Latest from Newlab portfolio companies and the critical technology innovation ecosystem.
Our community continues to grow across five global hubs -- Brooklyn, Detroit, New Orleans, Montevideo, and Riyadh -- building critical technologies in energy, industrials, space, and more.
Collectively, Newlab member companies have raised $5.8B+ in venture capital, with $14.5B+ in valuation growth since 2017.
Newlab continues to expand grants, direct investment, and access to risk capital networks to accelerate startups commercializing critical technology.
Ultraleap launches second generation of iconic hand tracking camera - Leap Motion Controller 2 PR Newswire
Deals in brief: Silverstrand Capital invests in Porifera, Amber Electric and Anbogen secure funding, ten China and India deals, and more KrASIA
Burlington 3-D printer company goes bankrupt after being acquired The Boston Globe
Carbon Robotics founder Paul Mikesell on agtech: ‘Be careful how you talk about it’ AgFunderNews
Magic Leap Announces Multi-year AR Hardware Partnership with Google Road to VR
Magic Leap & Google Extend Partnership And Show HUD Glasses Prototype UploadVR
Magic Leap reveals an Android XR smart glasses prototype Engadget
LG, SK Enmove, and GRC sign immersion cooling deal Data Center Dynamics
XRHealth Partners with Pico Interactive to Provide VR Headsets to Address Telehealth Demand Managed Healthcare Executive
Purifying the Dirtiest Waters PBS
Modern Meadow and HELLER-LEDER Launch INNOVERA™ Europe to Advance Sustainable Material Innovation at Scale PR Newswire
Entomo Farms Raises $3.7M CAD for Cricket Protein thespoon.tech
Canadian insect firm Entomo Farms secures new funding Global Food Industry News
California grant extends affordable, 3D-printed housing efforts by Mighty Buildings CompositesWorld
Graphcore CEO to launch deeptech VC fund Sifted
Rheinmetall & Varjo Partner on Military XR Training Solutions Auganix.org
Dead Matter, Living Machines: Repurposing Crustaceans' Abdomen Exoskeleton for Bio-Hybrid Robots Wiley
Aon gets Zesty.ai for insurance underwriting FinTech Futures
Firefly Aerospace Contracts Honeybee Robotics To Develop A Lunar Rover Orbital Today
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture agrees to buy Honeybee Robotics, a pioneer in rover hardware GeekWire
Desktop Metal to go public through blank check company at $2.5 billion valuation CNBC
Rigetti & C-DAC Expand Partnership with $8.4 million purchase order for a 108-qubit quantum computer Quantum Zeitgeist
Sila nears mass production of its silicon anodes in the US electrive.com
「KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS and Niantic Spatial: A New Dawn YouTube here Kojima Productions
Unity Technologies, Whose Engine Is Behind Pokémon Go, Agrees to Funding (Published 2017) The New York Times
Daughter of SoftBank's Son to support Japanese unicorn Spiber Nikkei Asia
Indoor farm in Westbrook secures nearly $60 million in financing, with 2025 opening in view The Portland Press Herald
Vertical Harvest Latest News: Closes $59.5M Project Financing For New Vertical Farm In Maine iGrow News
Jupiter Intelligence Launches New Solutions Enabling Banks, Investors to Quantify Climate Risk ESG Today
Cargill takes a stake in cell-cultured meat startup Memphis Meats Food Dive
Gungnir & Storyteller Media Team On Page-To-Screen Partnership Deadline
Robot-powered indoor farming startup Iron Ox raises $53m, gears up to open 535,000sq ft facility in Texas later this year FoodNavigator-USA.com
Ag-tech startup Iron Ox closes $53MM investment round bluebookservices.com
Startup company targets blocked crossings with sensor network trains.com
Little Leaf Farms Touts Largest CEA Leafy Greens Facility The Packer
Divergent 3D produces series B funding Global Venturing
3D printed supercar maker Divergent 3D closes series B funding for up to $107M VoxelMatters
Agrilyst raises $8 million in Series A funding, changes name to Artemis Produce Grower -
Agtech startup Agrilyst is now Artemis, raises $8M Series A TechCrunch
Agrilyst Raises $8m Series A, Rebrands to Artemis, Sets Sights on Enterprise-Level Indoor Farms AgFunderNews
Ready For Meat Grown From Animal Cells? A Startup Plans A Pilot Facility NPR
After massive funding round, Memphis Meats plans to open production plant for cell-cultured meat thecounter.org
Memphis Meats Raises $161 Million In Funding, Aims To Bring Cell-Based Products To Consumers Forbes
KB Securities boosts Hyundai Motor target on Boston Dynamics robots upi.com
Startup BioMason creates coral-like bricks from sand and bacteria Construction Dive
Cybosense and SenseGlove develop 3D printed smart gloves VoxelMatters
80 Acres Farms, Soli Organic merge to become a global leader in indoor agriculture Hamilton In-depth, Investigative News from Journal-News
How Private Equity Giant KKR and Sundrop Farms Are Spending $100m on Indoor Agriculture AgFunderNews
Growing food with seawater and solar power Al Jazeera
Spire Global ships 9 satellites to launch site satnews.com
Unity Software (U) Stock in Focus as Epic Games Partnership and Unite 2025 Announcements Reshape Its Outlook – November 19, 2025 TechStock²
Unity and Epic Games Together Advance the Open, Interoperable Future for Video Gaming Epic Games
Epic announces partnership to bring Unity games into Fortnite GamesIndustry.biz
ArcBest invests $25 million in Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto Talk Business & Politics
US Foods, Kalera announce strategic agreement bluebookservices.com
Carbon Robotics Appoints New CFO and Reaches 10 Billion Weeds Eliminated, Marking a New Era of Professional AgTech Solutions Bitget
Spire Global price target raised to $12 from $9 at Alliance Global TipRanks
Rocket Lab Stock: Launch Toward A Likely 27% Return With This Bullish Trade Investor's Business Daily
Roth Capital Reiterates Buy on Firefly Aerospace (FLY) After Successful Alpha Mission Launch Yahoo Finance
GE Aerospace (GE) Expands Partnership With Palantir Yahoo Finance
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 Start Time Revealed – Here’s When It Goes Live VICE
Canopy Growth (NASDAQ:CGC) Raised to Moderate Buy at ATB Cormark Capital Markets MarketBeat
Waymo incident raised eyebrows San Mateo Daily Journal
5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station Gizmodo
SoCal’s defense startups secure vital funding boost Los Angeles Times
Skyroot Aerospace: Indian Launch Player Ready for the Big Stage Via Satellite
HTC Vive Eagle AI Glasses Challenge Meta's Dominance The Tech Buzz
How Divergent 3D hit $72.3M revenue with a 344 person team in... getlatka.com
Ultraleap’s mid-air haptics tempts Tencent to join its $82M Series D fundraising TechCrunch
DC Advisory advised Ultraleap on its £60M ($82M) Series D fundraise – Deal Announcements – News, Deals & Insights DC Advisory
Startup Gradiant Reaches Billion-Dollar Valuation Cleaning Up Wastewater For TSMC, Coca-Cola And Pfizer Forbes
Investors Pour $225M Into Water Tech Unicorn Gradiant Crunchbase News
Florida police department to launch new drone program with Skydio technology AirMed&Rescue
Hawaiian immersion education leaders need more funding, staff to grow the program Hawaii Public Radio
DoorDash Stock (DASH) Opinions on Zesty AI App Launch and Earnings Decline Quiver Quantitative
VCN-01 Earns Orphan Medicinal Product Designation in Europe for Retinoblastoma OncLive
Amogy secures additional $23 million in venture funding WorkBoat
HTC to unveil new product on August 14, market optimistic about smart glasses debut digitimes
Varjo Invests €44M in Developing Next-Generation Mixed Reality Defense Training Auganix.org
Eos Energy Announces Indensity™: A Breakthrough in Battery GlobeNewswire
Infarm Re-emerges After Administration With a New Strategic Focus iGrow News
The Inside Story Of How SoftBank-Backed Zymergen Imploded Four Months After Its $3 Billion IPO Forbes
Vecna Robotics raises $14.5M and taps former Motional CEO to lead startup TechCrunch
Industrial automation startup Vecna Robotics raises $14.5M, appoints new CEO SiliconANGLE
Vecna Robotics names Karl Iagnemma CEO, secures $14.5M investment Modern Materials Handling
Remote driving startup Phantom Auto announces closure, lays off over 100 employees CTech
Governor Reeves Announces Partnership With Canopy Children’s Solutions To Deploy First-Of-Its-Kind Youth Mental Wellness Platform Office of Governor Tate Reeves (.gov)
Phoenix Mercury star joins new startup league Project B. What that means for the team The Arizona Republic
SES, Relativity Space Expand Multi-Launch Agreement for Terran R SES | Satellite
SES Signs On for Multiple Terran R Launches with Relativity Space Via Satellite
Qorium Raises 22 Million Euros for Lab-grown Leather; Modern Meadow’s Handbag Collab: Sustainable Scene WWD
Vertical Harvest Farms : Cultivating Communities Food & Beverage Outlook
Xanadu Awarded $2.0M ARPA-E Grant for Quantum Battery Research The Quantum Insider
Luminar’s Fortun platform pursues credit to fund more small businesses Stock Titan
Uber Technologies, Inc. - Zoox and Uber Announce Strategic Partnership Uber Investor Relations
Amazon's Zoox partners with Uber to reach more robotaxi riders — first in Las Vegas, then LA CNBC
Zoox robotaxis are coming to Los Angeles through Uber Los Angeles Times
Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets TechCrunch
US Self-Driving Startup Nuro Begins Testing in Tokyo Bloomberg.com
Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7 Firefly Aerospace