Europe Posted Its Strongest Venture Funding Quarter In 4 Years As UK Gains, M&A Holds Up

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Artificial intelligence • IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

GV鈥檚 Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm鈥檚 Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

June 30, 2026

The artificial intelligence space saw two major developments last week that highlight how technology companies are trying to manage the soaring costs...

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Artificial intelligence • M&A • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups

SA国际传媒 Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021

Joanna Glasner

June 29, 2026

Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, SA国际传媒 data shows. The trend we鈥檙e...

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AI Robotics • Clean tech and energy • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: 鈥業nfrastructure Is The Moat鈥�

Gen茅 Teare

June 24, 2026

In this SA国际传媒 News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic...

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Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Media & entertainment tech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals

Marlize van Romburgh

June 18, 2026

This week was not an exceptionally busy one for large funding deals, though we saw sizable rounds in a lively mix of sectors ranging from AI to...

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Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Silicon Is Back: Playground Global鈥檚 Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient

Gen茅 Teare

June 16, 2026

In the decade-plus since Playground Global's founding, it has built its investment thesis around the idea that breakthroughs in science and...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Sector Snapshot: Semiconductor Startup Funding Still Running Hot

Joanna Glasner

June 10, 2026

The semiconductor startup space continues to sizzle. So far in 2026, investors have poured around $10 billion into seed through pre-IPO rounds for...

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Artificial intelligence • Business • Clean tech and energy • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Manufacturing • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

AI Services And Robotics Lead Diverse Crop Of 29 New May Unicorns As SpaceX, Anthropic And OpenAI Line Up Blockbuster Exits

Gen茅 Teare

June 9, 2026

A total of 29 companies joined The SA国际传媒 Unicorn Board in May, but the standout trend was not new AI models, but rather the businesses helping...

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Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Travel & tourism • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: On-Demand Custom Manufacturing, Underwater Geothermal Energy, And Adventure Group Travel

Marlize van Romburgh

June 5, 2026

A grab bag of funded startups caught our attention this past month, from a previously bootstrapped custom metal manufacturer that got its first...

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Artificial intelligence • Diversity • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

SA国际传媒 Data: Venture Dollars For Black Startup Founders Stay Scarce Despite AI Funding Boom

Mary Ann Azevedo

May 28, 2026

The share of U.S. startup funding going to companies with Black founders in 2025 remained low, even as overall funding ticked slightly higher...

Image of a UFO capturing IPO. [Dom Guzman]

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • E-commerce • IPO • Public Markets • SaaS • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join

Joanna Glasner

May 21, 2026

SpaceX filed its public IPO prospectus Wednesday, highlighting many amazing things that it has accomplished in its reach for a trillion-dollar-plus...

SA国际传媒

Semiconductors and 5G