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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  

Marlize van Romburgh

May 22, 2026

Along with the usual heavy dose of AI, this week’s list also includes large deals for aerospace and defense, fintech, and retail technology.

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups

After A 6-Figure Fertility Journey, This Founder Built An IVF Startup With ‘Outcome Protection’

Mary Ann Azevedo

May 20, 2026

Gaia uses artificial intelligence and machine learning — trained on millions of anonymized historical data points and fertility outcomes — to better...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Business • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Leads Varied Lineup Of Large Deals

Joanna Glasner

May 15, 2026

Defense tech unicorn Anduril Industries led the fundraising lineup in a week heavy with rounds for companies focused on applications in the physical...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Physician-Founded Saile Raises $2.2M To Help Doctors Find Side Jobs Using AI

Mary Ann Azevedo

May 13, 2026

Saile, which just raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, is building an AI-powered credentialing and staffing platform designed to help physicians...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Enterprise • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Frontier Labs And Robotics Companies Again Top List Of New Unicorns In April 

Gené Teare

May 6, 2026

A total of 28 companies joined The ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ in April, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Public Markets • SaaS • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting

Joanna Glasner

April 24, 2026

S-1 filings have been plentiful the past few weeks for venture-backed startups providing semiconductors, nuclear and geothermal power, biotech, and...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A

Lilly Acquiring Kelonia In Largest Funded Biotech Startup Purchase In Years 

Joanna Glasner

April 20, 2026

Eli Lilly announced Monday that it is acquiring Kelonia Therapeutics, a developer of gene therapies with a particular focus on cancer treatment, in a...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Transportation And Biotech Take The Lead

Joanna Glasner

April 17, 2026

The week’s largest round was a $650 million financing for electric pickup truck maker Slate Auto. Other sizable investments went to spaces including...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A

I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI

Guest Author

April 15, 2026

Although the conventional wisdom in tech is that real ambition means staying independent, sometimes joining forces through an acquisition by a large...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Quarterly and annual reports • Regional • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

Gené Teare

April 14, 2026

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion  in Q1 2026, ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Insurance tech • Manufacturing • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big

Marlize van Romburgh

April 10, 2026

While no billion-dollar rounds led this week’s list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...