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Digital Business

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.

May 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral

The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures.

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it. 

Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without those two letters in the spotlight, it got us...

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership, and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI

Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without those two letters in the spotlight, it got us...

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Digital Business

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do much of the work. But instead of running directly on a computer, NanoClaw runs sandboxed in a container.

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read