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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Physical AI Startup Atoms Leads In Varied Week For Large Deals

July 24, 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.

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Led By DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Rush Onto The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board In June

Gené Teare

July 22, 2026

A total of 34 companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in June, altogether adding more than $110 billion in value, with 10 of those companies AI...

Artificial intelligence • Liquidity • Public Markets • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Corporate Venture Capital Is Splitting In Two

Guest Author

July 15, 2026

The wind-downs at PayPal and Fidelity International may look like a retreat, but the data points to a concentration of power at the top of the market...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Public Markets • Regional • Robotics • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Europe Posted Its Strongest Venture Funding Quarter In 4 Years As UK Gains, M&A Holds Up

Gené Teare

July 9, 2026

In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 30, 2026

The artificial intelligence space saw two major developments last week that highlight how technology companies are trying to manage the soaring costs...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups

СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021

Joanna Glasner

June 29, 2026

Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. The trend we’re...

AI Robotics • Clean tech and energy • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’

Gené Teare

June 24, 2026

In this СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Media & entertainment tech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals

Marlize van Romburgh

June 18, 2026

This week was not an exceptionally busy one for large funding deals, though we saw sizable rounds in a lively mix of sectors ranging from AI to...

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Silicon Is Back: Playground Global’s Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient

Gené Teare

June 16, 2026

In the decade-plus since Playground Global's founding, it has built its investment thesis around the idea that breakthroughs in science and...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Semiconductor Startup Funding Still Running Hot

Joanna Glasner

June 10, 2026

The semiconductor startup space continues to sizzle. So far in 2026, investors have poured around $10 billion into seed through pre-IPO rounds for...

Artificial intelligence • Business • Clean tech and energy • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Manufacturing • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

AI Services And Robotics Lead Diverse Crop Of 29 New May Unicorns As SpaceX, Anthropic And OpenAI Line Up Blockbuster Exits

Gené Teare

June 9, 2026

A total of 29 companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in May, but the standout trend was not new AI models, but rather the businesses helping...