Black Ops VC founders argue Black founders need larger AI-era seed rounds
James Norman and Sean Green point to weak 2025 funding data and say underfunded seed rounds are blocking more Black-led startups f...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months agoStartups Editor
Marcus Adeyemi
Marcus tracks companies from seed to scale: launches, pivots, shutdowns, and the operating decisions in between.
Latest from Marcus Adeyemi
Resist.UA launches Estonia-based fund targeting €50 million
The Ukrainian defense tech investor is seeking international capital for Resist 2.0, a European vehicle for defense and dual-use c...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Circular Materials raises €11.8 million for wastewater metals recovery
The Italian cleantech company will use SAFE financing to build a Ferrara hub and scale its SWaP technology for industrial wastewat...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
deltaVision raises €10.2 million for orbital refuelling systems
The Munich space hardware supplier plans to expand production, build in-orbit refuelling technology and add capacity in France and...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
ORiS raises €5M to test laser power beaming between satellites
Earlybird and Pitchdrive led the Turin space startup’s pre-seed round, with a 2027 in-orbit demo planned with DCUBED.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Natural raises $30 million to build payment infrastructure for AI agents
The San Francisco startup says it will use the Series A to build wallets, transfers, cards and compliance tools for autonomous AI...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Prodlane raises €4M for MAIA, an AI assistant for industrial teams
Leipzig-based Prodlane says it will use the funding to expand MAIA across DACH industrial and medtech customers.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Mexico pulls ahead of Brazil in Latin America venture funding
Crunchbase data shows Mexican startups raised $944 million in Q2, driven by late-stage rounds and renewed participation from U.S....
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Anthropic weighs $10 billion Meta compute lease for Claude demand
Reuters reported that Anthropic proposed a two-year Meta compute lease worth up to $10 billion, though talks are early and terms m...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
CuspAI raises $450 million at $2.6 billion valuation
The Cambridge AI materials startup will use the Series B to expand internationally and build out a partner network for materials d...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Helsing and Neko Health lead €2.7B week for European tech funding
Tech.eu tracked more than 60 European tech funding deals, with AI, healthtech and German companies accounting for most of the capi...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Zalando joins Sereact Series B, lifting the round to $116 million
The Stuttgart robotics company has now raised more than $145 million as it pushes Cortex into returns, packing and US expansion.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago