Investor news
Investor news
A running feed of venture, private equity and technology financing news, gathered automatically from the sources we read. Headlines link through to the publisher.
AI is making Africa’s cheapest smartphones harder to afford – TechCabal
Africans planning to buy a new smartphone this year may have to spend more as rising AI demand makes the cheap devices that helped millions get online more...
For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage – TechCrunch Venture
a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. 'Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley," is an advantage, the firm...
Solinide closes €4M to commercialise photonic chips for AI data centres – Tech.eu
Swedish deeptech company Solinide Photonics has raised €4 million in seed funding to commercialise its siliconnitride photonic integrated circuit technology and prepare for scalablemanufacturing. The ...
France’s top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 – Tech.eu
France remained one of Europe’s leading tech funding marketsin H1 2026, with investment concentrated in AI, space, fintech and healthcare.Several large transactions shaped the total, including Eutelsa...
Want to know how to go from startup to world’s most valuable company? Look at Nvidia’s investments – Global Venturing
Nvidia has realised tens of billions of dollars in paper returns from investments in xAI and Cursor. But the real gains have been the business relationships. The post...
Callosum raises $100M seed round – Tech.eu
A UK AI startup that is building software infrastructure that allows AI workloads to run on different chips and AI models has raised $100m in an exceptionally high-value...
Paralo raises £270K to tackle golf’s fragmented technology stack – Tech.eu
UK golf technology startup Paralo has raised £270,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to develop its operating system for golf clubs and a connected product for golfers....
