May 21, 2026
Status AI has secured $17 million to transform social media from passive content consumption into interactive entertainment. General Catalyst led the combined seed and Series A […]
May 19, 2026
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has announced early milestones for its $50 million, 10-year scholarship initiative, with some beneficiaries set to graduate this spring. The […]
May 18, 2026
Private equity firm Lightrock has raised a new $500 million fund to back businesses expanding access to affordable, clean energy across Africa and Asia. The fund, […]
May 15, 2026
U.K.-based biotech beauty startup Ruka has closed a $4.5 million funding round to scale its synthetic hair fiber technology. Freedom Trail Capital and Henkel Ventures led […]
May 14, 2026
Global music artist and tech entrepreneur will.i.am has completed his first semester teaching an AI course at Arizona State University focused on agentic AI and his […]
May 13, 2026
Rosarium Health, a Black-founded healthtech company, has raised $6 million to help older adults in the U.S. age safely at home. Kalos Ventures led the round, […]
May 13, 2026
5th Century Partners (5CP) has closed its second fund above target at $276 million, backing lower-middle-market companies in healthcare and business services. Fund II drew strong […]
May 12, 2026
Media Mogul, stand-up comedian, and TV producer Bryon Allen is set to become CEO of Buzzfeed after acquiring it in a $120 million deal. Current BuzzFeed […]
May 7, 2026
The Technology Association of Georgia hosted its flagship annual Georgia Technology Summit at the Cobb Convention Center, drawing more than 1,000 technologists, founders, executives, and investors […]
May 7, 2026
San Francisco-based AI grocery startup Vori has raised a $22 million in Series B funding to help independent stores take on Walmart and Amazon. Stacy Brown-Philpot’s […]
May 7, 2026
Mother.tech has raised $15 million in pre-seed/seed funding to launch Degen, an AI tool that generates professional content without requiring prompt engineering. Google Ventures (GV) led […]
May 2, 2026
Harvard has announced a three-year, $1.05 million grant to the Association of HBCU Research Institutions (AHRI), a coalition of 15 historically Black colleges and universities working […]