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| 24.08.2026 | Astromech Secures $20 Million to Pioneer Predictive AI Biology, Valued at $3.8 Billion | Astromech, a cutting-edge computational biology firm, recently secured $20 million in funding. This capital injection propels its mission: to forecast biological evolution using advanced AI. The company aims to predict how living systems ch... |
| 21.08.2026 | Astromech Raises $20 Million To Build AI Biology That Forecasts Evolutionary Changes | For most of science, biology has been reactive. A disease first emerges before a genome sequence follows. A species is first lost before there’s an extinction study. Astromech raises $20 million to train AI models that can predict how livin... |
| 20.08.2026 | Astromech Raises $20 Million At $3.8 Billion Valuation To Advance Predictive AI Models Of Biological Evolutionary Change | Astromech, an evolutionary biology AI company developing predictive models of biological change using evolutionary and multispecies genomic data, has raised $20 million in new funding at a $3.8 billion valuation. Biotech investor Bob Nelsen... |
| 16.08.2026 | Venture Capital Shifts to Hard Tech, Deep Impact | Venture capital shifts focus. Hard tech and vertical AI dominate recent funding. Form Energy leads with $750M for iron-air grid batteries, addressing critical energy infrastructure needs. Lovable secures $400M for AI coding, showcasing dema... |
| 12.08.2026 | Form Energy Raises $750M in Series G Funding | Form Energy, Inc., a Weirton, WV-based provider of multi-day energy storage systems, raised $750M in Series G financing.
The round was led by T. Rowe Price with participation from Sequoia Capital, Janus Henderson, Franklin Templeton, PEAK6 ... |
| 21.07.2026 | TerraFirma Raises $115M |
AUSTIN, TX, TerraFirma, a tech-enabled, vertically integrated construction company focused on critical infrastructure, announced it has raised $115 million, including a $100 million Series A.
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| 17.07.2026 | European spacecraft developer expands to Houston with U.S. business, new lab | European aerospace manufacturer The Exploration Company has established its first U.S. entity and named Space City as its headquarters.
The company announced earlier this month that it has launched TEC Federal to support U.S. government cus... |
| 17.07.2026 | Exciting XSpace expansion plans + more top Houston innovation headlines | Editor's note: The top Houston innovation headlines for the first half of July include XSpace's expansion and KBR's C-suite hires. Here is a recap of the five most-read InnovationMap stories published July 1-15, 2026:
1. XSpace plans $250M ... |
| 14.07.2026 | TerraFirma Raises $115 Million To Scale Semi-Autonomous Construction Robotics For Critical Infrastructure On Earth And Beyond | TerraFirma, an Austin-based tech-enabled, vertically integrated construction company founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised approximately $115 million, including a $100 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation fro... |
| 14.07.2026 | TerraFirma Raises $100M in Series A Funding | TerraFirma, an Austin, TX-based tech-enabled, vertically integrated construction company, raised $100M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, B... |
| 13.07.2026 | Venus Aerospace Lands $91 Million Series B |
HOUSTON, TX, Venus Aerospace announced the closing of its Series B financing round, which raised $91 million.
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| 11.07.2026 | Venus Aerospace Closes $91M to Scale Detonation Engine Production | Venus Aerospace has secured $91 million in Series B funding led by Houston-based venture capital firm Mercury Fund, with additional backing from Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6, Starboard Star Venture Capital, Green Sands Equity, and ... |
| 10.07.2026 | XSpace plans $250M industrial condo expansion with RAFA Racing Club | Houston-based XSpace Group has teamed up with two other Houston companies, RAFA Racing Club and Maximo Capital, to develop five industrial condo projects that pair flex space and high-end car storage space with a members-only clubhouse for ... |
| 10.07.2026 | Walmart expands drone delivery service to 8 new Houston-area stores | More Walmart delivery drones are now buzzing around Houston-area skies.
In January, Walmart launched its drone delivery service in partnership with Wing at five locations in the Houston area. The retail giant just added eight more stores to... |
| 09.07.2026 | Texas Forges Future: Innovation Hub Drives Space, Tech, and Health Advancements | Texas leads a new era of innovation. Houston's tech sector thrives. Space companies like Intuitive Machines secure major NASA contracts for lunar exploration. Venus Aerospace propels hypersonic engine development. UT Austin unveils wearable... |
| 09.07.2026 | Venus Aerospace Raises $91 Million Series B To Mature Flight-Proven RDRE Propulsion Systems | Venus Aerospace announced the close of a $91 million Series B financing round to scale development and production of its rotating detonation rocket engine technology. The round was led by Mercury Fund, with participation from Lockheed Marti... |
| 08.07.2026 | Venus Aerospace Raises $91M in Series B Funding | Venus Aerospace, a Houston, TX-based rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology company, raised $91M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Mercury Fund, with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6, Draper Asso... |
| 08.07.2026 | Venus Aerospace closes $91M funding round to scale hypersonic engine | Houston-based Venus Aerospace has closed a $91 million Series B round and plans to scale the production of its hypersonic engine.
The round was led by Houston-based Mercury Fund with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6,... |
| 07.07.2026 | Intuitive Machines lands $148M as part of NASA Moon Base funding | Houston-based Intuitive Machines has been awarded $148.3 million to deliver its Nova-C lander to the moon by 2028. The funding is part of $600 million that NASA recently awarded to three companies as part of the agency’s Moon Base Program.
... |
| 07.07.2026 | UT team develops wearable technology for atmospheric water harvesting | Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a prototype jacket that harvests clean drinking water directly from the atmosphere, and it works even in the driest desert conditions.
The research, published in Science Advances... |
| 16.06.2026 | Hydra Host Secures $100M to Revolutionize Global AI Compute | AI infrastructure innovator Hydra Host closed a $100 million Series A funding round. Kindred Ventures led, with strategic backing from NVIDIA and others. The company's GPU-as-a-Service model addresses the critical global AI compute shortage... |
| 15.06.2026 | GPU infrastructure management startup Hydra Host raises $100M | Data center infrastructure startup Hydra Host Inc. said today it has bagged $100 million in a Series A round of funding led by Kindred Ventures.
Investors piled into the round, with Nvidia Corp., Ark Invest, SPLY Capital, Era Funds, Comcast... |
| 15.06.2026 | Hydra Host Raises $100 Million Series A To Expand Global AI Factory Capacity | Hydra Host announced the closing of a $100 million Series A financing round led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA, ARK Invest, SPLY Capital, Era Funds, Comcast Ventures, Magnetar and PEAK6. Existing investors including Fou... |
| 15.05.2026 | AI Reshapes Finance, CEE Becomes Global Tech Powerhouse | AI is profoundly reshaping global technology and finance. Warsaw's Elastics secures $2M pre-seed funding for its AI-powered prediction market agents, aiming to democratize advanced trading tools for individual investors. This initiative hig... |
| 09.05.2026 | CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: Estonian Skeleton Technologies Secures €33M Ahead of US IPO | CEE ~
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The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup ... |
| 05.05.2026 | Why 500 Global and Nvidia Just Bet €91.5m on Deepinfra’s ‘Token Factory’ | CEE, USA ~
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The artificial intelligence gold rush has been defined by the colossal cost of training models, a high-stakes game played by a handful of tech giants. But as companies globally move from flashy demos to real-world produc... |
| 22.03.2026 | Eclypsium Secures $25M for AI Infrastructure Security Expansion | Eclypsium secured $25 million in strategic funding. This capital fuels expanded protection for vital IT infrastructure and emerging AI technologies. The company targets edge AI devices and core AI systems. It unifies inventory, hardening, t... |
| 19.03.2026 | Eclypsium Raises $25M in Funding | Eclypsium, a Portland, OR-based IT infrastructure supply chain security company, raised $25M in funding.
The round was led by PEAK6 Strategic Capital, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Pavilion Capital, Singtel... |
| 19.03.2026 | Eclypsium: $25 Million Raised For IT Infrastructure Supply Chain Security Expansion | Eclypsium, an IT infrastructure supply chain security company, announced it has raised $25 million in a strategic financing round to accelerate its growth and expand its platform capabilities. The round was led by PEAK6 Strategic Capital, w... |
| 12.03.2026 | PEAK6 Trials: $100,000 Founder Residency Program Launches To Build Fintech Startups In Austin | PEAK6, the Austin-based fintech operating company behind multiple billion-dollar businesses, has launched a new founder residency program designed to help entrepreneurs build fintech companies from the ground up.
Called PEAK6 Trials, the on... |
| 23.02.2026 | InKind Secures $450 Million, Revolutionizing U.S. Restaurant Funding | InKind secured $450 million. This capital ignites its restaurant commerce platform. It will fund 10,000 additional U.S. restaurants. The unique model exchanges capital for dining credits. This avoids traditional equity or debt burdens for o... |
| 18.02.2026 | inKind Raises $450M in Funding | inKind, an Austin, TX-based provider of a restaurant commerce enablement platform, raised $450M in funding.
Backers included Matt Hulsizer and Jenny Just (founders of Peak6), Sarosh Mistry (former CEO of Sodexo US), and Vasanth Williams (CP... |
| 16.02.2026 | Apptronik Secures $520M, Propelling Humanoid Robot Revolution | Apptronik secured $520 million in new funding. Its valuation reached $5 billion. Investors include Google and Mercedes-Benz. This capital injection accelerates Apollo humanoid robot production and market deployment. Apptronik initially targ... |
| 16.02.2026 | Apptronik Raises $520M in Series A-X Funding | Apptronik, an Austin, TX-based AI-powered robotics company, raised $520M in Series A-X funding.
Backers included B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6, and new investors AT&T Ventures, John Deere and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA... |
| 16.02.2026 | Apptronik: $935+ Million Series A Raised For AI-Based Robotics | Apptronik, an AI-powered robotics company, announced it has closed a $520 million Series A-X extension round, bringing its total Series A funding to more than $935 million and total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. The latest round incl... |
| 11.02.2026 | Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments
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| 03.02.2026 | Billionaire trader, poker player Jenny Just says one skill could have saved her a decade of early losses | The third annual CNBC Changemakers list will be revealed Wednesday, February 25th
Self-made billionaire Jenny Just, who was an options trader before co-founding trading and fintech firm Peak6, uses poker as a training ground for risk assess... |
| 14.01.2026 | China Deal Review: Market rebound drives startup funding to $5.5b in Dec | - |
| 17.12.2025 | RedotPay raises $107M Series B led by Goodwater for stablecoin payments | - |
| 29.09.2025 | zerohash: $104 Million At $1 Billion Valuation Series D-2 Raised For Stablecoin Infrastructure Platform | zerohash, a player in the crypto and stablecoin infrastructure sector, has announced a significant new round of funding, raising $104 million in its Series D-2 financing. This investment was led by Interactive Brokers, one of the world’s la... |
| 26.06.2025 | Bruce Markets: Pioneering the Future of Overnight Trading | In the fast-paced world of finance, timing is everything. Bruce Markets is stepping into the spotlight, reshaping how investors engage with the market. With a recent funding round led by heavyweight financial players, the company is poised ... |
| 25.06.2025 | Bruce Markets: Strategic Investment Raised From Financial Leaders For Extended-Hours Platform | Bruce Markets announced a major new strategic investment round led by some of the most prominent names in the financial industry, including Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment and Securities, PEAK6 I... |
| 25.06.2025 | Bruce Markets Raises Funding Round | Bruce Markets, a Chicago, IL-based trading platform provider, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
Backers included Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment and Securities, PEAK6 Investments, Robinhoo... |
| 09.04.2025 | One of America’s richest self-made women urges entrepreneurs to see volatile stock markets as an ‘opportunity’ | Americans have been on edge this week as the stock market reacted to new tariffs from the Trump administration announced on April 2 and in effect Wednesday.
It’s made an “always challenging” environment for founders and investors of small a... |
| 16.01.2025 | The Dawn of De-Extinction: Colossal Biosciences Rises to New Heights | In a world where extinction looms like a dark cloud, a beacon of hope has emerged. Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based startup, is rewriting the rules of biology. With a recent $200 million Series C funding round, the company has soared to... |
| 16.01.2025 | Colossal: $200 Million (Series C) Raised At $10.2 Billion Valuation For De-Extinction Technology | De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences announced $200 million in a Series C funding round by TWG Global, jointly led by Mark Walter and Thomas Tull. And Colossal’s additional strategic investors include funds such as USIT, Animal Capita... |
| 15.01.2025 | De-Extinction Startup Colossal Biosciences Hits Decacorn Status After $200M Raise | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Colossal Biosciences, a de-extinction startup looking at ways to bring back the dodo bird and the woolly mammoth, raised a $200 million Series C at a $10.2 billion valuation.
The new cash infusion ca... |
| 15.01.2025 | Colossal Raises $200M in Series C Funding | Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas, TX-based de-extinction company, raised $200M in Series C Funding.
Backers included TWG Global. Other investors included USIT, Animal Capital, Breyer Capital, At One Ventures, In-Q-Tel, BOLD Capital, Peak 6, D... |
| 10.12.2024 | Cala Health's $50 Million Surge: A New Dawn for Tremor Therapy | Cala Health is making waves. The California-based company has just secured $50 million in a growth funding round. This isn't just a financial boost; it's a lifeline for those grappling with essential tremor. Cala Health specializes in bioel... |
| 09.12.2024 | Cala Health Closes $50M Financing | Cala Health, a San Mateo, CA-based non-invasive bioelectronic medicine company, raised $50M in funding.
The round was led by Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures. Existing investors participated in the round, including Action Pot... |
| 09.12.2024 | Cala Health Raises $50M for Wearable Tremor Treatment | What You Should Know:
– Cala Health, the non-invasive bioelectronic medicine leader, today announced it has raised a $50 million growth round, co-led by Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures.
– All existing Cala investors particip... |
| 09.12.2024 | Cala Health: Bioelectronic Medicine Leader Raises $50 Million (Growth Round) | Cala Health – a non-invasive bioelectronic medicine leader – announced it has raised the initial closing of an oversubscribed $50 million growth round, co-led by Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures. And all existing Cala investo... |
| 29.08.2024 | The AI Gold Rush: Investment and Infrastructure Shaping Tomorrow | The world is in the midst of an AI gold rush. Companies are scrambling to stake their claims in this burgeoning landscape. Two recent developments highlight this trend: Magnetar’s $235 million AI fund and CoreWeave’s partnership with EcoDat... |
| 26.08.2024 | Magnetar: Alternative Asset Manager Raises $235 Million For AI Fund | Leading alternative asset manager Magnetar announced the closing of Magnetar AI Ventures Fund LP – which is a $235 million venture fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies advancing the generative AI revolution. This fund builds... |
| 23.07.2024 | Medal: AI Assistant Company Secures $13 Million At $333 Million Valuation | Medal – the AI company behind the popular MedalTV clipping app – launched Highlight, its groundbreaking AI assistant platform designed to alter how users interact with popular AI models. And Medal also announced a $13 million funding round ... |
| 13.07.2024 | Highlight by Medal: Revolutionizing AI Assistance | Highlight by Medal is changing the game in AI assistance, offering developers a new way to create custom solutions on existing AI models while giving users access to a wider range of AI features. With a recent funding round of $13 million, ... |
| 11.07.2024 | Medal Unveils Highlight - a Revolutionary AI Assistant Platform, Raises $13M at $333M Valuation | Highlight by Medal offers developers an improved way to build custom solutions on top of existing AI models, while providing users access to a larger ecosystem of AI features
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medal, the innovative AI ... |
| 11.07.2024 | Medal Unveils Highlight – a Revolutionary AI Assistant Platform, Raises $13Million at $333Million Valuation | Highlight by Medal offers developers an improved way to build custom solutions on top of existing AI models, while providing users access to a larger ecosystem of AI features
Medal, the innovative AI company behind the popular MedalTV clipp... |
| 02.06.2023 | Shyam Pradheep, General Manager Of Zogo, Is On A Mission To Deliver Financial Literacy And Empowerment For All | Noah Miller, Tech Times 02 June 2023, 02:06 pm
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There is no denying that financial illiteracy comes at a significant price. In fact, American financial literacy statistics reveal that the estimated losses due to fina... |
| 07.06.2022 | ImmunOs Therapeutics raises $74 Million to fund clinical trials | |
| 18.03.2021 | Poker Powher Partners with World College Poker to Host Global Women’s Poker Tournament on PokerStars.net | CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 18, 2021--
Poker Powher, a women-led company that teaches women to develop and build their skills through the game of poker, is pleased to celebrate Women’s History Month by hosting a free-to-play global women’... |
| 23.02.2021 | Parkside Closes $24 Million Series A Financing | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) February 23, 2021
Parkside, a global stock trading and clearing platform for brokerages and digital banks, announced completion of its $24 million Series A financing. Shanghai, China-based Enlight Growth Partners (“EGP... |
| 23.03.2020 | Chicago Startups That Are Hiring Right Now | To build off a great Twitter thread from Josh Inglis at Chicago startup PR and content marketing firm Propllr, we're compiling a list of Chicago startups that have confirmed they are currently hiring. As the ongoing coronavirus crisis begin... |
