Page 15 of 39. Curated founder updates, each a verified fact plus a clear angle.
On August 11, 2026 the SBA published a final rule ending the 8(a) program's rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage for enumerated groups, effective September 10, 2026. Any U…
CGSN Resolutions No. 190 and No. 191 of 2026 (published Aug 11, 2026) fold the new CBS and IBS taxes into Simples Nacional's collection and dispute rules from Jan 1, 2027, replacin…
The SBA published a final rule on August 11, 2026 (effective September 10, 2026) removing the rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage for individually owned 8(a) Business Dev…
A DHS final rule published August 10, 2026 and effective September 9, 2026 extends the 9/11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee to H-1B and L-1 extension petitions, not just init…
California's SB 253 requires companies with over $1B in global revenue doing business in California to disclose Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions, with the first-year filing d…
Resolution CGSN No. 190/2026 (published 10 August 2026) and Decree No. 12,955/2026 confirm that when split payment begins in 2027 its first stage reaches only buyers under the regu…
A DHS final rule published August 10, 2026 and effective September 9, 2026 requires covered employers (50+ US staff, more than 50% in H-1B or L-1 status) to pay the statutory 9-11…
A DHS final rule published in the Federal Register on August 10, 2026 expands the 9-11 Response and Biometric fee so covered employers, those with 50 or more US employees and more…
ConvergeSouth 2026 runs Aug 27-28, 2026 in Winston-Salem, NC across three tracks (HealthTech/BioTech, AI/B2B SaaS, Food/Bev/Agtech), featuring roughly 150 startup demo tables, 125+…
On August 9, 2026, Brazilian accelerator Start Growth opened applications for its 2026 investment batch, which will select 10 B2B SaaS startups and invest up to R$500,000 in each,…
Vinnova's Innovative Startups 2026 call runs from 12 October 2026 to 12 January 2027 (14:00), offering grants up to SEK 500,000 to knowledge-intensive startups. Eligible firms are…
On August 8, 2026, DPIIT (Startup India) signed five strategic MoUs with Cashfree Payments, Vultr India, Darwin Dynamics, Cars24 Services and the Council for Startup India to expan…
On August 8, 2026, DPIIT signed five strategic MoUs with Cashfree Payments, Vultr India, Cars24, Darwin Dynamics and the Council for Startup India. DPIIT-recognised startups get pr…
On 8 August 2026 India's DPIIT signed five strategic MoUs with Cashfree Payments, Vultr India, Cars24, Darwin Dynamics and the Council for Startup India. DPIIT-recognised startups…
On August 8, 2026, DPIIT signed strategic MoUs with five partners: Cashfree Payments, Vultr India, Cars24, Darwin Dynamics and the Council for Startup India. DPIIT-recognised start…
Step San Francisco 2026 runs August 26-27, with Day 1 kickoff events across the Bay Area and the main conference Aug 27 at The Midway in San Francisco. Billed for 'the people build…
On 7 August 2026, HM Treasury and the British Business Bank announced a £100m deployment under the Investor Pathways Capital initiative to launch up to 10 new UK venture capital fu…
In its first funding round (reported Aug 7, 2026), the Technology Development Board's 12-member Investment Committee approved ₹2,192 crore in soft loans to 22 private companies pic…
On 7 August 2026, the government announced a £100m next phase of the £400m British Business Bank Investor Pathways Capital initiative, backing as many as 10 new venture capital fun…
On 7 August 2026 Innovate UK announced its largest-ever Women in Innovation cohort, recognising 100 UK female founders. 61 of them receive a GBP 75,000 grant plus 12 months of tail…