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The Rest is investing: Lineker-backed Goalhanger launches venture capital arm
The UK's biggest independent podcast group is launching its own venture capital arm, City AM can reveal, as it reinvests the fruits of its success by building stakes in other media startups. The Kennington-based business, which was co-founded by…
Startups navigate nuances in Vancouver's venture capital boom
Entrepreneurs need to be prepared to partner with investors, know where to go to get funding and understand what investors expect in return. It also helps for the entrepreneurs to be in a hot niche, such as life sciences or AI, longtime angel…
Google and Amazon's Earliest Backer Calls AI 'Underhyped'
Venture capitalist John Doerr, whose early checks into Amazon and Google helped underwrite the modern internet, called artificial intelligence the 'biggest tsunami' of innovation he's ever tracked in his more than four decades of investing and has…
Editorial | Paul Chan's trip just one step in strengthening relations with Europe
Hong Kong is often caught up in disputes between Europe and China, ranging from trade to geopolitics. That has sometimes distracted people from the city's natural and long-standing position as a bridge between the two major trading blocs. Financial…
Viridian, Betashares co-founder backs VC secondary fund's capital raising
Advance VC, Australia's first venture capital fund of funds, backed by Stake founder Matt Leibowitz and Decjuba owner Tania Austin, has its chequebook out after ruling off the final close of its new fund. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk…
Investors scramble to give government CGT options
Australia's private investment sector is scrambling to formulate proposals to put to the government for amendments to its unpopular capital gains tax changes, fearing plans announced by the prime minister on Monday will mean the laws are in place…
The CEO AI Confidence Gap Is Costing Enterprises Billions
A robot pours popcorn from a cooking pot into a bowl on March 8, 2017 at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) of the university of Bremen, northwestern Germany. - Scientists of the institute work among others on 'AI-based control methods…
[INTERVIEW] Thailand seeks deeper partnership with Korea through investment, innovation
Thailand and Korea are seeking to redefine bilateral relations long associated with tourism, food and cultural exchanges by building a deeper partnership centered on investment, industrial cooperation and innovation, Thailand's ambassador to Korea…
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. He landed famed public investor Cathie Wood and her ARK Invest Venture Fund as a lead in a startup fundraising round. Lucra announced last…
First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative
Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV's Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash 'new forms of slavery' and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data…
Are you preparing or procrastinating?
When you face a challenge, how do you know how much effort to put into solving it? How do you determine whether you're preparing or procrastinating? When I was 21, I got sick with a complicated and poorly understood illness. After seven years…
SIDBI must evolve from lender to 'market maker' and 'risk-sharing' partner: FM Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) must move beyond traditional lending and play a bigger role in supporting India's MSME and startup ecosystem. Addressing SIDBI's 37th…
Kakao Mobility becomes early test of Korea's tougher listing rules
Nasdaq option emerges as Korea tightens rules on subsidiary IPOs Kakao Mobility is considering a Nasdaq listing as pressure mounts from financial investors seeking an exit nearly nine years after their initial investment, as South Korea's planned…
FarmerTitan app rolls into agriculture equipment tracking field
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The Olympics These Were Not
In person, they did not seem quite real. Gathered on a blue carpet under bright lights, inside a $50 million Las Vegas venue that had been built just for them, the athletes of the Enhanced Games—colloquially known as the “doping…
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