Meet the Hasso Plattner Founders' Award Finalists: 'Emerging Ideas'

Meet the Hasso Plattner Founders' Award Finalists: 'Emerging Ideas'

• Six teams are competing for the highest employee recognition at SAP: the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award. • Starting this year, the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award comes with a mod

Why negativity can motivate founders: Study links doubts to greater persistence

• A new study finds entrepreneurs become more committed to their business ventures when they are told they will fail, increasing their efforts to make those businesses successful.

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 144 words

The Daily: Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit ETHZilla, K33 says bitcoin is approaching 'late bear market territory,' and more

• The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund dumps ETHZilla stake as ETH treasuries face pressure

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund dumps ETHZilla stake as ETH treasuries face pressure

• Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund dumps ETHZilla stake as ETH treasuries face pressure A new SEC filing shows Peter Thiel-linked Founders Fund entities now own zero ETHZilla shares, af

FinTech · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 295 words
Meet the Hasso Plattner Founders' Award Finalists: 'Scaling Innovation'

Meet the Hasso Plattner Founders' Award Finalists: 'Scaling Innovation'

• Six teams are competing for the highest employee recognition at SAP: the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award. • Starting this year, the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award comes with a mod

Africrypt founders back in South Africa years after platform collapse: Report

Africrypt founders back in South Africa years after platform collapse: Report

• Africrypt founders back in South Africa years after platform collapse: Report Investigators say Raees and Ameer Cajee are back in South Africa years after Africrypt’s collapse, w

FinTech · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 257 words
Cybersecurity founders: Apply now for the Google for Startups Gemini Startup Forum.

Cybersecurity founders: Apply now for the Google for Startups Gemini Startup Forum.

• Appy now for our two-day, London-based forum supporting innovative cyber defenders. • Building on the success of previous cybersecurity programs (alumni of which includeBforeAI,P

Big Tech · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 239 words