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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

In late 2021, things were not looking good for Agragene. The startup behind a new gene-editing technique that produces sterile flies as a form of chemical-free insect control had promising technology but was struggling to hit important milestones.

Artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. today announced that it has raised more than $2 billion in late-stage funding at a $48 billion valuation, nearly doubling the price investors put on the company in its last round.

Add to Google Preferred Sources Celero Communications, a networking chip startup focused on AI data center infrastructure, has raised $275 million in Series C funding at a valuation exceeding $3 billion. The round was led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners and CapitalG, with participation from existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures and Maverick Silicon. The…

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Stoke Space on Tuesday said it has raised $1 billion in a new funding round that will help support the first launch of its Nova rocket in early 2027 and continued development of a follow-on launch vehicle.

Bluecore Energy announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $50 million seed round — just months after raising a $10 million pre-seed and coming out of stealth. 

Thailand is strengthening startup cooperation with South Korea, helping Thai firms enter the Korean market while creating opportunities for Korean startups to test technologies and expand in Thailand.

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…

The funding round was co-led by European fund Scaleup Europe and PSG Equity, Bloomberg reports . The deal sees the Parisian startup nearly double its previous valuation of €11.7 billion, set when it raised capital a year ago.