Venture Capital Industry News
A collection of Venture Capital latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Prediction markets under pressure to crack down on rogue bettors and stop insider trading
A soldier betting on an operation to oust Venezuela 's leader. Politicians gambling on their own elections. Massive bets on the president announcing a ceasefire with Iran right before he actually did. Are prediction markets safe places for news…
AI Startup Sereact Raises $110 Million for Robots That Predict Consequences
Sereact, a German robotics software company, has raised $110 million in fresh funding to develop its artificial intelligence model that makes robots smarter and more adaptable to different tasks. The Series B funding round was led by venture…
I wanted better maternity wear, so I made my own. Now I run a successful company that has grown along with my family.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ingrid Carney, founder and CEO of Ingrid & Isabel. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in the early 2000s, I was working at my third startup. One day, I was getting ready to pitch…
Another MAHA 'win': RFK Jr's son Finn raises $100M venture fund to capitalize on daddy's position of power in US 'hellthcare'.
The CDC finally dropped updated, post mRNA cancer data. Several types of cancer (brain, colorectal) shot up by ~20%. All cancer trendlines are up and now have a new steeper slope. In epidemiology of a large population, this is truly spectacular:…
Women over 50 outperform in business. Why are they still overlooked?
When Meryl Rosenthal and her cofounder started a human capital and workplace transformation consultancy in 2005, she was 41 years old. Nine years later, her cofounder left for personal reasons, rendering Rosenthal—by then age 50—a…
Why I Trust Revenue Numbers Less Than Ever
Written by Henri Pierre-Jacques II, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Harlem Capital I find myself trusting founder revenue metrics less than at any point since I started investing. That includes 2021, which should tell you something. Trust is…
This bank CEO let his AI clone handle an earnings call - now he's signing an OpenAI deal
Customers Bank has signed a multiyear partnership with OpenAI, with engineers set to be embedded at the bank to help automate lending and onboarding, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank is targeting an improvement in its efficiency ratio from…
Seed Money In The AI Age: Venture Vectors
Venture capital concept. Dollar sign, an arrow and gears. There's a lot of money being thrown into AI. Many analysts choose to focus on the funding within established companies, like Meta's enormous investment, or the Project Stargate touted by…
Why VCs keep changing their mind about what's hot and not
I have a confession to make. I keep a secret document in my Google Drive titled “Fund Theses That Piss Me Off.” And every time I read about a venture capital fund with a generic, meaningless, or buzzwordy thesis that manages to raise…
Cerebras Systems Close to IPO, Here's What It Means For Nvidia (NVDA)
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the Best Stocks to Buy While the Market Is Down. On April 18, Reuters announced that Cerebras Systems, which is a venture capital-backed, Silicon Valley-based company, filed for a US…
Backing India's next phase of industrial growth
Ajay Modi, Director at Piper Serica, outlines the portfolio management and venture capital firm's deep-tech investment strategy, portfolio strength, and sectoral bets. With investments in 33 companies and growing, the firm is scaling up its capital…
How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup
Tyson Chen and Apurva Shrivastava were chasing restaurants when they found an HVAC company. The two engineers had first met at MIT poker night and built an AI system to handle missed calls—originally, they thought this made sense for…
For This Family, AI Is The New Lemonade Stand
“M ommy and daddy would always bring home boring notebooks, pens, and chargers with company names on them, but that would just go in the trash. But why not stuffies? You never throw stuffies away.” Quincy Fuller is 8 and already…
Is Brookfield Corporation (BN) A Good Stock To Buy Now?
Is BN a good stock to buy? We came across a bullish thesis on Brookfield Corporation on David & Moat Investments's Substack. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on BN. Brookfield Corporation's share was trading at $46.as of April…
High street coffee brand to open more than 10 new locations across Scotland
Black Sheep Coffee is set to ramp up its presence across Scotland, promising to launch 10+ new stores this year. Founded by Eirik Holth and Gabriel Shohet, both of whom studied in Scotland, the brand says its connection to the country runs deep.
Receive a Daily briefing on Venture Capital Industry News
Get Started