Rounds

Most of this week’s largest funding recipients were AI-focused startups, with Instinct, a developer of AI assistants, pulling in the biggest round.

Aug 28, 2026

The biggest financing of the week went to Castelion, a defense tech startup developing a hypersonic missile. Other sizable rounds went to companies developing AI inference technology, a video-creation platform, data centers and voice-to-text tools.

Aug 21, 2026

Startups raised funding rounds with a lot of zeroes at the end this week, with three companies securing financings of $1 billion or more. Additionally, a robust lineup of companies in sectors including AI, e-commerce, cybersecurity, biotech and even mining also announced sizable new rounds.

Aug 7, 2026

Founded by an educator fascinated by the educational potential of ChatGPT, MagicSchool AI leads off a series of articles featuring startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies.

Aug 5, 2026

Global venture funding showed no signs of slowing in July. Startup capital totaled $65 billion, up 100% year over year, as the month notched the highest-ever number of billion-dollar venture rounds on record, per Crunchbase data.

Aug 4, 2026

We identified popular themes for seed-stage investment this year, including cancer therapeutics and space tech.

Jul 31, 2026

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Jul 27, 2026

Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and fintech.

Jul 24, 2026

For the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst in Q2 overtook Y Combinator when it came to participating in the most fintech deals of $5 million or more, per Crunchbase data. The quarter also marked the busiest one for General Catalyst since 2021 in terms of investing in rounds of $5 million or above.

Jul 24, 2026

So far this year, 60% of global startup funding across stages — around $320 billion — went to rounds of $1 billion or more, per Crunchbase data, with such rounds instrumental in pushing global funding for the first half of the year to record levels.

Jul 23, 2026

Despite attention-grabbing AI mega-seed rounds, historical data shows that very large first financings rarely produce venture-scale returns because high entry valuations limit investor upside. Instead, argues guest author Ellie McDonald, the strongest venture outcomes have typically come from capital-efficient startups that raised modest early rounds.

Jul 16, 2026

Overall, investors poured $42.8 billion into startup funding rounds across all of Asia in Q2 2026, per Crunchbase data. Led by China's $7.4 billion DeepSeek raise, that’s by far the highest quarterly total in more than three years.

Jul 16, 2026

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5hV1d2c0FZTk5qeF85dGpPZE95SndRQVhRRTJySkh6NjJwNklHenJzNHFKSGlodUJndy0ydzBobVYycGt3TUxHZ1k1VC0zcTI5OVdOOXhhN0JOTWpiaTJFeEpvM24yeGs?oc=5" target="_blank">Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">CTech</font>

Jul 2, 2026

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Dec 29, 2025

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Dec 29, 2025

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Dec 31, 2024

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Dec 27, 2023