24 Jun 2026
Private debt in GCC hit USD 4.1 bn last year — overtaking venture capital for the first time
Private debt has quietly overtaken venture capital as the Gulf's dominant startup financing tool for the first time as non-dilutive capital becomes increasingly attractive in a global VC environment that remains cautious, according to a report by Stride Ventures.
23 Jun 2026
Midwestern university tech and venture capital hub opens in San Francisco
In a room full of academics, student entrepreneurs, and the Mayor of San Francisco, the Third Coast Foundry officially opened its doors.
23 Jun 2026
10 Top Tech Companies in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is a major global tech hub, supported by strong venture capital, government investment and a thriving startup ecosystem. The city is home to companies like Rapid7, CrowdStrike, monday.com and HiBob, which leverage its talent pool and innovation-friendly environment to grow. Israel has a global reputation as a prime business and innovation hub, home to thousands of startups and…
23 Jun 2026
Ubotica raises $11 million to scale maritime-intelligence platform
Ubotica Technologies founders (from left) Chief Technology Officer Aubrey Dunne, CEO Fintan Buckley and Chief Financial Officer John Bourke with a model of the Open Cosmos CogniSat-6. Ubotica worked with Open Cosmos and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Dynamic Targeting, a 2025 demonstration of satellite autonomy.
22 Jun 2026
Why India’s wealthy families are betting on startups as venture capitalists pull back
MUMBAI: When the family behind Indian real estate developer Sattva Group decided to diversify its investments, it turned its attention to technology startups. Adrija Agarwal - who graduated from Cornell University in the United States in 2016 and had worked at Bain & Company and Blackstone - spearheaded the creation of an investment platform for the family's interests, along with her younger…
22 Jun 2026
Can reflecting the Sun buy time for net zero? A startup has raised $US75m to try
Private firms are making plans to cool the planet by releasing reflective particles high into the atmosphere, an approach known as solar geoengineering or solar radiation modification (SRM). With a war chest of private capital estimated at more than the entire globe's SRM research budget, the US-Israeli startup Stardust Solutions has unveiled a proprietary engineered particle it hopes to begin…
22 Jun 2026
GCC private debt surges past venture capital as start-ups turn to structured credit
Structured credit is rapidly reshaping start-up financing across the Gulf, with private debt emerging as the dominant source of capital for growth-stage firms, according to new data.
21 Jun 2026
This downtown S.F. tower promised a new kind of tech community. Then came the power struggle
Frontier Tower members celebrate the first anniversary San Francisco incubator’s first anniversary in April. The previously vacant downtown building has become a “vertical village” for a variety of projects ranging from longevity to robotics. But members say a power struggle has developed.
20 Jun 2026
a16z Crypto Highlights Record Open Interest in Prediction Markets — What Does This Mean for Traders?
a16z crypto recently reported that prediction market open interest has reached an all-time high of $1.48 billion for the week ending June 15. This marks the second consecutive week of record-setting open interest, indicating a growing interest in derivatives trading.
