises hundreds of millions at $2B valuation for new AI lab
People🇬🇧May 14, 2026 Phoenix Court shakes up leadership as it pivots to shared ownership model
Legal🇨🇦May 14, 2026 Clio crosses $500M ARR as legal AI becomes a platform fight
FundingSemiconductors🇬🇧May 13, 2026 Fractile raises $220M to rethink inference chip design
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇦May 12, 2026 Photonic closes $200M round at $2B valuation as Canada bets big on quantum computing
FundingSecurity🇺🇸May 12, 2026 Exaforce raises $125M Series B at $725M valuation for AI cybersecurity
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 12, 2026 Wispr in talks to raise $260M at $2B valuation for voice AI
FundingSecurity🇺🇸May 12, 2026 Havoc raises $100M to let one operator command thousands of autonomous systems
FundingHealth🇬🇧May 12, 2026 Tolemy Bio raises €1.4M to bring AI control to cell therapy labs
FundingEnergy🇺🇸May 12, 2026 Anj Midha's AMP raises $1.3B to build a shared power grid for AI compute
FundingHealth🇺🇸May 12, 2026 Forus raises $160M at $1B valuation to fix America's prescription fill rate problem
FundingSemiconductors🇳🇱May 12, 2026 Eyeo raises €40M to reinvent the image sensor that hasn't changed in 50 years
FundingEnergy🇺🇸May 11, 2026 Robinhood co-founder Bhatt raises $275M for Cowboy Space to build data centres in orbit
PeopleTelecom🇳🇱May 11, 2026 Bird cuts 20% of staff and shifts away from Europe as US customers take over
FundingSecurity🇺🇸May 11, 2026 Frame Security raises $50M to fight AI deepfakes with AI training
M&ATransportation🇬🇷May 11, 2026 Blackstone acquires majority stake in Greek e-commerce leader Skroutz for $746M
Fintech🇺🇸May 11, 2026 a16z to lead $300M round in Canton Network creator Digital Asset at $2B valuation
FundingGaming🇹🇷May 11, 2026 Grand Games raises $70M as Turkey's mobile gaming machine keeps producing hits
Media🇬🇧May 9, 2026 OnlyFans sells 16% stake to Architect Capital at $3.1B valuation
FundingHealth🇬🇧May 9, 2026 Isomorphic Labs in talks to raise over $2B for AI drug discovery
Security🇩🇪May 9, 2026 Helsing nears $18B valuation with $1.2B raise as defence tech booms
IPOsSpace🇺🇸May 8, 2026 HawkEye 360 raises $416M as investors pile into defence tech IPOs
FundingFintech🇺🇸May 8, 2026 Kalshi raises $1B, hits $22B valuation and $1.5B ARR as legal battle looms
FundingSecurity🇮🇱May 7, 2026 Kela Technologies raises $200M at $1.2bn to take Israeli defence tech global
FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇳May 7, 2026 Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as Kimi hits $200M ARR
FundingHealth🇺🇸May 7, 2026 Blackstone invests $250M in Anagram to cut the pill burden for cystic fibrosis patients
M&AFintech🇭🇰May 7, 2026 Kraken parent Payward buys stablecoin payments firm Reap for $600M
FundingSpace🇮🇳May 7, 2026 Skyroot Aerospace raises $60M, becomes India's first spacetech unicorn
Enterprise Software🇨🇳May 7, 2026 DeepSeek seeks ~$7.3B in first-ever funding round at $50B+ valuation
FundingSemiconductors🇬🇧May 7, 2026 Quantum Motion raises $160M to build quantum computers on silicon chips
Health🇺🇸May 7, 2026 Roche pays up to $1.05B for PathAI to bring AI to the heart of cancer diagnosis
Investors🇺🇸May 7, 2026 Griffin Gaming launches $100M fund to back indie games with revenue-share financing
FundingFintech🇺🇸May 6, 2026 Corgi raises $160M Series B at $1.3bn to rebuild insurance from scratch
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