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Venture capital has its fair day, and AI turns up to show who's boss
Have you heard the one about the new local boss of Anthropic turning up to a venture capital conference? The emergence of artificial intelligence would have been no joke to the software start-up founders littering the Blackbird Ventures annual…
Inside Wealth: Markets are underpricing the risk of Middle East pullback in AI, says tech investor Jack Selby
Middle East investors account for roughly a quarter of global investments committed to AI over the next five years, said Jack Selby, managing director of Peter Thiel's family office, Thiel Capital. If the war in Iran drags on, and the United Arab…
Iterative Health collects $77m, Versana's $43m for loan market infrastructure, and GTCR builds Avelis
🚑 Iterative Health, a Cambridge, Mass. and New York-based clinical trial infrastructure company, raised a $77m Series C led by Intrepid Growth Partners and GV. EDBI, Insight Partners and Obvious Ventures also joined. Go deeper Standard…
U.S. investors dominate Europe's private-led space scale-up rounds
TAMPA, Fla. — While European space startups are attracting more venture capital, their private-led growth rounds remain anchored by U.S. investors rather than regional investment firms. The amount of venture capital invested in European…
XO Market bets on user-generated prediction markets to rival Polymarket and Kalshi
*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION - EMBARGOED TILL 5AM ET APRIL 30 **** XO Market is betting that the future of prediction markets won't be dictated by centralized teams deciding what people can trade on, but by users themselves. The startup, which just…
The startup that wants to give surgeons X-ray vision
“Have you ever seen a spine surgery before?” Over Zoom, James Hu asks me this sincerely, standing in the middle of a large white room that reads between clinical and stylized. I consider the question, not because I have, but because…
View: UAE exits OPEC to chase the future economy
For more than five decades, Abu Dhabi sat at the table that shaped global energy markets. It helped build OPEC into the most consequential commodity cartel in history, endured its internal tensions, and absorbed its quota constraints. On May 1…
Milken Institute Report Says AI and Manufacturing Innovation Are Key to Africa's Industrial Transformation
A new report from the Milken Institute argues that artificial intelligence and targeted manufacturing innovation are essential to unlocking Africa's industrial transformation, with the continent on track to represent a quarter of the world's…
SEBI Fast-Tracks AIF Launches: New 30-Day Rule for Fund Managers
Republic Business 2 min read Follow: SEBI Fast-Tracks AIF Launches | Image: Reuters India's capital markets regulator has moved to cut the red tape for private equity and venture capital funds, operationalizing a 'Fast-Track' mechanism for the…
True Global Ventures Doubles Down on Prezent as It Introduces Prezent Vivo, a New AI + Services Model for Enterprise Communication in Life Sciences
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- True Global Ventures (TGV), an international venture capital firm, today announced it has significantly increased its investment in Prezent, nearly doubling its position through a secondary transaction.
Exclusive: PsiQuantum adds Intel's Lip-Bu Tan to board
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has been tapped for another job. The executive is joining the board of directors for $7 billion quantum computing company PsiQuantum, the company exclusively told Semafor. It follows several investments in such businesses…
Israel Tech Week: Israeli tech, stock exchange thriving despite war, panelists in Miami say
In the world of tech, Israel is known for many strengths: startups, Nasdaq listings, cybersecurity, healthcare and defense. Now, add a booming stock market. Thanks to new rules, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, called TASE, ranks among the world's best…
MegaETH Token Launches as Ethereum Layer-2 Network's Novel Rewards System Is Tested
MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network promising speedy and cheap transactions for consumer-facing, on-chain projects, launched its native token Thursday after months of anticipation. At writing, MEGA is trading for $0.156, giving the token a…
Startup Moldova Summit 2026 spotlights Moldova's rise as a startup gateway to European markets
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova, April 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- Startup Moldova Summit 2026 showcased Moldova's growing position as a startup destination for capital, talent and EU market access, bringing over 2,000 participants, 150 startups, 60 speakers…
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Pacific Circuit
For our April, 2026 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first three chapters of The Pacific Circuit, by Alex Madrigal (Amazon) (MacMillan). For our May meeting we will finish the book. Alexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland…
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