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African tech startup investments fell by more than 50 per cent to US$1.1 billion in 2024 due to the global capital shortage, according to the 10th edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report by Disrupt Africa and Art of Scale. According to the report, 200 startups raised a combined total of US$1.1 billion

Science & Nature Helium-3 is needed for nuclear reactors, quantum computers, and more. The post A startup wants to mine the moon for helium appeared...

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here . Green-steel startup Boston Metal just showed that it has all the ingredients needed to make steel without emitting gobs of greenhouse gases. The company successfully ran its largest reactor yet to

Driven by creative ideas, technological breakthroughs, and entrepreneurial energy, India's startup ecosystem has seen explosive expansion. But sustainable success requires insight that connects corporate and personal aims with ethical and universal values, not just technical knowledge and commercial sense.This is where the knowledge and wisdom of the Vedas and spiritual practices come in handy.On this

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Is your startup in trouble? Pivoting can be one of the most difficult things to execute, whether it's in life or when running a company. It takes courage to acknowledge when you may be fighting a losing battle and when to cut those losses. The other option

When you picture a successful startup founder, who do you see? The business world often glamorizes young male founders as harbingers of rapid achievement and revenue generation, but the reality looks a bit different. Research suggests that women-founded companies generate more revenue despite receiving less in investments, and a 2020 study revealed that some of

AI startup Sensay published what it says was the world's first job advertisement for a Full Stack Developer (AI Agent) last month on LinkedIn, asking for fully autonomous AI to create code, test and fix software bugs, and write technical documentation. But they aren't looking for a human to fill the role. Instead, the startup

Receipts Depositary Corp. already offers bitcoin and ether-backed securities and is now looking to expand its product suite by adding XRP. Feb 7, 2025, 7:29 p.m. UTC Receipts Depositary Corp. (RDC), a start-up founded by a group of former Citigroup executives, is planning to launch XRP-backed securities, according to people familiar with the matter. This will