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Startup Wants to Sell Sunlight by Sending 50,000 Mirrors Into Space
Reflect Orbital is seeking permission to launch its first prototype satellite this summer, with plans to scale to thousands of orbiting mirrors that would beam…
Private Growth Becomes the New Playbook as ChatGPT Upends Startup Investment Strategy
As AI-driven startups shatter fundraising records and legacy software firms face existential questions, investors are rethinking the entire lifecycle of how companies grow, and when,…
Ignite Invites Firms to Manage New Venture Fund
The Ignite National Technology Fund has launched a process to engage firms for establishing and managing the Pakistan Venture Fund, a major step to strengthen…
Veon and GSMA Sign MoU to Co-Fund Tech Start-Ups in Pakistan
The MoU signed at MWC26 in Barcelona will channel co-funding and operational support to social impact ventures selected through the GSMA Innovation Fund’s 2026 rounds.
Startup Pronto Targets Informal Domestic Work Market with App Model
The Bengaluru-based domestic help platform has grown its valuation eight times since emerging from stealth in May, turning India’s largely offline household services market into…
Why the 3-Year Startup Grind is Dead (Thanks to AI)
A new cohort of founders is compressing the revenue timeline that once defined startup success, but investors say durability matters far more than speed. Reaching…
Why Google and Apple Are Suddenly Dropping Billions on Israeli Startups
Israel’s technology sector is experiencing an unprecedented boom, with 2025 marking a record-breaking year for acquisitions of Israeli-founded companies. Global acquisitions totaled an estimated $88…
Ex-DeepMind Scientist’s AI Startup Reportedly Got $4B Valuation in European Seed Round
A new artificial intelligence startup, Ineffable Intelligence, is reportedly preparing to raise around $1 billion in its first external funding round. The company is led…
Startup Render Raises $100M at $1.5B Valuation to Build the Cloud for AI Agents
San Francisco-based cloud platform Render has raised $100 million in a Series C extension round, bringing its valuation to $1.5 billion and underlining growing investor…
How Indian Energy Tech Startup Plans to Solve the AI Data Center Energy Bottleneck
Power rather than raw compute is rapidly becoming the defining constraint on the next phase of artificial intelligence infrastructure, and investors are starting to treat…
Pakistan’s Leading Incubator Issues Final Call for Cohort 5 Startups
With just five days remaining before applications close on 20 February, the National Incubation Center Islamabad has issued a final call for startups to apply…
The Real Reason Pakistani Startups Cannot Go Global Yet
Good news Pakistan’s venture-backed startup scene just crossed $4 billion in combined value, up 3.6 times since 2020. The growth rate? Faster than New York,…
