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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Transportation And Biotech Take The Lead

Joanna Glasner

April 17, 2026

The week’s largest round was a $650 million financing for electric pickup truck maker Slate Auto. Other sizable investments went to spaces including...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Autonomous Vehicle Funding More Than Triples In 2026 To Hit Record Amount

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 17, 2026

Several multibillion-dollar megadeals drove a spike in first-quarter investment in autonomous vehicles, signaling that investors aren't just paying...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: GetWhys Raises $5.2M To Help Companies Like Intel And Verizon Better Understand Their Customers

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 16, 2026

GetWhys, a Boise, Idaho-based AI-powered customer intelligence platform, has raised $5.2 million in funding, it tells ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ News exclusively.

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

These 3 Charts Show How Venture Capital Has Concentrated At The Top In 2026

Marlize van Romburgh

April 16, 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, a handful of large, well-funded AI companies, almost all based in the U.S., captured the vast majority of venture...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 15, 2026

Copenhagen-based Spektr, which uses AI to tackle the manual drudgery of financial compliance, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, the...

Fintech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

YC Once Again Tops Ranks Of Most Active Fintech Investors In Q1 Even As Deal Count Drops

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 15, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data. In terms of...

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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

Gené Teare

April 14, 2026

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion  in Q1 2026, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second...

Artificial intelligence • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Robotics • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

China Leads Asia’s Startup Funding To Its Highest Level In More Than 3 Years

Joanna Glasner

April 13, 2026

Overall, investors put $27.4 billion to work across seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian companies in Q1, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data. That’s up...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big

Marlize van Romburgh

April 10, 2026

While no billion-dollar rounds led this week’s list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...

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Fintech Startups Globally Raise More Money In Far Fewer Deals In Q1 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 10, 2026

Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of April 6, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data. That’s a 5%...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Politics and regulation • SaaS • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M

Mary Ann Azevedo

April 9, 2026

AI tax prep automation startup Juno, founded to address the opportunities — and risks — that come with advances in AI, and built for underserved SMB...