venture capital
Startups
Proxima Fusion Raises €411M: Europe’s Largest-Ever Fusion Bet Draws Google and RWE
Proxima Fusion raised €411M at a €2.4B valuation — Europe's largest fusion round. Here's what Google and RWE's bet signals for deep-tech investors.
Startups
CuspAI’s $450M Bet: AI Materials Discovery Hits a $2.6B Valuation
CuspAI raised $450M at a $2.6B valuation and launched a 45-member AI Materials Foundry with Nvidia and Samsung. Here's what founders should learn.
AI & Automation
Databricks at $188B: Inside the Five-Month Valuation Jump Reshaping the AI Data Layer
⚡ Key Takeaways Databricks signed a term sheet on July 16, 2026 for a strategic funding round valuing the company...
Startups
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.
Startups
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...
Startups
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,...
Startups
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...
Startups
Odyssey’s $310M Raise: A World-Model Startup Hits Unicorn Status
⚡ Key Takeaways Odyssey, a three-year-old AI lab, closed a $310M Series B at a $1.45B valuation in June 2026,...
Startups
ASF’s First Big Exit: How the VOLZ 3.35x Return Validates Algeria’s Startup Fund
⚡ Key Takeaways The Algerian Startup Fund (ASF) recorded its first realised exit in December 2025 when travel-tech startup VOLZ...
Startups
NEURA Robotics Raises Up to $1.4B Series C: The Physical AI Bet Goes Mega-Round
⚡ Key Takeaways German humanoid startup NEURA Robotics has raised up to $1.4 billion in Series C funding at a...
Startups
Algeria Venture in London: First Startup Delegation Courts Global Investors
⚡ Key Takeaways For the first time, Algeria Venture led a delegation of Algerian startups onto the floor of London...
