Meet the 20 top-funded startups and tech companies in Hong Kong

Alafi Capital Company LLC disclosed a 17.1% stake in CalciMedica, Inc. common stock. The Schedule 13D was filed on Jul. 10, 2026, shifting from prior Schedule 13G filings in 2025. The position includes shares bought in a June 2026 private placement and earlier purchases, plus warrants with ownership limits. Investor Intent Alafi Capital built its…

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which may have helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, according to a Bloomberg investigation.  The report has sparked controversy and led to Phia’s…

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American AI chip startup SambaNova said Wednesday it had been valued at $11 billion, in a $1 billion fundraising round announced at the Raise Summit industry event in Paris. The company’s juiced valuation highlights the growing importance of its specialist area of AI “inference”, the process by which AI models generate a response to users’…

The researchers aim for a future in which winged robots could used for research in aquatic regions often deemed too dangerous for traditional ocean vessels. Researchers from MIT have developed a robot with the ability to plunge underwater then emerge and continue flying through the air, much like how a bird dives and flies.  Inspired…