Month: March 2026

Exclusive: Air defence startup Egide raises €8m seed round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/egide-8m-seed-round-exclusive

Politicians are flirting with founders but need to commit Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-inc-uk-founders-startups

Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said. Powered by

Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/bengaluru-food-startup-swish-raises-38m-in-its-third-round-in-18-months/

Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/despite-bitter-rivalry-kalshi-polymarket-ceos-back-35m-predictions-markets-vc-fund/

Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/air-street-becomes-one-of-the-largest-solo-vcs-in-europe-with-232m-fund/

Apple Maps may be about to get ads Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/apple-maps-may-be-about-to-get-ads/

The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/the-sec-drops-its-four-year-old-investigation-into-ev-startup-faraday-future/

Do you want to build a robot snowman? On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman/

Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi/