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The United Arab Emirates’ venture market bounced back in the first half of this year, reclaiming its position as the top funding hub in the Middle East and North Africa from Saudi Arabia.

An Inglewood woman was arrested on federal charges accusing her of defrauding investors out of more than $13 million and using some of the money to buy a home and Tesla and pay for her wedding in the Caribbean, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday

WASHINGTON (7News) —TEDCO is helping Maryland, and other area entrepreneurs turn innovative ideas into successful businesses by connecting them with funding, mentorship and strategic resources.

Français: Orrick conseille Mistral dans le cadre de sa levée de fonds de série D de 3 milliards d’euros, sur la base d’une valorisation post-money de 21 milliards d’euros

Lightsage, an early-stage startup that’s helping software companies to sell their products to artificial intelligence agents, said today it has raised $4 million to spark a new era of “agent-led growth.”

French artificial intelligence startup Mistral has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in fresh funding led by Samsung, lifting its valuation above €21 billion as it seeks to strengthen its position as a European alternative to US AI giants.

India’s top technical institutions are moving beyond academic research to build innovation pathways that connect doctoral scholarship with startup creation and industry deployment. Two parallel initiatives launched this year signal a significant shift in how higher education frames research impact: a strategic partnership between The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Imperial College London, and…

Between January and August 2026, African startups raised $2.10 billion across 275 tracked funding deals, slightly edging out the $2.07 billion raised during the same eight-month period in 2025. Out of these 275 transactions, 255 deals disclosed their figures, while 20 startups kept their funding amounts private.

Lagos, Nigeria — [Sept. 3, 2026] — The Founders Lab Cohort 1 programme under the iDICE Startup Bridge, an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme and implemented by the Bank of Industry (BOI), has reached its final stage, with 50 selected high-performing idea-stage founders receiving approximately…

India’s venture capital landscape shows an ‘anaemic’ recovery with only a 5 per cent growth in deal value, starkly contrasting the staggering 161 per cent global surge, as investor caution and valuation discipline persist in the domestic ecosystem.