Interest in quantum computing is increasingly spilling beyond research labs and venture capital into public markets, as companies in the emerging sector test investor appetite for a technology still widely seen as years from commercial maturity. The shift is examined in a recent Wired article titled “Quantum Computing Is Having Its Public-Market Moment — Quantinuum,”…
A consortium of prominent Indian companies, including Zoho, Uber, Paytm, and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), has committed a combined investment of Rs 220 crore into the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), underscoring growing corporate backing for the government-backed initiative aimed at reshaping the country’s e-commerce landscape. According to the Economic Times report titled…
Scripbox, a Bengaluru-based digital wealth management platform, has acquired wealth manager Bluechip Capital in a move aimed at deepening its advisory capabilities and expanding its product suite, according to a report by The Economic Times. The development, first reported in the article “Scripbox acquires wealth manager Bluechip Capital to expand offerings” on the publication’s website,…
Decart, an Israeli artificial intelligence company focused on generative video and real-time AI systems, has raised $300 million in a new funding round, a deal that investors and industry observers are reading as a notable vote of confidence in Israel’s AI sector at a time of heightened scrutiny and global uncertainty for technology markets. The…
Israeli-founded weather intelligence company Tomorrow.io has raised an additional $35 million as it accelerates plans to build a proprietary satellite constellation aimed at improving the accuracy and timeliness of operational weather data, according to a report on the Globes news site titled “Weather satellite co Tomorrow.io raises further $35m.” The new financing underscores sustained investor…
Indian startups raised $1.11 billion in May 2026, marking a 37 percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to data reported by The Economic Times in its article “ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raised $1.11 billion in May, up 37% on year.” The figures point to a gradual revival in funding activity, even…
In a moment when artificial intelligence has made software easier to copy and harder to defend, a growing number of startup founders are returning to a strategy that once seemed out of step with venture-scale ambitions: open source. That shift is the focus of “Why Founders Are Embracing Open Source Again,” published by VC Cafe,…
VC Cafe’s “Weekly Firgun Newsletter – May 15, 2026” offers a snapshot of a venture market that is simultaneously recalibrating and pressing ahead, with investors and founders making pragmatic adjustments rather than retreating. Published by VC Cafe, the newsletter frames the week’s developments as evidence of a funding environment that is more selective and more…
Uber Technologies has increased its stake in Germany-based food delivery company Delivery Hero, according to a report by The Economic Times titled “Uber raises stake in Delivery Hero ahead of fresh bid, sources say.” The move signals a renewed strategic push by Uber to deepen its foothold in the global food delivery market, even as…
Venture capital is again wrestling with a familiar question, but with greater urgency in a higher-rate, lower-liquidity environment: what, exactly, is still financeable? A recent essay published by VC Cafe, titled “Is anything fundable anymore apart from deeptech?”, captures a growing anxiety among founders and investors that the market’s center of gravity has shifted sharply…
