Uzbekistan’s Uzum valuation leaps over 50% in seven months to $2.3B |

Uzbekistan fintech Uzum has reached a $2.3 billion valuation — about 53% higher than just seven months ago — as investors place growing bets on…

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 2:26 PM PDT · March 8, 2026 ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup by Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise funding at…

Sandberg, Clegg join Nscale board as this 'Stargate Norway' startup hits $14.6B valuation |

Amid growing demand for data centers that can deliver AI compute at scale, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company Nscale is now valued at $14.6 billion.…

Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months |

In Brief Posted: 10:59 AM PST · March 5, 2026 Nominal on Thursday announced a fresh $80 million Series B extension round at a $1…

Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation |

10:32 AM PST · March 4, 2026 Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing…

India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year |

Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and its city footprint expands, investors are opening…

India's Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year |

Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and its city footprint expands, investors are opening…

Exclusive: AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

2:48 PM PST · February 11, 2026 Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at…

Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation |

6:00 AM PST · February 11, 2026 University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced…

Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation |

6:30 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has raised the largest-ever seed round for a dev tool startup, according to…