UK-based Imperagen raises £5 million to scale its enzyme design platform, merging quantum mechanics and AI to disrupt traditional manufacturing.
Fresha's $1B valuation proves that combining free SaaS tools with a transaction-heavy marketplace is the blueprint for scaling service industries.
Patina raises $2M from Betaworks and True Ventures to modernize a scent industry that has relied on the same supply chain models for 50 years.
A South Korean startup is rethinking how light reaches our eyes to make smart glasses look like normal frames.
Stilta just raised $10.5 million to fix the mess of corporate intellectual property using AI that actually does the grunt work.
Survivor contestants Kyle Fraser and Kamilla Karthigesu are launching Paprclip, an app that turns lonely habit tracking into a social team sport.
Social media is shifting from passive observation to active participation. Discover how Status is using $17M to create interactive digital lives.
Standard filters miss the subtle context of modern phishing. Learn how a new generation of AI agents is reading between the lines to stop fraud.
Kevin Hartz's A* Capital just secured $450M to back 30+ startups. Learn how this generalist fund selects its investments and what it means for your next round.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is pivoting to a fragmented, six-stage format. It is a necessary admission that the 'grow at all costs' generalist startup model has failed.
Anduril’s latest $1.5 billion Series F round doubles its valuation, signaling a massive capital shift toward autonomous defense systems.
Config aims to be the TSMC of robot data, but standardizing physical intelligence is far harder than printing silicon.
