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Connecticut's quiet venture capital success story
Connecticut Innovations, formed nearly four decades ago to support Nutmeg State startups, is on a heater. Why it matters: We don't usually pay much attention to what happens between the startup hotbeds of New York and Boston, nor to the role of…
Lenovo Capital takes aim at robotics, coding agents in 'sniper' AI strategy
The venture capital arm of Lenovo Group is doubling down on artificial intelligence for the next industrial cycle, expanding its focus beyond foundational models into robotics, computing infrastructure and AI agents, according to a senior…
China Doesn't Start Small, West Doesn't Start Big
Sajal Singh, founder of Aperture, helps early-stage startups raise money. AI due diligence expert. EU Commission's Apply AI Alliance member. The most consequential corporate divergence of the past two decades is not technological—it is…
The Fair-Weather Corporate Venture Era Is Over. Enter SecondWave.
Corporate venture capital aims to help enterprises reap the financial and strategic rewards of backing upstarts with the potential to disrupt an industry. But the number of active venture-capital units—defined as those making at least one…
Amex Platinum vs. Chase Sapphire Reserve vs. Capital One Venture X: Which Premium Travel Card Is Best in July 2026?
My friends know me as the guy who writes about credit cards (among other things), so I'm always getting questions about them. One of the most frequent is: Which premium travel card is right for me? The short answer is, 'It depends.' All three of…
FIFA's Private Equity Plan Sparks Battle Over World Cup's Future
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JULY 19: U.S. President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino hold the FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy before handing over to captain Rodri #16 of Spain at the award ceremony following the FIFA World Cup 2026…
Is Private Equity Becoming The World's New Reserve Asset Class?
Murthy Maddali is a SVP & MD, Techwave, West Europe with 25+ years of experience in technology services, P&L leadership, strategic advisory. We are living in and navigating an uncertain world with geopolitical challenges, currency…
Private Credit Worries Weigh on Hamilton Lane (HLNE)
Wasatch Global Investors, an asset management company, released its 'Select Strategy' Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Global small- and mid-cap equities delivered strong returns in the second quarter, primarily…
EMU: The Hidden Narrative Distorting Your Leadership Decisions
As business leaders, we often like to believe that our decisions are driven by logic and common sense. In my view, this is one of the greatest misconceptions, especially among those who consider themselves highly rational and pragmatic. We are all…
UEFA nations could boycott World Cup in light of FIFA's plot to sell tournament
European nations will discuss the possibility of boycotting the next World Cup in response to FIFA's controversial idea to seek private investment. FIFA's announcement on Tuesday has sent shockwaves through the football world - and efforts to stop…
I was Spotify's first analytics lead. Here is what VCs get wrong about data
What happens to the way we work when the tools get good? Long before the AI boom, we asked the same question at Spotify, where I was the first-ever VP of Analytics. I led Spotify's data strategy under Daniel Ek at a time when music streaming was…
Thank you, Xi: Cheap Chinese AI may be the best thing to happen to American tech companies.
A lot of the AI narrative has focused on the companies it might destroy. Software firms, the argument goes, are being squeezed as customers bypass apps and go straight to powerful AI from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. But a different story is…
A new medical AI study found the same flaw in OpenEvidence, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Doximity
Your doctor is probably looking up your symptoms on their phone. OpenEvidence, founded in 2021, is a free, ad-supported AI search engine for doctors that pulls answers straight from peer-reviewed medical journals at the point of care and labels how…
How This Idaho Beauty Brand Built A National Business With $400
Krysta Morgan of Poppy and Pout in their Idaho headquarters. Beauty is now a $667 billion global business, and investors who pulled back after 2021 are re-entering, drawn by brands promising fast, funded growth, coupled with celebrity endorsements…
When the AI boom meets the real economy
Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. For the past two years, the conversation around AI has focused largely on software. We debate models, benchmarks, agents and the race between technology…
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