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Ubisoft Kills XDefiant and Shuts Down Three Studios as 286 Workers Lose Their Jobs
Founder News Team Jun 2, 2026 0

Ubisoft is shutting down its San Francisco studio and laying off 152 employees after discontinuing its free-to-play shooter XDefiant, which…

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Kyro Capital Launches ₹100 Cr Pre-IPO Fund, Eyes First Close By July
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Kyro Capital Targets 35% IRR With New ₹100 Crore Pre-IPO Fund Betting on India’s Manufacturing and Defence Boom
Founder News Team Jun 1, 2026 0

Indore-based Kyro Capital has launched a SEBI-registered Category II AIF, Kyro India Opportunities Fund – I, targeting a ₹100 crore…

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Salva Health Co-Founder & CEO Valentina Agudelo Vargas, winner of the Startup Battlefield 2024, poses onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Day 3 at Moscone Center on October 30, 2024 in San Francisco.
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Last Chance Today: TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 Could Hand Your Company $100K and a Path to a Billion-Dollar Exit
Founder News Team May 27, 2026 0

Today marks the final deadline for TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200, with applications closing at 11:59 p.m. PT. The competition offers…

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US close: Stocks mixed, but peace deal hopes drive late rally
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Iran Strike Paused as Stocks Waver: How Trump’s Military Pivot and a $67 Billion Mega-Deal Reshaped Monday’s Market
Founder News Team May 19, 2026 0

US stocks closed mixed on Monday as elevated bond yields and anxiety over Nvidia's upcoming Wednesday earnings report dampened sentiment.…

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Life-sciences firm IDEX to close facility in CT, lay more than 70
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Life-Sciences Manufacturer IDEX Shuts Down Connecticut Facility, Eliminating 73 Jobs in Two Waves
Founder News Team May 17, 2026 0

IDEX Health & Science, a life-sciences manufacturer of optofluidic products, announced plans to permanently close its Bristol, Connecticut facility at…

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Goodyear plant closing NC | Tire company in discussions to close Cumberland County plant
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Goodyear Plans to Shut Down Massive North Carolina Plant, Threatening 2,000 Jobs and 55 Years of Manufacturing History
Founder News Team May 13, 2026 0

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is in discussions to close its Fayetteville, North Carolina plant by the end of 2027,…

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S3 Capital announces final close of Fund III at hard cap, raising $1.3b of capital
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S3 Capital Smashes $650M Target to Raise $1.3B Fund Poised to Deploy $4.3B Into America’s Housing Crisis
Founder News Team May 8, 2026 0

S3 Capital has completed the final close of its S3 LB RE Credit Fund III at its hard cap, securing…

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Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
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Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
Founder News Team May 8, 2026 0

VC firm Arāya Ventures and female founder-focapplyd accelerator Sie Ventures have raised £7.5m in a first close for their joint…

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Tallinn’s Skeleton Technologies announces €33 million first close of pre-IPO round as it prepares for 2027 US IPO
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Tallinn’s Skeleton Technologies announces €33 million first close of pre-IPO round as it prepares for 2027 US IPO
Founder News Team May 7, 2026 0

Skeleton Technologies, a Tallinn-based AI infrastructure and grid power systems provider, today announced the first close of a larger funding…

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Macron backs Armenia’s pro-Europe PM as re-election campaign draws to close | Armenia
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Macron backs Armenia’s pro-Europe PM as re-election campaign draws to close | Armenia
Founder News Team May 6, 2026 0

Emmanuel Macron has created an unabashed pre-election pitch on behalf of Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, stateing the countest’s destiny…

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