INVESTMENT

Venture capitalists are doubling down on Render, a startup offering easy-to-use cloud infrastructure. On Tuesday it said it has raised $100 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for a new fund— the largest fund it has ever raised and nearly double the size of its last fund.

Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’

SpendRule is a technology that ensures hospitals pay only what was negotiated in their contracts. It is integrated with and operates on top of a hospital system’s current enterprise resource

Mesh Optical Technologies, a Los Angeles startup that announced a $50 million Series A led by Thrive Capital on Tuesday.

For those serious about long-term competitiveness in Africa’s evolving economy, AfriWallStreet is more than a platform — it is a growth strategy.

Electronics and mobility equipment manufacturer Six Sense Mobility has raised $4.8 million in a funding round led by Ashish Kacholia, with participation from existing investor Piper Serica Angel Fund.

SolarAfrica has secured financial close on R1.5 billion to build SunCentral 2, the next 114 MW plant of its flagship utility-scale solar development in the Northern Cape

Axiom Space, which provides suits for NASA’s moon missions and is building a successor to the International Space Station, has raised $350 million

If you want to buy or sell a used EV right now, what’s the first step you’d take? A startup called Ever wants to be the answer to that question.

Inertia Enterprises has raised $450 million to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, which it hopes will serve as the foundation of a grid-scale power plant

Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO has raised $15.3 million (Rs 140 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners, which invested $8 million.