Earnings call transcript: UniCredit posts record Q2 2026 profit, shares fall 4.7%

RIYADH: Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $1.7 billion across 242 funding rounds in the first half of 2026, as investors continued to deploy capital despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty, according to Wamda’s H1 2026 report.  The figure represents an 18 percent decline from the $2.1 billion raised in the same period of…

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If you think your startup life resembles the HBO satire Silicon Valley, and reckon you could write the script, well Ascend ’26, is giving you the chance to take it to the next level with Startup.Standup, a comedy night with you telling the jokes. The two-day startup festival in Sydney, October 14-15, is after eight brave founders…

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7 per cent of capital for women-led start-ups Keystone-SDA Start-ups led by women continue to have a limited presence in the Swiss venture capital market. In the first half of 2026, just over 7% of venture capital was channelled to companies with female CEOs. This content was published on July 18, 2026 – 12:08 The…

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Transparent Note replaced Apple Notes for me. The UI is second to none in the note-taking app space. There is a limited free version. During my day, I take a lot of notes. I might be doing something when inspiration…