MoonPay
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- Cryptocurrency, Payments, Digital assets, Financial infrastructure
Alibaba-Backed 3D-AI Startup Vast, Creator of Tripo, Weighs Hong Kong IPO with Bank of America and CICC After $1B+ Valuation
Alibaba- and Baidu-backed 3D-AI startup Vast, maker of Tripo AI, is exploring a Hong Kong IPO with Bank of America and CICC advising after a valuation above $1 billion and recent $50 million funding; no filing, size, or timetable has been announced.
Defense tech startups raise $12.3B in 2026 so far as defense primes like Lockheed Martin begin co-investing
Defense tech startups have raised at least $12.3 billion in VC funding since January 2026, surpassing 2025 totals as venture firms, defense primes and the Pentagon increasingly co-invest. Major rounds include Anduril's $5B Series H and other multi-billion financings, signaling a rapid repricing of the sector and new capital mixes with primes like Lockheed Martin investing directly.
MoonPay acquires Glide in all-equity deal to integrate wrong-chain routing into MoonPay Deposits
MoonPay acquired Glide, a four-person, Y Combinator–backed startup that routes crypto deposits across 100+ tokens and 30 blockchains to prevent wrong-chain losses — an all-equity deal announced July 16 that folds Glide into MoonPay Deposits to improve onramp UX and expand MoonPay’s full-stack infrastructure push.
