Venture capital is moving beyond software as deep tech, AI, and physical-world innovation redefine long-term value creation and investment strategy.

Qognifly, a Romanian deep-tech defense company specializing in the design, production, and integration of autonomous aerial systems, presented a fully integrated and operational drone ecosystem during ...

Members of the 2025 Ascent Cohort. Left-right: Maria Luisa Sanchez Montes, Gary Dolsen, Laila Marzall, Makenna Morck, Kian Lopez, Aoife Henry, Taylor Sharpe, Michael Stowell, Alec Santiago, Justin ...

Global military spending surged to $2.7 trillion in 2025, growing at more than twice the pace of the prior two decades. The trend is set to continue in 2026 and beyond as governments are seeking ...

Deep tech companies—whether in space, defense, robotics, AI-driven industrial automation, or advanced materials—face long R&D cycles, high capital requirements, and intense global competition. Yet ...

Regenerative ecosystems represent a nouveaux approach to improving and restoring the resources they consume. But while this approach is challenging the sustainability status quo, deep tech-powered ...

Switzerland pours more of its venture capital into deep tech than any other country, according to new data. The Swiss Deep Tech Report 2025 found that 60% of all Swiss venture funding between 2019 and ...

The University of Colorado's Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator will present its 2025 cohort of startups at the Ascent Deep Tech Community Showcase on Wednesday, June 25. Attendees will hear pitches from ...

In early April, at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, a crowd gathered amid the blocks and pulleys that once laid the keels of America’s navy. As I looked around, one face stood out, chiseled and familiar from New ...

Following accelerated commitments by the U.S. government toward Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) transparency, deep tech and AI investment firm American DeepTech today announced a major ...

India has redefined what qualifies as a deep tech startup and extended eligibility to 20 years, a move aimed at boosting frontier innovation by offering tax incentives and government funding. The ...