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Business startups have until Aug. 10 to apply for the 2026-27 PitchMI competition. Run through the Michigan State University Research Foundation, PitchMI awards funding to early-stage startups to support business growth. Article continues below this ad Twenty Michigan startups across multiple indust…

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A scalable, real-world future: Class 10 AI startups redefine African tech We’re shifting the conversation from tech hype to commercial reality, showcasing how the 15 AI startups graduating from our latest Google for Startups Accelerator Africa cohort are building sustainable, high-yielding busines…

A smartphone displaying the Claude Mythos logo is shown in Tunis,Tunisia, July 11. AFP-TNS The U.S. Census Bureau said July 9 that it received 531,423 business applications in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, capping what was for the first half of the year the highest sustained rate of such appl…

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania – a country on NATO’s eastern flank that fears it might be Moscow’s next target. Four-and-a-half years later, his new startup Pdkinematics builds precision guidance …

VC-backed SV startups more likely to commit fraud, research finds Image: Igor Omilaev/Unsplash Venture capital-backed startups in the Silicon Valley are more likely to face fraud charges than companies that did not take institutional investment, and the outsized growth expectations imposed by invest…

A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud — and the role investors play. For the report, published online in June, researchers built a database of tech founders and companies who …

MENA startup funding rose modestly in July 2026, but the rebound was largely debt-driven, with equity investment remaining subdued. Startups across the Middle East and North Africa raised $172.6 million across 45 deals during the first month of the second half of 2026, up 16% from June but still 78%…

South African subscription startup Rentoza entered voluntary business rescue in July 2026. The crisis stems from cash flow problems and an inability to secure new funding. Operational warning signs appeared earlier via delayed customer deliveries and refunds. A practitioner is now restructuring the …