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Europe’s Venture Rebound: Inside Its Strongest Funding Quarter in Four Years
European startups raised $24B in Q2 2026, up two-thirds YoY, UK topping $10B. What the AI-fueled rebound means for founders and investors.
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Ollama’s $65M Series B: Local AI Just Became an Enterprise Category
⚡ Key Takeaways Ollama closed a $65 million Series B led by Theory Ventures on July 9, 2026, bringing its...
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Zed Academy: Algeria’s EdTech First Raise and the Bet on Equitable Learning
⚡ Key Takeaways Zed Academy, an Algiers-based EdTech platform, closed its first equity funding round in February 2026 on the...
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General Intuition’s $320M Bet: Video Games as the Training Ground for AI Agents
⚡ Key Takeaways General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train AI ‘action models’ on billions...
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Baseten’s $1.5B Series F: Inside AI Inference’s Infrastructure Gold Rush
⚡ Key Takeaways Baseten raised $1.5 billion in a Series F round at a valuation of up to $13 billion,...
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The Legal AI Arms Race: Harvey at $11B vs Legora at $5.6B Rewrites the Category
⚡ Key Takeaways Harvey raised $200M at an $11 billion valuation in March 2026 while Legora closed a $600M Series...
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Corporate VC in Algeria: How Large Enterprises and Banks Are Building Startup Investment Arms
⚡ Key Takeaways A third class of startup capital is forming in Algeria beyond ASF and private angels: corporate venture...
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Beyond Payments: Algeria’s Fintechs Eye Credit, Lending and Embedded Finance
⚡ Key Takeaways With 30-35 fintechs live in payments and mobile banking and electronic payments up 46% to $7B in...
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The Agent Economy: How YC’s 2026 Founders Are Building Picks and Shovels for AI Agents
⚡ Key Takeaways YC’s Spring 2026 batch of 196 companies revealed a pivotal shift: the most durable startup opportunities in...
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AI Seed Funding Bifurcation: 42% Valuation Premium, But Unit Economics Are the New Gate
⚡ Key Takeaways AI startups absorbed $242 billion — 80% of all global VC in Q1 2026 — yet seed...
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StartAlgeria: Flat6Labs and IFC Bet on Algeria’s Incubators
⚡ Key Takeaways Flat6Labs and the IFC launched StartAlgeria on June 23, 2026 — a capacity-building program that trains Algeria’s...
