Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup |

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to Australia — and we’re partnering with Stripe to find the country’s most exciting early-stage startups. On August 19, eight…

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks |

Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its…

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  |

Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a $10.3 billion…

Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers |

AIinfrastructure company Infinityannounced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation on Monday from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, andresearchersfrom companiessuch as OpenAI…

StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community  |

For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we’re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from…

Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield |

The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and…

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation |

Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than…

Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A |

Activewear company Lululemon has invested in the $30 million Series A round raised by Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling…

Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M |

In Brief Posted: 12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026 Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above,…

Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C |

Indian AI coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, a five-fold jump in…