In 2026, defense-tech startups will have to prove to investors they can turn funding into actual production at scale, one analyst said.

Last year was the third-strongest on record for global venture funding with a surprisingly strong year for IPOs and an uptick in startup M&A numbers, and industry insiders we spoke with expect 2026 will be another robust year.

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U.S. and Canadian agencies have issued an advisory to alert tech startups that entities affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government are exploiting international pitch competitions to advance the PRC’s tech industry. The advisory ...

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In a terse but telling remark, a startup founder summed up a growing reality

Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three and a half years ago shocked European powers into a consensus that they need to rearm. But it was Donald Trump’s wavering commitment to NATO that unleashed the biggest wave of defense spending in ...

In Kenya alone, startups borrowed $498 million (Sh64.4 billion), up from $382 (Sh49.31 billion) million in 2024 and $385 million (Sh49.70 billion) in 2023.