Building taxi dispatch systems for the future

Wewo is a leading, global provider of innovative performance marketing solutions, HQ in Poland. The company offers a wide range of performance marketing services, traffic, and media buying services. Wewo lists measurability, transparency and fairness at the top of its priorities, working in 100+ GEOs with more than 3K advertisers and +10K active publishers. Wewo Media has offices in 5 countries, including the UAE, Poland, Norway, USA and India.

We helped a great number of companies get found online, generate more website traffic, leads, and revenue. 

One client got hired by NASA and BMW because they found them on Google. Another closed a $2M deal because of the valuable content. 

We use the best practices in SEO and content marketing to help your business grow its online presence. 

If you have an established SaaS website, you know it should better be positioned on search engines but you don't know how to achieve that - contact us, we can help you craft and execute the right SEO strategy.

The one that works both for Google, Chat GPT, or Perplexity. Wherever people search, you can appear.

Blowerproof Ireland is based in Rathnew Co. Wicklow and supply Blowerproof Brush and Spray on Liquid Airtight Membrane.  Blowerproof airtight liquid membrane is now BBA certified, used widely across Europe because of its ability to reach unrivaled levels of air tightness. Blowerproof is used to reach Passive Standard 0.6 AC/h in buildings but can reach 0.2 AC/h if required. 
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The wall to ceiling junctions on all floor levels along the outer skin of a house or building need to be made airtight.
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Kaveat is an AI-powered contract management platform that simplifies and automates the contract lifecycle, focusing on the media and entertainment industries. It helps users, including influencers, creatives, freelancers, and businesses, manage contracts more efficiently. The platform provides data-driven insights, industry benchmarks, and actionable recommendations to enhance deal-making and reduce the need for costly legal services.

Founded by a team with extensive legal and technical backgrounds, Kaveat offers a user-friendly web-based platform. Key features include contract upload and analysis, automatic redlining and editing, and centralized dashboard management for tracking contracts and collaboration across teams. The platform is designed to save time and money, improve transparency, and mitigate risks, making contract intelligence accessible to non-lawyers. Kaveat's business model includes tailored solutions for various workflows in the media and entertainment sector.

Strategic Intelligence for Biopharma.

Innate continuously scans, analyzes, and contextualizes your therapeutic landscape, competitors, and evidence base, so you see what's changing, why it matters, keeping your strategy one step ahead. 

Innate transforms information overload into strategic clarity. By turning constant noise into prioritized, evidence-linked signals, Medical Affairs teams stay proactive — focusing on what truly drives impact instead of chasing updates.

Medical strategies can't stay static in a changing landscape. Innate keeps yours alive—showing how new data and competitor moves affect your plan in real time.
Teams stay aligned, gaps are spotted early, and key documents build themselves in minutes. Strategy time goes into decisions, not updates, and your budget goes towards the most relevant tactics. 

Innate. Your medical landscape. Contextualized.

UI Playground is an innovative app designed for designers, developers, and product owners to explore and customize native iOS user interface components directly on an iPhone. The app allows users to interact with UI components as they would appear in a real app, providing a hands-on experience that aligns with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. Key features include the ability to preview live components within the context of an app by adding a screenshot image, exporting SwiftUI code for seamless sharing with developers, and customizing all possible interactions to understand design possibilities. For designers, it offers a way to explore UI components on-device, ensuring designs adhere to native patterns. Developers can learn SwiftUI by interacting with components first and then applying the code, while product owners can quickly convey ideas without full implementation. The app supports auto-save, multiple drafts, semantic colors, SF symbols, and iCloud synchronization for a seamless workflow across devices.

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FIBRO, Inc. was founded in 1983 in Rockford, Illinois from where we provide sales and service to FIBRO customers in the north American market (USA, Canada and Mexico). FIBRO Inc. as well as FIBRO GmbH in Germany have been part of the LAEPPLE Group since 1974. 

FIBRO is a also a global supplier providing standard parts for products that are used in the tool and die, mold making, and machine building trades. The company's wide product range includes die sets; guide elements; precision punches and matrixes; ejectors; steel springs; gas springs; FibroFlex elastomers; tool slides/cams with spline, roller, or hydraulic drives; lifting and clamping devices; and peripheral equipment. We offer over 60,000 Standard Parts.

Virly writes viral LinkedIn posts in your voice to attract new customers for your product and delivers a 30-day content plan with scheduled daily posts. With Virly, you get 30 viral posts written in your voice, ready to publish, automated scheduling and email reminders, content that drives real leads and sales, and complete autopilot mode after 5-minute setup. Virly analyzes your writing style and business in under 2 minutes, creates your plan with 30 viral posts written in your voice, including launches, stories, lessons learned, and growth content, and allows you to grow on autopilot with email reminders and ready posts.

30 posts/month, 1 project, content calendar, personal style analysis, viral post templates, scheduled posts, auto-generated ideas, growth tips & trends, posting time recommendations, team collaboration, API access

100 posts/month, 5 projects, content calendar, personal style analysis, viral post templates, scheduled posts, auto-generated ideas, growth tips & trends, posting time recommendations, team collaboration, API access

300 posts/month, 10 projects, content calendar, personal style analysis, viral post templates, scheduled posts, auto-generated ideas, growth tips & trends, posting time recommendations, team collaboration (5 users), API access

SEDY STUDIOS® was established in 2014 in the magnificent city of Istanbul, Türkiye, as a sustainable garment design and manufacturing company committed to exceptional quality. 
The company regularly develops its own innovative and trendy collections, presenting them to its valued business partners. Each collection is designed to align with customers' trend preferences and meet their specific requirements.

You are always welcome to visit our Germany office in Saarland as well.

Get in touch with our experts for your projects.

Mxpert is an AI-powered service advisor platform tailored for auto repair businesses. It enhances customer service with intelligent automation, offering 24/7 availability and seamless integration into existing operations. The platform uses advanced AI technologies to facilitate human-like conversations, efficiently handle inquiries, and provide personalized service.

Key features of Mxpert include human-sounding interactions, AI-powered text messaging, real-time appointment scheduling, and caller recognition for personalized greetings. It also offers advanced analytics for performance tracking and customer insights, ensuring efficiency and satisfaction. Mxpert integrates smoothly with existing workflow tools and generates call logs and reports to help auto repair shops understand customer needs better. The platform supports various customer engagement strategies, including two-way messaging and preventative maintenance reminders.

HireBOB.ai is an AI solutions provider focused on the fitness and health club industry. The company specializes in agentic AI, allowing operators to create customizable AI "employees" that replicate top team members for continuous sales, service, and member engagement. Their technology enhances fitness operations through intelligent automation, improving processes, member retention, and revenue.

The company offers trainable AI agents tailored to a brand's voice and member psychology. These include a Sales Agent that manages inquiries and converts leads, a Service Agent that provides support and guidance, and an Engagement Agent that fosters community interactions. HireBOB.ai's solutions integrate easily into existing systems, require no developers, and deliver measurable ROI. The company has secured significant funding and has established partnerships with various fitness operators, showcasing successful implementations that have improved sales and service metrics.

UndercoverDevs provides an intelligent tool for students and researchers. It simplifies complex topics, creates study notes, generates question papers, translates and simplifies PDFs, and generates quizzes and flashcards. The platform offers various features such as unlimited access, cancel-anytime policy, pay monthly or yearly options, and priority customer support. With UndercoverDevs, users can ask anything to the AI tutor, take notes, highlight important points, elevate their notes with AI assistance, generate quizzes, create flashcards, produce mnemonics, simplify and translate PDF files, and generate question papers for exams and assignments. The platform also includes a revenue partner program and has implemented measures to protect user privacy and adhere to service terms.

Billed as $0/year ($0/month). Includes 20 AI Tutor generations/month, 20 Notes Auto-Completion/month, 3 Flashcards Generations/month, 3 Quizzes Generations/month, 3 Mnemonics Generations/month, 3 Question Paper Generations/month, 10 Page Limit for Translations & Simplifications of PDF files.

Billed as $144/year ($12/month). Includes unlimited AI Tutor generations, unlimited Notes AI-Completion, unlimited AI Flashcards, unlimited AI Quizzes, unlimited Mnemonics Generation, unlimited Translations & Simplifications of PDF files, unlimited Question Paper Generation, access to premium models (OpenAI, Gemini 2.0, Anthropic), priority customer support.

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Founded in 2018, EzyEntry is a standalone cloud-based Data automation SAAS. A software that companies use in house, that with the click of a button completely automates the Data Entry process.

Our Versatile Algorithm Allows EzyEntry To Take Your Extracted Data And Output It Into Any System Or Program You Require. Simple To Configure To Any Desktop, Web Or Even Remote Systems.

Our innovative software saves millions of dollars per year in costs by decreasing the number of operators needed. It also saves companies thousands of hours of processing time, allowing them to handle larger workloads more efficiently.

EarlyFinder analyzed 31,000+ startups in April 2026 to identify the leading indicators that predict funding and breakouts—before headlines. Here’s how to source pre-seed opportunities earlier using traffic and hiring signals.

Startup Market Trends April 2026: Signals Before Funding

Attackers stole a long-lived npm access token belonging to the lead maintainer of axios, the most popular HTTP client library in JavaScript, and used it to publish two poisoned versions that install a cross-platform remote access trojan. The malicious releases target macOS, Windows, and Linux. Th...

Hackers slipped a trojan into the code library behind most of the internet. Your team is probably affected

Deploying AI agents for repository-scale tasks like bug detection, patch verification, and code review requires overcoming significant technical hurdles. One major bottleneck: the need to set up dynamic execution sandboxes for every repository, which are expensive and computationally heavy. Using...

Meta's new structured prompting technique makes LLMs significantly better at code review — boosting accuracy to 93% in some cases

The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project

A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.

Anthropic is having a month

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features

OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise

Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon

Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs to fund its massive AI data center buildout. With the stock down 25 percent and debt mounting, the company is banking on billions in guaranteed revenue, including a $455 billion order from OpenAI. But whether that money will actually materialize is far from cer...

Oracle reportedly lays off thousands of employees to bankroll its massive AI infrastructure bet

Anthropic can't catch a break: Following the recent leak of internal blog posts on its new Mythos AI model, parts of the source code for its AI coding tool Claude Code have now been made public. The article Anthropic accidentally publishes Claude Code source code for anyone to find appeared first...

Anthropic accidentally publishes Claude Code source code for anyone to find

“Your AI? It’s my AI now.” The line came from Etay Maor, VP of Threat Intelligence at Cato Networks, in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat at RSAC 2026 — and it describes exactly what happened to a U.K. CEO whose OpenClaw instance ended up for sale on BreachForums. Maor's argument is that th...

OpenClaw has 500,000 instances and no enterprise kill switch

Google makes AI video generation cheaper: Veo 3.1 Lite costs less than half the price of its next cheapest model while matching its speed. The article Google's Veo 3.1 Lite cuts video generation costs by more than half appeared first on The Decoder.

Google's Veo 3.1 Lite cuts video generation costs by more than half

Slack today announced more than 30 new capabilities for Slackbot, its AI-powered personal agent, in what amounts to the most sweeping overhaul of the workplace messaging platform since Salesforce acquired it for $27.7 billion in 2021. The update transforms Slackbot from a simple conversational as...

Slack adds 30 AI features to Slackbot, its most ambitious update since the Salesforce acquisition

You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru.

Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub

Generative AI leads to measurable time savings on many tasks. But a gap remains between faster task completion and measurable economic impact. Verification overhead, limited metrics, and organizational inertia often prevent benchmark gains from translating into broader productivity gains. The art...

Frontier Radar #2: Why AI productivity gets lost between benchmarks and the balance sheet

The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.

Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles

April 2026 signals: open-source supply-chain risk is now an AI company risk, video generation costs just halved, and mega-rounds are warping the stack.

AI Startup News 2026: Supply-Chain Attacks, Cheaper Video, Mega-Rounds

Isocom Components 2004 is a trusted leader in the supply of infrared optoelectronic devices, with over 40 years of industry expertise. Our extensive portfolio features over 3,500 part types, supported by a streamlined manufacturing and supply chain model that delivers the fastest lead times in the industry, consistently two weeks or less for core products. 

We pride ourselves on offering a wide range of high-quality, high-specification components, including both branded and custom solutions. Our competitive pricing and seamless drop-in replacements for recognized industry-standard parts make us a reliable partner for all your optoelectronic needs. 

With a strong global network of distributors, we also offer free samples for new projects or cross-reference opportunities to help bring your ideas to life.

Curana is worldwide trendsetter and manufacturer of extraordinary bike equipment and bike accessories, for an outstanding biking experience.

Supertracker was established in 1987 and since then has grown to be the leading wheel alignment equipment manufacturer in the UK. Supertracker is now under new ownership; Straightset the garage equipment experts purchased Supertracker from the Administrators on 11th April 2022. 

Contact Straightset for new equipment sales or aftercare servicing on 01909 480055.

CM Industries is a true American manufacturer of high quality Robotic Torches & Peripherals, MIG Guns & MIG Parts, Smoke Extractor MIG Guns & Fume Extractor MIG Guns, TIG Torches & Consumables, Torch Cleaning Stations, Nozzle Cleaning Stations, Reamer Blades, Push Pull MIG Guns, Automatic MIG Guns & Water-Cooled MIG Guns. 

CM Industries is here to help you for all of your welding needs.

The Adventure People is a UK-based travel company founded in 2016, specializing in curated small group adventure holidays. Based in London, the company focuses on providing immersive experiences that highlight authentic local connections, culture, and adrenaline activities for solo travelers, families, and groups. 

The Adventure People offers a platform that aggregates independent adventure holiday providers, allowing customers to book guided small group tours filled with activities. Their core offerings include customizable itineraries for hiking, cycling, rock climbing, and more, across various destinations such as Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, and South Asia. Tours are designed to promote personal growth and cultural encounters while emphasizing responsible tourism and support for local communities. The company is committed to ethical practices, transparency, and exceptional customer service, ensuring a memorable travel experience.

Founded in 2019, ParcelPath empowers small businesses to thrive by offering door-to-door package delivery that's not only simple and reliable but also significantly more affordable. With up to 89% off on UPS and USPS shipments—no subscription fees required—ParcelPath is reshaping the way businesses approach logistics. Our customers are our driving force, the entrepreneurial heart and soul of the American economy, and we dedicate ourselves to listening and innovating on their behalf.

Through cutting-edge technology, user-focused design, and dedicated service, we're committed to building tools that truly make a difference. Our mobile barcode feature lets you drop by any of the 3,500 UPS stores for free label printing, streamlining shipping like never before. And with ongoing partnerships across the shipping industry, we're continuously expanding and enhancing our offerings to serve you better. ParcelPath isn't just a shipping platform; it's a partner in helping your business reach new heights.

Support Email: Support@parcelpath.com
Collaboration Email: Contact@parcelpath.com

Since our inception in 1988, AusGrape's journey has been one of unwavering reliability. For over three decades, we've proudly supplied grape-derived products to the winemaking and food & beverage manufacturing industries. As an integral part of the Australian Vintage family, we enjoy access to Buronga Hill, one of Australia's largest commercial wineries nestled in the famous Sunraysia region. Our commitment to quality, consistency and precision has seen constant upgrades to our state-of-the-art facility, ensuring we have the industry's most advanced technology and elevating AusGrape to be Australia's leading producer of grape derived raw materials.

Have you ever wanted to automate your life? Magic Loops allows you to do just that.
   
Apps are cool, but have you ever felt limited by generic software that someone else built? 
  
By utilizing state-of-the-art generative AI, anyone (yes, even you!), can build useful tools. 
   
How does it work? 
  
We use a combination of large language models (like ChatGPT) and auto-generated code to make it fast and easy to build repeatable tasks and automate repetitive workflows. 
    
"That's a lot of words, what do you mean exactly?"
   
With Magic Loops you can:
- Make a text-based personal fitness coach
- Set up automated job posting alerts
- Get email notifications about upcoming meetings with relevant context
- Create alerts for stocks, weather, and changes to any website 
  
What will your first Magic Loop be?

YOND is a gym operating system platform based in Wiesbaden, Germany, founded in 2022. The company specializes in software solutions tailored for the fitness industry, aiming to automate business operations for enterprises, gym chains, and franchises. YOND's cloud-based platform enhances operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including member management, payment processing, financial reporting, and scheduling tools. This all-in-one system is designed to centralize operations and support scalability for gym chains, making it easier for fitness businesses to manage their activities across multiple locations. YOND collaborates with industry partners to integrate various devices, systems, and platforms, further enhancing its service offerings.

Embrace is a French software company founded in 2015, specializing in automation, orchestration, and collaboration tools for the media and entertainment industry. The company focuses on enhancing content creation workflows, particularly in video and graphics supply chains. Embrace develops low-code platforms that streamline processes, connect teams, and boost productivity, enabling the delivery of over 1.2 million promos across more than 50 TV brands.

The company offers modular, enterprise-grade software solutions, including Automate-IT and Pulse-IT. Automate-IT is a leading platform for automated content generation and delivery, built on Adobe After Effects. Pulse-IT serves as a media-oriented business process management tool that optimizes and monitors broadcast and digital processes. Embrace's tools support integration with popular software like Adobe Premiere Pro and Frame.io, and they leverage AI for tasks such as transcription and asset management, promoting a unified media supply chain for efficient operations.

Don Cicleto is a Madrid-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in designing, developing, and managing secure bicycle and scooter parking networks. The company focuses on enhancing urban mobility through innovative parking solutions tailored to various environments. With a team of approximately 8 employees, Don Cicleto operates as a tech partner for manufacturers of bike parking, charging stations, and urban furniture, helping them digitize their infrastructure into scalable digital services.

The company offers a range of intelligent parking systems featuring IoT-based services for real-time data collection and monitoring. Key products include an access control SaaS solution that digitizes management for cycling infrastructure, an admin dashboard for real-time user and resource management, and real-time infrastructure mapping to visualize cycling facilities across cities. These solutions enable efficient network operations and support partners in adopting digital pay-per-use models.

VaVersa is a subscription service for greens (Herbs, Microgreens and Salads) through Ultra-Local Indoor Gardens. Our solution is designed for Food Service Providers (restaurants, catering, hotels..).

VaVersa sees a future in which every cook can grow its own greens next to where they are being consumed. Doing so allows cooks to prepare fresher, tastier and healthier food, while severely reducing the impact of the food on our planet.

VaVersa was founded in 2017 and is currently taking steps to grow the team, the organization and the solution further. VaVersa is currently running a client program and is present at several locations in the Netherlands.

InfoTiles Digital Water is a Norwegian technology company founded in 2016 and based in Stavanger. The company specializes in AI-powered analytics platforms designed for sustainable water and wastewater management throughout the water value chain. InfoTiles offers Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions that automate data consolidation and apply real-time analytics and machine learning. These tools help water utilities, cities, and industrial users enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and promote sustainability.

The core platform includes features like PipeFusion, which automates network data cleansing for high accuracy, and operational optimization tools that detect leaks and manage non-revenue water. It also provides visualization and query tools for asset mapping and advanced analytics for emergency response and regulatory compliance. InfoTiles targets markets in Germany, the Nordics, and the UK, and has established partnerships with tech providers to ensure fast, secure cloud deployment. The company has received several awards, including recognition as Microsoft Norway Sustainability Partner of the Year.

TruckMap is a mobile app for truck drivers that provides drivers with updates on parking availability, access to local truck services, and truck-optimized GPS routing.

Link My Ride is a social cycling app and platform that connects cyclists around the world. Founded in 2021, the company aims to enhance community engagement by helping users discover, plan, organize, and share group rides. It provides a dedicated networking tool to address the challenges cyclists face in finding and participating in community rides.

The platform features a mobile app and a web portal designed for both individuals and organizations. Users can explore activities and clubs through an interactive map, connect with fellow cyclists, create and import routes, and share ride details. Additionally, Link My Ride offers a ticketing solution for events and a Local Ambassador Programme that rewards community builders with exclusive merchandise and opportunities to meet fellow enthusiasts. The company is supported by investment from the Dutch Sport Tech Fund and operates with a focus on fostering cycling culture and participation.

A startup funding roundup March 2026 using EarlyFinder tracking: 15 recently funded startups 2026 with traction signals, sector flow, and under-the-radar watchlist.

Startup Funding Roundup March 2026: 15 Quiet Signals Investors Miss

March 2026 startup traffic data reveals extreme outliers—up to +20,497% MoM. Here are the fastest-growing startups and the signals investors can act on early.

Fastest Growing Startups 2026: March Traffic Surge Leaders

We polled nearly a dozen VCs to find out which W26 startups are the sought after in the batch.

From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day

The pace of large-scale dealmaking picked up some this week, led by OpenAI’s disclosure that it raised another $10 billion. Other big financings went to startups and growth-stage companies in sectors including defense tech, enterprise AI, autonomy and even laundry.

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Varied Week For Big Deals, Led By AI And Defense

Speaking with Kearney’s Paula Bellostas Muguerza about trends driving PE dealmakers to the women's health sector; a look at deals in the pathology sector and the tailwinds behind them; discussing the $1.1 billion sale of EyeSouth Partners to Cencora and the growth of the business under Olympus Pa...

‘$1 trillion gap’ attracts private equity to women’s health, says Kearney’s Paula Bellostas Muguerza; Astorg, Cinven, Nordic target pathology assets

The transaction is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2026. The post SAP to acquire NewView Capital-backed Reltio appeared first on PE Hub.

SAP to acquire NewView Capital-backed Reltio

The deal is valued at about $750 million. The post HIG Capital to sell Brazilian internet service provider to Claro appeared first on PE Hub.

HIG Capital to sell Brazilian internet service provider to Claro

Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows startups headquartered in the Lone Star State’s capital raised a record $7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025.

Austin’s Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City’s Startups Hits All-Time High

Astorg, Cinven, Nordic Capital, Consonance and Pike Street are among the firms pursuing transactions in pathology. The post PE targets pathology assets: 5 deals appeared first on PE Hub.

PE targets pathology assets: 5 deals

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has completed its exit of PAM Healthcare to Optima Healthcare. The post GLP-1, preventative products shape consumer health dealmaking, says Houlihan Lokey; LDC completes exit from occupational health biz appeared first on PE Hub.

GLP-1, preventative products shape consumer health dealmaking, says Houlihan Lokey; LDC completes exit from occupational health biz

Among U.S. seed funding deals, it’s only the upper bands of larger and outlier seed rounds — those $10 million and above — that grew in 2025, Crunchbase data shows.

Seed Funding Hasn’t Stalled, But It’s Skewing Larger And Is More Competitive Than Ever, Crunchbase Data Shows

The startup provides an e-prescribing marketplace for the booming cash-pay clinic market.

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

Trayd, a startup that is building a back office operating system for the construction industry, has raised $10 million in Series A funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks

Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC.

After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z

Arinna builds solar cells specifically for spacecraft and has developed an ultrathin new material that it expects to be far more flexible and more efficient than current technology.

Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem

The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.

With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI

BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian toward its $50 million target.

BKR Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to  invest in Black founders

March 2026 shows AI capital concentration, seed rounds skewing larger, and PE accelerating into women’s health/pathology. Here’s the early-stage playbook.

VC Fund News 2026: AI Mega-Funds, Bigger Seeds, PE Health Push

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.

Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction

The size of the largest U.S. deals this week was smaller than in recent weeks, and heavily featured cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups. Other areas that attracted good-sized financings included AI infrastructure, biotech, healthcare, and robotics.

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Investment Slows, But Security And AI Remain Top Picks

Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups eithe...

Welcome to the post-hype crypto market

Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETH Denver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups eith...

Is crypto growing up? Tether risk, Stripe’s stablecoin play, and the GENIUS Act explained

Apple complies with new age-assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults.

Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws

The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

UK designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation

A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers has gone live on the App Store within the European Union. Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that haven’t yet complied with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation...

Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken steps to place Google under formal federal supervision, a move that could subject the company to the same inspections the government imposes on major banks. According to The Washington Post, the CFPB has been in talks with Google for month...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to place Google under supervision

Can the U.S. meaningfully regulate AI? It’s not at all clear yet. Policymakers have achieved progress in recent months, but they’ve also had setbacks, illustrating the challenging nature of laws imposing guardrails on the technology. In March, Tennessee became the first state to protect voice art...

US laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope

A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space. It’s more helpful to consider this part of a paper trail the agency is laying down in order to justify new regulat...

FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations

March 2026 policy moves are reshaping AI infrastructure, app distribution, and crypto compliance. Here’s how investors can spot startups that benefit before valuations reset.

Startup Regulations 2026: AI, App Stores, Crypto & the New Gatekeepers

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<blockquote class="highlight-quote">By the time a deal shows up on the usual front pages, the best entry point was 12–24 months earlier—when the buyers started quietly assembling capability stacks.</blockquote>

<p>March 2026’s exit tape is thin on disclosed venture-style outcomes, but it’s loud on <strong>where acquirers are concentrating</strong>: (1) <strong>power infrastructure services</strong> as load growth accelerates, and (2) <strong>systems-of-record for IT estates</strong> (asset discovery / infra intelligence) as enterprise stacks sprawl. Our read: the exit market is rewarding platforms that sit closest to <em>mission-critical constraints</em>—power and operational visibility—because those budgets don’t get “optionalized” in downturns.</p>

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  <div class="callout-content">
    <strong>Key Insight:</strong> The most predictive signal right now isn’t “AI” broadly—it’s whether a company is becoming a control point for a constrained resource (power capacity, defense autonomy, asset visibility). Those are the assets strategics and PE underwrite through cycles.
  </div>
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<div class="toc-container">
  <h3 class="toc-title">In This Article:</h3>
  <ul class="toc-list">
    <li><a href="#section-1">1. Headline Deals</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-2">2. Strategic Acquirer Activity</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-3">3. IPO &amp; Public Market Activity</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-4">4. Private Equity Moves</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-5">5. Sector M&amp;A Trends</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-6">6. Valuation Insights</a></li>
    <li><a href="#section-7">7. What This Means for Your Portfolio</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

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<h2 id="section-1" class="section-header numbered-section">1. Headline Deals</h2>

<p>Two March 2026 items dominate what we can underwrite from the provided news: a <strong>$4.75B strategic acquisition</strong> with real liquidity outcomes, and a <strong>platform-style PE transaction</strong> aligned to power demand. A third is an <strong>announced plan</strong> for a defense tech bolt-on enabled by new capital.</p>

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    <span class="trend-name">Ecolab → CoolIT Technologies</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">$4.75B</span>
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  <div class="trend-item">
    <span class="trend-name">Clearlake → Qualus (from New Mountain)</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">Undisclosed</span>
  </div>
  <div class="trend-item">
    <span class="trend-name">Shield AI → Aechelon Technology (planned)</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">Undisclosed</span>
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<h3>Deal 1: Ecolab acquires CoolIT Technologies for $4.75B</h3>
<p><strong>What happened:</strong> KKR announced that CoolIT Technologies employees are set to gain significantly from the <strong>$4.75 billion</strong> sale to <strong>Ecolab</strong>. (PE Hub, Mar 26, 2026)</p>
<p><strong>Strategic rationale (what matters):</strong> This reads as a “critical infrastructure” style strategic move—where a buyer is comfortable paying up because the target sits in a non-discretionary part of customer spend and can be expanded across a larger distribution footprint.</p>
<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> Track companies that become the default choice in a narrow but essential workflow; those are the ones strategics will buy at scale when they need certainty, not experimentation.</p>

<h3>Deal 2: Clearlake buys Qualus from New Mountain</h3>
<p><strong>What happened:</strong> <strong>Clearlake Capital</strong> is buying <strong>Qualus</strong> from <strong>New Mountain Capital</strong>, framed around <strong>soaring power demand</strong>. (PE Hub, Mar 26, 2026)</p>
<p><strong>Strategic rationale (what matters):</strong> This is PE leaning into power as a secular driver. In early-stage terms, the “picks-and-shovels” opportunities are increasingly in service layers that can standardize delivery and attach software/data.</p>
<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> If you’re sourcing seed deals, prioritize startups selling into grid modernization, industrial electrification, and power-related compliance/operations—PE wants scalable service platforms and will back consolidation.</p>

<h3>Deal 3: Advent commits to invest in Shield AI; acquisition of Aechelon planned</h3>
<p><strong>What happened:</strong> <strong>Advent</strong> committed to invest in <strong>Shield AI</strong>. A portion of proceeds will help fund Shield AI’s <strong>planned acquisition</strong> of <strong>Aechelon Technology Inc</strong>, a portfolio company of <strong>Sagewind Capital</strong>. (PE Hub, Mar 26, 2026)</p>
<p><strong>Strategic rationale (what matters):</strong> The important bit is not just “defense tech interest”—it’s the playbook: raise/commit capital, then <strong>buy a capability</strong> to accelerate platform depth. That’s a repeatable pattern in defense and autonomy markets.</p>
<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> Watch for defense startups that are explicitly building acquisition-ready interfaces (modular product lines, clean IP chains, integration-friendly architectures). Those get bought first when a platform consolidator emerges.</p>

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    <strong>Key Insight:</strong> March’s biggest disclosed outcome ($4.75B) wasn’t “growth at all costs”—it was an acquisition where the buyer can monetize through distribution and mission-critical spend. For early-stage investors, that means your best exit path is often designing for attach rate, not virality.
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<h2 id="section-2" class="section-header numbered-section">2. Strategic Acquirer Activity</h2>

<p>Strategics in this tape are concentrated: <strong>Ecolab</strong> is the standout disclosed buyer (CoolIT Technologies). On the enterprise software side, the most relevant precedent in the provided data remains <strong>Freshworks acquiring Device42 for $230M</strong> (TechCrunch, May 2, 2024)—a clean example of a public SaaS buyer purchasing an asset-discovery/control-plane capability.</p>

<table class="data-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Acquirer</th>
      <th>Target</th>
      <th>Deal Value</th>
      <th>Category</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Ecolab</td>
      <td>CoolIT Technologies</td>
      <td>$4.75B</td>
      <td>Strategic acquisition (disclosed)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Freshworks</td>
      <td>Device42</td>
      <td>$230M</td>
      <td>SaaS / IT asset discovery (precedent)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Autodesk</td>
      <td>Wonder Dynamics</td>
      <td>Undisclosed</td>
      <td>AI-enabled creator tooling (precedent)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Bending Spoons</td>
      <td>WeTransfer</td>
      <td>Undisclosed</td>
      <td>Consumer/prosumer utility (precedent)</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<ul class="feature-list">
  <li>✓ Strategics buy <strong>distribution leverage</strong> (Ecolab scale amplifies what it acquires).</li>
  <li>✓ Public SaaS buyers buy <strong>control planes</strong> (Device42 as asset discovery) to improve retention and enterprise wallet share.</li>
  <li>✓ Incumbent tool vendors buy <strong>workflow accelerants</strong> (Autodesk ↔ Wonder Dynamics) when the product sits inside a creator’s daily loop.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> Build a sourcing list around “control points”: asset discovery, orchestration, compliance, and operational intelligence. Those are repeat acquirer magnets because they reduce uncertainty for big buyers.</p>

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<h2 id="section-3" class="section-header numbered-section">3. IPO &amp; Public Market Activity</h2>

<p>The provided March 2026 articles do not include IPO filings, IPO pricing, or public performance updates. That absence is itself a signal for how to operate as an early-stage investor in 2026: <strong>the visible exit tape is being driven more by M&amp;A and sponsor-to-sponsor moves</strong> than by fresh listings—at least in the dataset we’re analyzing this month.</p>

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    <span class="trend-name">IPO updates in provided March 2026 news</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">None</span>
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<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> Underwrite exit paths that don’t rely on IPO windows: model likely acquirers, integration logic, and “capability adjacency” 12–24 months ahead.</p>

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<h2 id="section-4" class="section-header numbered-section">4. Private Equity Moves</h2>

<p>PE is doing what it always does when a secular demand wave hits: buying platforms that can consolidate fragmented supply and professionalize go-to-market.</p>

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    <div class="company-title">
      <h3 class="company-name">Qualus</h3>
      <span class="company-category">Power infrastructure services (platform PE deal)</span>
    </div>
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  <p class="company-description">Clearlake Capital is buying Qualus from New Mountain Capital amid soaring power demand (PE Hub, Mar 26, 2026).</p>
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    <div class="metric">
      <span class="metric-value">N/A</span>
      <span class="metric-label">Deal Value Disclosed</span>
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    <div class="metric">
      <span class="metric-value">Sponsor-to-sponsor</span>
      <span class="metric-label">Transaction Type</span>
    </div>
  </div>
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    <div class="company-title">
      <h3 class="company-name">Shield AI</h3>
      <span class="company-category">Defense tech (capital + bolt-on M&amp;A)</span>
    </div>
  </div>
  <p class="company-description">Advent committed to invest; proceeds partially earmarked to fund a planned acquisition of Aechelon Technology Inc (PE Hub, Mar 26, 2026).</p>
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    <div class="metric">
      <span class="metric-value">N/A</span>
      <span class="metric-label">Investment Amount Disclosed</span>
    </div>
    <div class="metric">
      <span class="metric-value">Planned</span>
      <span class="metric-label">Acquisition Status</span>
    </div>
  </div>
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    <strong>Key Insight:</strong> PE’s best early signal is not “deal announced”—it’s when a sector narrative shifts from experimentation to capacity constraints. “Soaring power demand” is exactly that kind of narrative.
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<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> If you invest early, invest where PE will need “platform assets” later: regulated services, high switching costs, and operational complexity that benefits from consolidation.</p>

<hr class="section-divider"/>

<h2 id="section-5" class="section-header numbered-section">5. Sector M&amp;A Trends</h2>

<p>From the provided items, three sectors stand out as consistently acquirer-relevant:</p>

<table class="data-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Sector</th>
      <th>Deal / Signal in Provided News</th>
      <th>What Buyers Want</th>
      <th>Early-stage “hunt zone”</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Power / Infrastructure Services</td>
      <td>Clearlake → Qualus (from New Mountain)</td>
      <td>Platform consolidation; dependable cash flows</td>
      <td>Inspection, compliance automation, field ops intelligence</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Defense Tech / Autonomy</td>
      <td>Advent invests in Shield AI; planned Aechelon acquisition</td>
      <td>Capability stacking; faster program delivery</td>
      <td>Simulation, validation, edge compute, secure autonomy tooling</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>IT Operations / Asset Visibility (SaaS)</td>
      <td>Freshworks → Device42 ($230M) precedent</td>
      <td>Control planes; enterprise expansion</td>
      <td>Discovery, inventory, CMDB enrichment, policy automation</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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    <span class="trend-name">Power-demand-driven platform M&amp;A</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">Active</span>
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  <div class="trend-item">
    <span class="trend-name">Defense bolt-on acquisitions (funded by new capital)</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">Active</span>
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  <div class="trend-item">
    <span class="trend-name">IT asset discovery as SaaS adjacency</span>
    <span class="trend-growth positive">Proven</span>
  </div>
</div>

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  <div class="case-study-badge">📚 Case Study</div>
  <div class="case-study-content">
    <strong>How Freshworks used M&amp;A to deepen enterprise control-plane value</strong>
    <p>Freshworks acquired Device42 for <strong>$230M</strong> (TechCrunch, May 2, 2024). The strategic pattern: a customer-experience/helpdesk surface area expands into a deeper infrastructure/asset discovery layer—improving stickiness and increasing enterprise wallet share. For early-stage investors, this is the blueprint: build “under-the-hood truth” products that can be snapped into a larger SaaS platform.</p>
  </div>
</div>

<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> In your pipeline, score startups higher if (a) they generate authoritative system state (assets, configs, compliance posture), and (b) they have obvious integration points into larger suites.</p>

<hr class="section-divider"/>

<h2 id="section-6" class="section-header numbered-section">6. Valuation Insights</h2>

<p>We only have two disclosed price points in the provided dataset that matter for valuation anchoring: <strong>Ecolab’s $4.75B</strong> purchase of CoolIT Technologies (announced by KKR as its exit) and <strong>Freshworks’ $230M</strong> acquisition of Device42. The spread is the lesson: outcomes bifurcate when a target is either (1) a large, strategic-scale asset that can be expanded through distribution, or (2) a tuck-in that strengthens a suite.</p>

<ul class="feature-list">
  <li>✓ <strong>$4.75B</strong> signals “strategic-scale” underwriting where certainty and expansion matter more than optionality.</li>
  <li>✓ <strong>$230M</strong> signals a classic suite adjacency: pay to accelerate roadmap + retention.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Actionable takeaway:</strong> When you underwrite early-stage valuations, separate “suite adjacency” outcomes from “strategic-scale platform” outcomes—your ownership targets and follow-on strategy should differ dramatically.</p>

<hr class="section-divider"/>

<h2 id="section-7" class="section-header numbered-section">7. What This Means for Your Portfolio</h2>

<p>If you’re trying to invest before the crowd in 2026, your edge comes from mapping <strong>buyer intent</strong> earlier than others. March’s tape gives you three actionable lenses:</p>

<ul class="feature-list">
  <li>✓ <strong>Constrained-resource thesis:</strong> Power demand is pulling capital into services platforms (Qualus). Look for startups that turn field complexity into software-like margins.</li>
  <li>✓ <strong>Capability-stacking thesis:</strong> Defense platforms will buy missing pieces once capital is committed (Shield AI → planned Aechelon). Look for “bolt-on ready” products with clean integration surfaces.</li>
  <li>✓ <strong>Control-plane thesis:</strong> Enterprise SaaS keeps buying asset visibility (Freshworks → Device42). Look for discovery/inventory/compliance primitives that can become default infrastructure.</li>
</ul>

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  <div class="callout-icon">💡</div>
  <div class="callout-content">
    <strong>Key Insight:</strong> The exit market rewards companies that reduce operational uncertainty. If your portfolio is heavy on “nice-to-have productivity,” rebalance toward “must-have visibility” and “constraint relief.”
  </div>
</div>

<p><strong>What to do next (practical):</strong></p>
<ul class="feature-list">
  <li>✓ Build an acquirer map: Ecolab-style strategics, PE platform builders (Clearlake/New Mountain), and defense consolidators (Shield AI’s playbook).</li>
  <li>✓ Source for bolt-on candidates: products that can be acquired without re-platforming (APIs, modular deployments, clean compliance).</li>
  <li>✓ Tighten your diligence: ask “what budget does this come from?” If it’s tied to power, compliance, security automation, or asset visibility, it’s more resilient.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>EarlyFinder note:</strong> We help investors spot these patterns earlier by monitoring leading signals across our dataset of 31,000+ companies—then translating them into acquirer-aligned watchlists. If you want the full watchlist workflow, see <a href="/pricing">/pricing</a>.</p>


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