The sibling founders of Stax Payments are back with a new fintech and a $20M seed raise

Worth, a company focused on helping fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite small and medium-sized businesses more…

Some say passkeys are clunky — this startup wants to change that

Passwords are ubiquitous, despite not being foolproof and cannot alone protect your online identity. Almost one-third…

General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor

General Fusion announced on Tuesday that it had successfully created plasma, a superheated fourth state of…

Zolve, a neobank for global citizens moving to the US, raises $51M and secures $200M debt

Zolve, a neobank that helps provide financial access to high-skilled and high-spending global citizens moving to…

Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech

African venture capital firm Equator has raised $55 million for its first fund, which will back…

Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen

A new venture firm called Leitmotif has been on a quiet blitz for the last 16…

Infinite Uptime bags $35M to help factories optimize equipment usage

Infinite Uptime, an Indian startup that offers predictive maintenance solutions for factories, has raised $35 million…

Daqus Energy has a plan to make EV sports cars fast, light, and cheap

Cheaper, lighter, and denser: the trifecta defines an ideal battery. No one has devised a perfect…

Google removes ‘underrepresented’ language from its grant website

Just weeks after Google said it would review its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the Google for…

Why VCs ghost founders, or reject deals and never speak to the founder again

Getting ghosted is never fun. Especially if you’re a founder seeking capital from investors. It’s similar…

Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors

Fusion power startups have long been stalked by one stubborn question: Will the technology work?  But…

Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats

The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge…

Not all cancer patients need chemo — Ataraxis AI raised $20M to personalize treatment

Artificial intelligence is a big trend in cancer care, and it’s mostly focused on detecting cancer…

Volkswagen’s cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software

Volkswagen’s ultra-cheap EV called the ID EVERY1 — a small four-door hatchback revealed Wednesday — will…

Not all cancer patients need chemo. Ataraxis AI raised $20M to fix that.

Artificial intelligence is a big trend in cancer care, and it’s mostly focused on detecting cancer…

Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently

Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search…

Flex, a Brex for business owners, has raised $25M at a $250M valuation

Flex, which offers personal finance software and payments infrastructure for business owners, has raised $25 million…

From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to…

Scrunch AI is helping companies stand out in AI search

As more people turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT to look things up on the internet,…

Mach Industries, founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, lands US Army contract, builds weapons factory

Sequoia-backed Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, landed a contract with the…

General Catalyst loses three top investors as the firm expands beyond venture, contemplates IPO

Three key investors have left General Catalyst amidst a series of recent changes at the firm,…

Lee Enterprises ransomware attack hits freelance and contractor payments

As disruption from a suspected ransomware attack on newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises span into its…