News about new and young companies, weighted toward those outside the venture market. Items cover formation and closure figures, small-firm funding rounds and grant awards, accelerator and program deadlines, and openings and failures in particular trades. Each entry states who is eligible or affected and by when.
The federal program caps loans at $50,000 and routes every dollar through nonprofit lenders. Here is what it covers, what it costs, and what disqualifies an application.
Isabel Duarte · August 20, 2026
Startups raised $65 billion in July — the most billion-dollar rounds ever in one month, led by Blue Origin's first external $10 billion raise — after a record $515 billion first half.
Isabel Duarte · August 5, 2026
AI chipmaker SambaNova's $1 billion Series F at $11 billion and Keyfactor's $1 billion private-equity round topped a week that also set a $300 million quantum Series A.
Isabel Duarte · July 25, 2026
AI inference company Baseten raised $1.5 billion at a $13 billion valuation while AppsFlyer took $1 billion — leading a week where AI took five of the ten largest rounds.
Isabel Duarte · July 2, 2026