The venture capital firm Riceberg Ventures plans to fund 25-30 startups globally with an average cheque size of $0.5 million. The sectors they aim to invest in are spacetech, medtech/lifesciences, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, novel energy, semiconductors and quantum computing. The firm emphasized the need to support deeptech startups, which often face funding challenges due to long R&D and incubation periods.