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Global Venture Funding Jumps 122% In August As Streak Of Billion-Dollar Deals Continues

Gené Teare

September 3, 2026

Venture investors poured $42 billion into just over 1,500 startups worldwide in August, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows, down 25% from July’s $56 billion but...

Artificial intelligence • Robotics • Startups • Venture

Former Apple Engineers’ Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 2, 2026

Lyte, a physical AI startup building sensing and perception technology for robots, has raised a Maverick Silicon-led $165 million Series C funding at...

Fintech • Startups • Venture

WhatsApp Remittance Startup Félix Secures $200M Series C Led By A16z, General Catalyst

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 1, 2026

Félix, a Miami-based AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $200 million in Series C...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • M&A • Real estate & property tech • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Proptech Funding Holds Up, But Investors Are Placing Different Bets

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 1, 2026

Real estate tech startup investors are being more selective about their bets and putting more money into companies using AI and other technology to...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Startups • Venture

Biotech Startup Investment Held Steady Even As AI Funding Surged

Joanna Glasner

August 31, 2026

While the AI boom has disrupted funding patterns across the startup sphere, biotech has remained a rare steady sector for investment. For the past...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Tools And Assistants Lead Sparser Lineup Of Megadeals

Joanna Glasner

August 28, 2026

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

Defense tech • IPO • M&A • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Space Tech Startup Funding Orbits New Highs 

Joanna Glasner

August 28, 2026

So far this year, a record $20.3 billion in global seed- through growth-stage funding has gone to companies in space- and satellite-related sectors...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Fintech • M&A • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Startups • Venture

Socure Secures $156M at $5.2B Valuation, Acquires AI Fraud Investigation Startup Fravity

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 27, 2026

Identity verification and fraud prevention company Socure announced Thursday that it raised $156 million in a strategic growth investment valuing it...

Artificial intelligence • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Venture

Craft’s Ilya Levtov Never Learned To Code. He Built A Software Company Anyway.

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 27, 2026

In the fourth of a series of articles about non-tech founders getting venture funding, we talk to Craft CEO Ilya Levtov, a Julliard-trained cellist...

Artificial intelligence • Liquidity • M&A • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Legal Tech Funding Down Slightly From All-Time High 

Joanna Glasner

August 26, 2026

In the past two years, venture investors have poured more than $7 billion into legal and legal tech startups, most with an AI focus. Funding to the...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Why Bootstrapped Businesses Are More Relevant Than Ever 

Guest Author

August 25, 2026

The traditional VC model funds a risky search for product-market fit, argues guest author Richard de Silva of Lateral Investment Management, while...