What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
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AccelerateOTT 2026: Ottawa's Founders Take a Global Stage
Ten Eastern Ontario startups competed at the Startup World Cup Ottawa Regional on June 11. Kavodax took first place and advances to San Francisco for the Global Grand Finale. Here's who was on stage.
No Network. No VC. No Permission. That's the Point.
Samim Safaei spent ten years building startups without insider access. Then he built siift, an AI operating system that gives every founder the operational intelligence that was inaccessible to 99% of founders.
Web Summit Rio 2026: Dalton Lab Wins the PITCH on a Record Stage
The 2026 edition was Web Summit Rio's biggest — 40,287 attendees, 1,572 startups, 688 investors. All three startups in the PITCH final on Center Stage were Brazilian. Dalton Lab, an UpNext founder, took the win. Here's the full cohort.
Hello Tomorrow 2026: Deep Tech Reports From the Field
The 11th edition of the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge came to Amsterdam for the first time. The 26 finalists weren't pitching moonshots, they were reporting from the field.