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Big Brands, Venture Capital and MrBeast Put Money Behind Short-Video 'Clipping'
Clipping, the marketing tactic of paying armies of people to cut longer videos into short viral clips, has inspired debate over how real popularity on TikTok or Instagram is. When they don't disclose their identities or the paid nature of their…
Claret Capital Partners participates in €130m financing for Inventiva to support Phase 3 development
Claret Capital Partners participates in €130m financing for Inventiva Inventiva is a clinical biopharmaceutical company developing an oral treatment for chronic liver disease, MASH Claret Capital Partners is providing growth funding of…
What's Driving The Rise Of CVCs, And What Are They Looking For?
Tomas Milar is the Founder and CEO of Eqvista, an equity management platform. When founders think about venture capital (VC), the first image that comes to mind is typically a traditional VC fund. You may think of a diversified portfolio spread…
10 Frequently Asked Questions About Startups
Behind every headline-grabbing business success story lies years of hard work. Starting a business is one of the most exciting and challenging undertakings an entrepreneur can pursue. Interest in entrepreneurship is at an all-time high, and there…
Exclusive | Anterra Capital Gets $100 Million Bag for Food and Ag
While other investors obsess over artificial intelligence, Anterra Capital is seeding ideas in a multitrillion-dollar industry that receives less fanfare. Anterra has raised $100 million toward a food-and-agriculture venture-capital fund that it…
This Parody Shows Why the European Economy Has Stalled
I've seen a LOT of stupid takes on Elon Musk's remarkable rise to trillionaire status, and lots of envious people explaining why his wealth must be taken away to solve all the world's ills. Both John and I have written about the topic over the past…
Why VCs are suddenly obsessed with women's health
Over the next two decades, roughly $124 trillion is expected to change hands in what analysts describe as the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. A growing share of that wealth is moving to women through inheritance…
Four Ways AI Can Make Direct Mail More Powerful (And Practical)
Direct mail already performs. For teams sending at scale, that's not up for debate. What is changing is how it's managed. At high volume, direct mail stops behaving like a campaign channel and starts behaving like an operational system. The…
Forbes Daily: SpaceX IPO Rockets Elon Musk To Trillionaire Status
The world officially has its first trillionaire in Elon Musk, after SpaceX started trading on the Nasdaq Friday. Musk is worth approximately $1.1 trillion, Forbes estimated at Friday's close, up from $982 billion on Thursday. He owns 4.8 billion…
Your best mind energy is right in the morning and right after lunch': Ben Blumenrose on how to bring creativity into venture capitol
It would be very easy for Ben Blumenrose to buy his nearly 7-year-old daughter a kit to build a Rube Goldberg machine. Instead, he gave her some spent toilet paper rolls, pieces of cardboard, and bits and bobs found around their house. That's…
Sarvam sees $1.5b valuation, Ardurra buys Kelly Engineers, new SPAC filing
• Sarvam, an Indian AI model and infrastructure developer, raised $234m at a $1.5b valuation. HCLTech led, joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV Partners. Go deeper ⚡️GPS Renewables, an Indian…
France Biotech to Showcase the Strength and Global Momentum of French HealthTech at BIO International Convention 2026 in San Diego
Meet France Biotech and the French delegation at BIO International Convention 2026 – French Pavilion #3325. France Biotech to Showcase the Strength and Global Momentum of French HealthTech at BIO International Convention 2026 As part of its…
Scenes from SuperReturn
Cleaning out the notebook from last week's SuperReturn conference in Berlin... 1. Lack of DPI was the most common topic of conversation, even as the SpaceX IPO provided some relief. PE exits in Q1 2026 hit a decade-long low mark, and are accruing…
Development deficit getting in the way of SL joining RCEP - Trade Ministry Secretary
Sri Lanka is not quite ready to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), since it is lacking sufficient development, Trade Ministry Secretary K.A. Vimalenthirarajah said. ‘At present the Trade Ministry is establishing Sri…
Exclusive: The researchers who built AI-generated DNA just raised $50 million to reinvent biology
Eric Nguyen was a perpetual student, much to his parents' chagrin. After receiving a master's in engineering at Cornell and doing a stint training AI to interpret and understand the visual world, Nguyen enrolled in a Stanford bioengineering PhD…
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