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Tencent to back Deep Seek in $4 B round at $50 B valuation, marking first external funding: report " TFN
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (250+ words) Deep Seek, a Chinese AI lab, is seeking its first outside funding round at a valuation that could reach $50 billion, after years of avoiding external capital, reports Reuters." Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the matter, reported that the Hangzhou-based…...
Lime files for IPO: Uber-backed e-bike and scooter startup eyes Nasdaq debut " TFN
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (387+ words) Uber-backed micromobility company Lime has filed for a Nasdaq IPO under the ticker LIME. Parent company Neutron Holdings submitted its S-1 filing on Friday, with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan leading the offering. The company has not disclosed the size or pricing…...
Anthropic nears $1 T valuation as Claude gains ground in enterprise race with Open AI " TFN
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (288+ words) Anthropic, say what they do, is reportedly preparing one of the largest private fundraising rounds in technology history. According to the Financial Times, the company is considering raising tens of billions of dollars this summer in a deal that could…...
Akansha Dimri named Diversity Role Model of the Year at Global Startup Awards 2026 " TFN
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (198+ words) Akansha Dimri, Tech Funding News" founder and editor-in-chief, has been named Diversity Role Model of the Year at the 11th edition of the Global Startup Awards. The award is one of 13 global titles presented at the EU-Startups Summit in Valletta, Malta,…...
Hawk Eye 360 bags $416 M at $2. 42 B valuation in US IPO as space tech heats back up " TFN
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (297+ words) Hawk Eye 360, a Herndon, Virginia-based signals intelligence company, has raised $416 million in a US initial public offering, putting the valuation at about $2. 42 billion. The company sold 16 million shares at $26 each, the top end of its marketed range of $24 to $26. The…...
NASA wants to put people on the moon. Lunar Outpost just landed $30 M to send its rovers there first " TFN
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (213+ words) Based in Golden, Colorado, Lunar Outpost raised $30 million in an oversubscribed Series B round to expand its robotic systems, which the company believes will help support a lasting human presence on the Moon. Industrious Ventures led the round, joined by…...
a16z leads Tessera Labs$60 M round to automate SAP and ERP migrations with AI " TFN
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (273+ words) Tessera Labs, a Silicon Valley startup building an AI-native platform for enterprise ERP modernisation," has raised $60 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Existing backers Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners also joined the…...
Cybersecurity unicorn built by Git Hub Copilot's creator raises $35 M Series C extension from Samsung, NVIDIA " TFN
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (219+ words) Seattle-based XBOW has raised an additional $35 million in a Series C extension, bringing its total Series C to $155 million and its overall funding to more than $270 million. The round was backed by a group of strategic investors, including Accenture Ventures,…...
Moonshot AI hits $20 B after $2 B raise, becoming China's top-funded LLM startup " TFN
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (259+ words) Moonshot AI, based in Beijing, raised about $2 billion in a funding round led by Long-Z Investments, Meituan's venture arm, which is one of the country's most powerful consumer tech platforms, reports Bloomberg. Tsinghua Capital, China Mobile, and CPE Yuanfeng also…...
What founders need to know before resetting their valuation in 2026 " TFN
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (104+ words) What founders need to know before resetting their valuation in 2026 Tech Funding News What founders need to know before resetting their valuation in 2026 Vinted hits "8 B valuation in "880 M secondary share sale led by EQT Nvidia became the world's most…...