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Base Power raises 1B to accelerate home battery deployments nationwide
Base Power raises 1B to accelerate home battery deployments nationwide

Austin-based energy startup Base Power has raised $1 billion in a Series C funding round led by venture firm Addition. Major existing investors, including Trust Ventures, Valor Equity Partn...

Published Date: October 9, 2025

Stoke Space eyes 500M valuing its fully reusable Nova rocket startup at nearly 2 billion
Stoke Space eyes 500M valuing its fully reusable Nova rocket startup at nearly 2 billion

US-based rocket maker Stoke Space is reportedly preparing for a new funding round that could bring in as much as $500 million. This round is said to push its valuation close to $2 billion, which is do...

Published Date: October 8, 2025

887 of unicorn founders share identical traits Heres why pattern matching fails VCs
887 of unicorn founders share identical traits Heres why pattern matching fails VCs

For years, venture capitalists have tended to back founders who fit a very familiar profile: white, male, elite-educated, and fluent in Silicon Valley’s usual pitch style. But a new study fromAda Ve...

Published Date: October 7, 2025

Atlassian follows Browser Company buy with 1B DX acquisition
Atlassian follows Browser Company buy with 1B DX acquisition

Atlassian, the software giant, is doubling down on developer efficiency with its largest acquisition to date. The Sydney-based company announced it will acquire DX, a fast-growing developer productivi...

Published Date: September 19, 2025

Colossal Biosciences raises 120M to advance Dodo bird deextinction efforts
Colossal Biosciences raises 120M to advance Dodo bird deextinction efforts

Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based de-extinction startup, has announced scientific progress that brings the once-lost dodo bird a step closer to potential revival. The company’s Avian Genetics G...

Published Date: September 18, 2025

Starling Bank preps 4B secondary share sale as it eyes US expansion and IPO
Starling Bank preps 4B secondary share sale as it eyes US expansion and IPO

Starling Bank, one of the UK’s most prominent digital lenders, is preparing for a major secondary share sale that could value the fintech at up to £4 billion. According to people familiar with the ...

Published Date: September 11, 2025

SpaceX bets 17B on EchoStar spectrum to turbocharge Starlinks directtocell ambitions
SpaceX bets 17B on EchoStar spectrum to turbocharge Starlinks directtocell ambitions

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is taking a giant leap toward redefining mobile connectivity. The company has agreed to a $17 billion acquisition of radio spectrum from EchoStar, the parent company of Boost Mobi...

Published Date: September 9, 2025