Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...
Regional tech industry body Manchester Digital has been awarded funding from Barclays Eagle Labs to support local startups. The funding, awarded as part of the Barclays Eagle Labs Ecosystem Partnership Programme, will assist 200 startups and founders spread evenly across the 10 boroughs of Manchester. “Our Startup Activator programme offers a bold vision of a […]
Operation Safe Summer has officially kicked off in Richmond, with other localities in Central Virginia working on safety initiatives of their own.
This year's theme ‘The impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health' seeks a drastic shift in political priorities, policy coherence and agenda setting to address climate change, occupational safety and health hazards and risks to workers. With occupational climate-related health risks expected to increase because of climate change, achieving a collective approach to deal with this global health crisis is not a quick fix. We come together to remember those who have sadly lost ()
After losing a grant used to fund their pool in Thompson Park, the city of East Liverpool has found other options to keep the pool open.
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law and the sciences, has quietly closed a $15 million tranche. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, two unnamed investors contributed the $15 million in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The tech minister is urging semiconductor leaders to apply for funding through the soon-to-expire Chips Joint Undertaking. UK semiconductor companies and researchers are currently eligible to apply for access to a £5m funding pot for research. British firms gained access to the funding in March when the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced […]
Rep. Marla Brown, R-Lawrence, announced on Thursday the release of $100,000 in state funding for upgrades to Pearson and Marti parks in Lawrence County. The funding stems from the Pennsylvania Parks and Forest Foundation (PPFF), according to Brown.
The Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County and the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center hosted a Child Safety Fair.
AI computing firm Blaize said on Monday it has raised $106 million in funding, including from existing investors such as Mercedes-Benz and Temasek. Other existing investors such as Bess Ventures, Franklin Templeton and Denso, besides new investors such as Rizvi Traverse, Ava Investors and BurTech LP also participated in the fundraising, the company said in a statement, without disclosing the details on its valuation. The fundraise reflects the frenzy that had helped the AI sector attract a major...
In this article, we're going to talk about multi-library projects in Android. It's not something ordinary, but not something out of the ordinary either. You may have come across multi-library projects in your line of work, or you may be looking into converting your library into sub-modules for better
Pune-based agritech firm Ecozen on Friday said it has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in a mix of equity and debt from existing investors including US-based global investment manager Nuveen.The debt support in the deal was fulfilled by InCred Credit Fund and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation through Ecozen’s exclusive advisor Setuka Partners, said a company statement.Ecozen said it has grown fivefold over the past two years, with a threefold increase in profit. The maker...