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online luxury DTC brand Quince is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of more than $10 billion, up from $4.5 billion in July; its annualized revenue rate reached around $2 billion (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 7, 2026

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Tencent has closed its TiMi Montreal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants cut funding for Western game studios (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

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Taalas, a Toronto-based chip startup that integrates AI models into custom silicon to achieve faster inference, has raised $169 million, bringing its total funding to $219 million (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: Toronto startup Taalas, which embeds AI models in custom silicon to achieve faster inference, has…

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Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which protects enterprise software development from ambient coding risks, raised a $19 million Series A, bringing total funding to $27 million (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which protects enterprise software development from video coding risks, has raised a…

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Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding to more than $31 million (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

Mike Wheatley/ SiliconANGLE: Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by…

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EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15 million Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5 million (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

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Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

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Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35 million Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $41 million (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35…

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Chinese government funding helps traditional Chinese medicine providers adopt AI for drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, acupuncture robots, and more. (Nicole Fan/Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company "absolutely" be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round, although the investment will be "nothing like that" $100 billion (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 31, 2026

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company would “absolutely” be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round,…

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Browsing: funding

online luxury DTC brand Quince is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of more than $10 billion, up from $4.5 billion in July; its annualized revenue rate reached around $2 billion (The Information)

Tencent has closed its TiMi Montreal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants cut funding for Western game studios (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Taalas, a Toronto-based chip startup that integrates AI models into custom silicon to achieve faster inference, has raised $169 million, bringing its total funding to $219 million (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which protects enterprise software development from ambient coding risks, raised a $19 million Series A, bringing total funding to $27 million (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding to more than $31 million (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15 million Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5 million (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35 million Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $41 million (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Chinese government funding helps traditional Chinese medicine providers adopt AI for drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, acupuncture robots, and more. (Nicole Fan/Rest of the world)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company "absolutely" be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round, although the investment will be "nothing like that" $100 billion (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)