Latest Startups & Entrepreneurship News
Global Venture Funding Hits $56B in April, Third-Highest in a Year
Driven by $15B to Anthropic and $10B to Jeff Bezos's Project Prometheus, April funding doubled year-over-year, with AI capturing 66% at $37B. Billion-dollar rounds also went to Stegra, Vast Data, and Ineffable Intelligence. U.S. firms raised 70% of total .
Anthropic and Project Prometheus Lead AI Funding Boom
AI model companies raised $26.7B, physical AI $5.3B, and infrastructure $1.8B in April. Five major deals backed by tech giants accounted for 60% of year-to-date funding surge of 139% YoY. .
Morton Labs, EMBA Startup, Finalist for $250K GSIF Prize
Chicago Booth EMBA student Zachary Hynek's deep tech firm bridges scientific discovery and industry. First EMBA-led group as finalist in George Shultz Innovation Fund. .
SBIR/STTR Federal Grants Resume After Six-Month Lapse
$8B annually for 6,700+ projects; Trump signed reauthorization. New scrutiny for international ties, especially China, Russia, Iran, North Korea; proposal caps incoming. .
Skipit Named Top Pre-Seed Startup at eMerge Americas
Babson '27 student Emily Weinberg's venture among top 7 at Miami tech conference. Other Babson reps: ReviMo, Resilience IQ, Pipelign. Third straight year for Babson success. .
Cloak Wins $75K Perlman Grand Prize at Penn Startup Challenge
UPenn Venture Lab's 10th annual event at Tangen Hall; Cloak by ENG’29, W’29 founders beats 8 finalists. Serpent Robotics got $50K runner-up; Orble $10K innovation prize. .
Resonus Govtech Startup Secures Missouri Tech Investment
Kansas City firm connecting citizens and governments via chat gets TechLaunch from MTC's $6.1M IDEA Fund. Among 8 Missouri innovators accelerating go-to-market. .
Perfect Corp. Teams with Pegasus Startup World Cup Hackathon
Online hackathon through May 7, 2026; winners at Silicon Valley event. Focuses on startup innovation showcase. .
Entrepreneurship Trends by Age Analyzed by SBE Council
Report examines small business creation across age groups on National Small Business Week. Insights on demographics driving U.S. entrepreneurship. .
Health Tech Startup Tops University of Miami EPIC Pitch
Rothberg Catalyzer Fund event; winner advances real-world solutions. TurboForge 2nd for UAV turbojets; HouseAI 3rd with 70K+ download AI design app. .