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Quick Hits
‘Bharat’ boom: Rural India rises.
Beijing bust: China venture dips.
Big Insight: Fund nears $10B.
Blue skies: Social app hits 10M.
Cisco cuts: Tech giant sheds 7%.
Consumer VC: Exec raises $100M.
Full stack quantum: Finland builds.
Japanese unicorn: Sakana tops $1B.
Pay delay: Accenture halts promotions.
Retro delivery: Zomato takes rail.
Sans driver: Uber goes driverless.
Smell this: Olfactory phones.
Social unicorn: Ronaldo reaches 1B.
Tiger’s AI: Fund backs OpenAI.
Unplugged: Layoffs sap Uber.
Virtual genes: CRISPR lab launches.
YC+1: Accelerator adds cohort.
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Trending Startups
Amazon delivers ready-to-hire talent
Amazon called 300k+ employees back to the office 5 days a week, triggering a flood of job hunting for those eager to stay home at least part of the week. “I’d rather go back to school than work in an office again,” one employee commented.
Startups buying startups
With overall M&A down, about 40% of this year’s deals involve VC-backed startups buying other companies.
Estonia digs deep tech
After success nurturing high-profile startups like Bolt and Wise, Estonia aims to become a deeptech hub by investing in science-based entrepreneurship.
Fusion startups raise billions
U.S.-based fusion startups collectively raised over $7B in recent years thanks to advances in chips, AI and superconducting magnets.
The promise of ‘techbio’
The techbio movement aims to revolutionize the pharma industry using AI to understand biology and disease.
Recently Funded
- India's Newmi Care Raises $1.5M for Women’s Health and Wellness
- India's Way2News Raises $14M for Hyperlocal News
- London’s Howbout Raises $8M for Social Scheduling
- Germany's Reverion Secures $62M for Carbon Negative Biogas Power
- UK's 11xAI Raises $24M for AI Digital Workforce Solutions
- Australia's Tour Amigo Raises $2M for Travel SaaS Solutions
- Rep.ai Raises $7.5M for AI Powered ‘Digital Twin’ Tech
- San Francisco’s Supermaven Raises $12M for AI Coding Assistant
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Startups Hiring Now
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