Startup News
Ugandan Startup Turns Plastic Waste Into Recycled Plastic Fabric, Wins 2026 GEC…
Uganda generates 600 metric tonnes of plastic waste every single day, and roughly 60% of it is left to rot, burn,…
Oslo-Based AI Startup Cloudgeni Raises $1 Million in Latest Cloudgeni Funding…
Oslo-based AI startup Cloudgeni has secured $1 million in seed funding to expand its automated cloud infrastructure…
Bharat Ke Super Founders Opens Applications for Season 2 After a ₹130+ Crore Debut…
Applications now open for founders across India; Season 2 premieres in December 2026
India: After a debut season…
When Words and Actions Collide: The Paradox Behind JD.com AI Jobs and Warehouse…
JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong pledged on Wednesday to protect the company's 900,000-strong workforce from automation…
Cognition AI Funding 2026: The $1B Raise and the AI Writing 89% of Its Own Code
Cognition AI closed a Series D of more than $1 billion at a $26 billion post-money valuation — and buried inside…
MTN Uganda AWE Phase 2 Launches to Scale Women-Led Businesses Into Corporate…
UGX 62 billion (~$16.8 million) in corporate contracts flowing to women-owned businesses — that's the headline…
Who Needs a Shopping Partner? CarryMen’s Shopping Assistant Service Has You…
Sarojini Nagar alone draws 50,000 to 60,000 shoppers on a typical day — a figure that doubles during weekends and…
Ministry of Education Holds Bharat Innovates Investor Showcase in Bengaluru: 24…
Twenty-four carefully curated deep-tech start-ups presented their innovations before more than 90 investors at the…
SpaceX Buying Cursor: The $60 Billion Deal Set to Close 30 Days After the Biggest…
SpaceX buying Cursor for $60 billion — just 30 days after its historic Nasdaq debut — is the most consequential…
Nothing But Seed Funding: How Five International Student Founders Landed Backing…
Nothing But, a fruit-snacking startup built by five international student entrepreneurs from India, Mexico,…
Musk OpenAI Lawsuit Verdict: Jury Sides With Sam Altman as $150 Billion Case…
A nine-member jury unanimously dismissed every claim in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI in less than two hours…
VahatiCor New CEO: Endotronix Co-Founder Harry D. Rowland Takes the Helm to…
VahatiCor, a medtech company developing interventional therapies for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction, announced…
LawX AI Raises €7.5M Seed to Build the Operating System Europe’s Law Firms…
Europe's legal tech market, valued at $6.15 billion in 2025 and projected to hit $15.45 billion by 2034, has a…
Rapido’s $3 Billion Valuation: Inside India’s Most Dramatic Startup…
On May 15, 2026, India's Rapido confirmed it had raised $240 million in fresh primary funding led by Prosus — the…
Voice Startup Vapi Hits $500M Valuation After Beating 40 Rivals to Win Amazon Ring
Amazon Ring, facing a surge in customer-support calls during last year's holiday season, evaluated more than 40 AI…
Anthropic Stainless Acquisition: How a $300M+ Developer Tools Deal Could Hand…
Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to…
Europe’s Defense AI Giant Helsing Funding Nears $1.2B at $18B Valuation
A Munich-based startup founded just four years ago is on the verge of closing one of the largest private defense…
Wingreens Safe Harvest Acquisition Closes Rs 120 Cr Series D; IPO on the Horizon
On May 11, 2026, the Wingreens Safe Harvest acquisition was formally completed through a share swap transaction —…
Skyroot Hits $160M in Funding Ahead of India’s First Private Orbital Rocket…
📌 Key Takeaways
Skyroot Aerospace closed a $60 million Series C on May 7, 2026, hitting $160 million in total…
Moonshot AI Funding Reaches $20B as China’s Open-Weight AI Bet Pays Off
In just six months, Moonshot AI funding has ballooned from a $4.3 billion valuation to a jaw-dropping $20 billion —…
