Daily Drop on Startups & Venture – July 8, 2026 | DailyDrops

Curated daily feed on Startups & Venture for July 8, 2026: top articles, videos & insights.

5 items on this day.

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• Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
• An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted By Trump. Then He Poured Money Into A Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr. (techdirt.com)
• AI money watch: five funding rounds that matter today (thenextweb.com)
• Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing (thenextweb.com)
• Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game (wired.com)