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China Leads Asia’s Startup Funding To Its Highest Level In More Than 3 Years

Joanna Glasner

April 13, 2026

Overall, investors put $27.4 billion to work across seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian companies in Q1, per ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï data. That’s up...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Insurance tech • Manufacturing • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big

Marlize van Romburgh

April 10, 2026

While no billion-dollar rounds led this week’s list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • IPO • Quarterly and annual reports • Startups • Venture

Fintech Startups Globally Raise More Money In Far Fewer Deals In Q1 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 10, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï data. That’s a 5%...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Politics and regulation • SaaS • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 9, 2026

AI tax prep automation startup Juno, founded to address the opportunities — and risks — that come with advances in AI, and built for underserved SMB...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Global Investors Help Boost Latin America’s Late-Stage Funding Boom In Q1

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 9, 2026

Startups in Latin America raised a combined $1.03 billion across seed- and growth-stage deals in the three-month period ending March 31 — up year...

Artificial intelligence • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Most Active And Highest-Spending Startup Investors Diverged In Q1

Joanna Glasner

April 8, 2026

The investors backing the highest number of startup rounds in a record-setting Q1 were mostly not the ones writing the big checks. And the ones...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Travel & tourism • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants

Marlize van Romburgh

April 7, 2026

In a quarter when nearly two-thirds of global venture capital went to just four companies, it’s easy to lose track of the many other companies...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Real estate & property tech • Robotics • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level

Joanna Glasner

April 6, 2026

U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding rounds in the first quarter of 2026 per...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cloud computing • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Largest Financings Went To Defense, Wearables, Energy And Security

Joanna Glasner

April 3, 2026

Startup investors kept up the busy dealmaking pace this week with a number of big rounds. Top among them was a $1.75 billion Series D for Austin...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

This Is A Momentous Year For Early-Stage Unicorns

Joanna Glasner

April 3, 2026

A total of 47 seed- and early stage companies joined the unicorn ranks in the first quarter of this year, per ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï data. Barring a major...

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Miravoice, Builder Of An AI ‘Interviewer’ To Conduct Phone Surveys, Raises $6.3M

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 2, 2026

Miravoice, a startup using AI voice agents to conduct long-form phone surveys, has raised $6.3 million in a seed funding round, the company tells...