Startup-News

UGX 62 billion (~$16.8 million) in corporate contracts flowing to women-owned businesses — that's the headline achievement that set the stage for something bigger. On May 22, 2026, at its Kampala headquarters, MTN Uganda formally unveiled…

Sarojini Nagar alone draws 50,000 to 60,000 shoppers on a typical day — a figure that doubles during weekends and festive seasons. Yet nobody talks about what happens after the deals are struck: aching shoulders, overstuffed bags, and…

Twenty-four carefully curated deep-tech start-ups presented their innovations before more than 90 investors at the Bharat Innovates investor showcase in Bengaluru — a day-long capital-connect event co-convened by the Ministry of Education…

SpaceX buying Cursor for $60 billion — just 30 days after its historic Nasdaq debut — is the most consequential tech acquisition story of 2026. The deal was first made public in April, when Elon Musk's rocket-and-AI conglomerate announced…

Nothing But, a fruit-snacking startup built by five international student entrepreneurs from India, Mexico, Bolivia, and Ecuador, has closed its Nothing But seed funding round — backed by an extraordinary lineup of consumer brand founders…

A nine-member jury unanimously dismissed every claim in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI in less than two hours on May 18, 2026. The Musk OpenAI lawsuit verdict didn't turn on who was right or wrong — it turned on a clock. Musk filed too…

VahatiCor, a medtech company developing interventional therapies for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction, announced the appointment of Harry D. Rowland, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer. The VahatiCor new CEO brings a resume built on…

Europe's legal tech market, valued at $6.15 billion in 2025 and projected to hit $15.45 billion by 2034, has a peculiar blind spot — the overwhelming majority of law firms on the continent are small and mid-sized practices that the AI…

On May 15, 2026, India's Rapido confirmed it had raised $240 million in fresh primary funding led by Prosus — the largest capital infusion in the startup's eleven-year history. The resulting Rapido $3 billion valuation isn't just a…

Amazon Ring, facing a surge in customer-support calls during last year's holiday season, evaluated more than 40 AI voice vendors before choosing voice startup Vapi to handle its inbound phone traffic. That single enterprise win didn't just…