NATO announces $1B fund to back startups supporting ‘safety, freedom and human empowerment’
After announcing plans nearly two years ago, defense alliance NATO has officially closed its first fund to back startups that are building technology strategic to...
Ola’s Aggarwal sets eyes on AI, semiconductor design
Indian entrepreneur Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of ride-hailing firm Ola and electric vehicle startup Ola Electric, is venturing into fresh terrain as he navigates his businesses...
Rapyd acquires a piece of PayU from Prosus for $610M to scale its fintech-as-a-service platform
Rapyd, the fintech-as-a-service startup that provides APIs to enable payments, card issuing, digital wallet and other financial services to companies like Uber and Ikea, is...
Nigeria’s Remedial Health gets QED backing in $12M round
Remedial Health, a Nigerian startup digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency to the pharmaceutical value chain, has raised $12 million Series A equity-debt funding, to scale...
Airalo locks in $60M to expand its eSIM-based global roaming ‘marketplace’
Travel is back on the agenda after a COVID-19 hiatus, and today a mobile startup is announcing a healthy round of funding to capitalize on...
Disney+ drops ‘Loki’ Season 2 teaser trailer
Disney+ released today the first teaser trailer for the second season of Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” starring Tom Hiddleston as the “God of Mischief.” Following the...
Tech spending has remained surprisingly stable in 2023
But many enterprise startups are having a rough time As 2022 edged to a close, we took a look at 2023 budget projections. As we...
8BitDo’s NES-themed mechanical keyboard comes with truly large A and B ‘super buttons’
It can be difficult to differentiate oneself in the crowded mechanical keyboard market. The variety of providers and customization options means there’s something for everybody....
New Relic agrees to go private in $6.5B all-cash deal
New Relic, the San Francisco-based observability software company, has reached an agreement with private equity firms TPG and Francisco Partners to go private in a...
Elon Musk’s lawyers accuse nonprofit of colluding with Twitter rivals
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that monitors online hate speech and disinformation, says that Elon Musk’s lawyers sent CEO Imran Ahmed a...