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Erin Jackson was the first Black woman, from any country, to claim an individual gold medal, in any sport, at any Winter Olympics.

EarthSync, a unified artificial intelligence platform for renewable energy planning, procurement, and operations, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Theia Ventures

Procurement and cost-reduction platform 1Buy.AI has raised Rs 32.5 crore in a seed funding round led by 100Unicorns along with participation from Ashish Kacholia, Gruhas, FJ Labs (USA), and other investors

Deep-tech startup Vimag Labs has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Accel along with participation from Chakra Growth Fund and Thinkuvate.

Deep-tech startup OneARVO has raised Rs 1.23 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures.

Health-tech startup Biopeak has raised $2.7 million in a follow-on funding round led by NKSquared, the investment vehicle of Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath.

The U.S. Embassy invites applications for the 2027 Fulbright Foreign Student Program.

The Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. government and administered by FHI 360.

The Qualcomm® Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program 2026 is now open for applications — an equity-free mentorship initiative designed to support early-stage African startups

The new round comes seven months after Standard Nuclear emerged from “stealth” with $42 million in funding.

Modelence, a Y Combinator startup from this summer’s batch announced on Wednesday it raised a $3 million seed round.

Rwanda has opened an international legal battle against the United Kingdom after Britain scrapped a controversial asylum agreement.