Groove Capital reaches 100 startup investments from Minneapolis base
The firm says its angel network and venture fund model has backed 100 startups as it looks beyond Minnesota for early-stage market...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months agoStartups Editor
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Samsung weighs €1B Mistral stake at reported €20B valuation
Financial Times says Samsung may invest about €1 billion in Mistral as the Korean group organizes its robotics work and looks beyo...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Ossprey raises $2.65M pre-seed for open-source malware detection
Episode 1 Ventures led the UK startup’s pre-seed round, with Osney Capital and Octopus Ventures also investing.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Omio raises $10 million to expand travel booking in Japan and Southeast Asia
Granite-Integral backed the Berlin travel platform as Omio builds out regional transport partnerships and an AI hub in Singapore.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Certifier tops 2026 list of Parchment alternatives for training firms
A review of 15 credentialing platforms points training providers toward lower-cost badge tools with published pricing and automati...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Cascade raises $3.5M to find construction projects before RFPs
Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun led the seed round for Cascade, which uses AI to flag early construction project signals for AEC firm...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Sowilo raises undisclosed pre-seed for AI fashion product data tool
The Icelandic startup will use the funding to expand Catecut, its product intelligence platform, and push its Shopify app to fashi...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Humanoid raises $152 million at $1.35 billion valuation
The London robotics startup says it has $2.4 billion in pre-orders, but it has not shipped commercial robots or disclosed revenue.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Mistral is reportedly seeking €3bn at a €20bn valuation
Sifted reports that EQT-managed EU Scaleup Fund is in talks to lead or co-lead Mistral’s Series D, which would value the French AI...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Cascade raises $3.5M to predict construction projects before public launch
The London and New York startup says its AI scans early project signals for architecture, construction and engineering firms.
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
deltaVision raises €10.2 million for space fluidics manufacturing
KT Ventures and Valemount Capital led the Munich company’s first external round as it prepares an orbital refuelling payload for 2...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago
Dell Technologies Capital sees AI changing SaaS pricing, not ending SaaS
Daniel Docter says AI startups will be judged on distribution and durable demand, while SaaS incumbents may buy their way into the...
By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago