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Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) and Founders Factory will invest in five mining startups through their mining tech accelerator program, supporting early-stage companies to improve mineral discovery, mine safety and metals processing.

Winners of LaunchPad’s 2026 Ideas Fest hold their certificates at a table in the front row, with judges standing behind them.

24 startup founders in line to build Africa’s next $1 billion tech companies as Yango targets 6 countries for its next unicorns

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Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam, a trained ballerina with a small chain of boutique studios, built the connected-fitness company Mirror and sold it to Lululemon for $500 million in cash less than three years later.…

Boundless Futures Foundation has surpassed $1.5 million in lifetime grants to female founders since its 2023 launch, with the latest round awarding $300,000 to six women-led businesses addressing healthcare, environmental, and economic challenges. Each of the newest grantees receives $50,000 to accelerate companies that combine growth with measurable social or environmental impact.

UNE researcher Scott Wood, Ph.D. (left), founder of the biotech company CellField Technologies, is launching the series with a slate of events this fall. View full event details

U.S. venture capitalists once insisted that international startups move stateside before they would write a check. The three 28-year-old founders behind Furo are convinced that their decision to leave Silicon Valley and move back to their home country of Germany has paid off in both VC dollars and business growth.

October 6–7 gathering in New York City will spotlight investment in women’s sports, women’s health, founders turned funders, AI, alternative capital and the future of financing women-led companies

Clara Lepsius finished at ETH Zurich, then moved to Harvard University to complete her thesis. While in the US, she and another ETH alumnus, Ben Chen, launched Aluere, a company marrying technology with infant nutrition. Both have since returned to Zurich and opted to build the business in Switzerland instead of growing it in Boston…