Startups
Coverage of emerging companies and founder stories

Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026
For a decade, the biggest challenge for high-growth startups was raising capital. Now, for many unicorns, the cap table itself has become the trap.

From robotics to AI agents, Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote was full of signals that startups can’t afford to ignore
Three takeaways from what’s become the biggest stage in tech.
Uni’s valuation slashed; Howard Morgan on AI, venture investing, more
Happy Thursday! Fintech startup Uni is staring at a steep valuation cut as it looks to raise fresh capital amid regulatory headwinds. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Scotland launches five-year AI strategy
Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology

BBLeap raises €5M to bring plant-level precision spraying to arable farms globally
The Rijen-based startup, which retrofits existing sprayers with nozzle-by-nozzle PWM control, will use the capital to commercialise its LeapEye camera system and scale LeapBox internationally from Europe to Canada. The idea behind BBLeap is disarmingly simple…
Canterra Minerals Engages Atrium Research to Enhance Investor Visibility and Institutional Reach
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canterra Minerals Corporation (TSXV:CTM) (OTCQB: CTMCF) (FSE:DXZB) (“Canterra” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has engaged Atrium Research Corporation ("Atrium"), a prominent firm spe…

eternal.ag raises €8M to put autonomous harvesting robots into greenhouses
The Cologne startup’s simulation-first approach trains robots in virtual greenhouses before deploying them in real ones, aiming to crack a deployment problem that has frustrated the industry for years. The market for greenhouse automation has accumulated a gr…
Exclusive: AI boom due for correction, strongest firms will endure: First Round Capital cofounder Howard Morgan
In venture investing there are two ways to make money—buy low and sell high, or buy high and sell higher. In a bubble, everybody thinks buy high, sell higher works forever. But that only works inside the bubble. As soon as the bubble bursts, you go back to ne…