Until recently, venture capitalists largely steered clear of defense startups. Investments in the sector were viewed as morally controversial, and the process of securing government…
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When Flai was raising its seed round last year, it was just a team of three people pounding the pavement to get car dealerships to…
The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed |
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Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 |
Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based startup founded in 2019 to build fusion power plants, announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $200 million from…
The Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at Disrupt 2026 |
Thousands of startups applied. Just 200 made Startup Battlefield. Only 20 will pitch on the Disrupt Stage across all three days.Competition goes from October 13-15…
5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day |
There isn’t a shortage of accelerators for startups, but one of the few that investors watch closely is PearX, a 12-week program that caps its…