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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…
Inside The Murky Market Selling Pre-IPO SpaceX And OpenAI Shares
In the summer of 2020, former Morgan Stanley trader Adam Crawley was wandering through Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, perfecting his qigong with a man called Master YanG, when a cold message on LinkedIn jerked him back to reality. The sender…
Is the IPO boom a 2021 repeat?
There's been lots of chatter in recent weeks about the mega IPOs expected to come to market this year — first among them being SpaceX, which is set to go public in June. Is this a movie we've seen before? The last time there was this much…
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…
Ampere Analysis Sold To Private Equity Firm Goldenpeak & Buys PlumResearch At Same Time
Ampere Analysis today has a new owner and another research house in its stable. Private equity firm Goldenpeak has acquired the influential UK-based entertainment analysis business for an undisclosed fee, marking the first time Ampere has had an…
Gary Lineker starts new business after leaving BBC as two deals already lined up
Gary Lineker's podcast group, Goalhanger, are launching a venture capital arm to reinvest profits from their success by taking stakes in other media startups, City AM reports. The former BBC presenter co-founded the Kennington-based firm and…
Airtree-backed space tech start-up HEO on launchpad for $30m raise
HEO, a venture capital-backed Aussie start-up whose satellite identification technology has piqued the CIA's interest, has embarked on its next capital raising mission. Street Talk understands HEO, co-founded by University of NSW PhD recipients…
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…
Can Australia make housing more affordable without hurting tech start-ups?
– Australia's attempts to make housing more affordable by curbing property speculation has exposed a new economic dilemma: whether policies designed to curb property speculation could inadvertently weaken the country's ambitions to build…
Axon Is About To Explode Higher (NASDAQ:AXON)
I am initiating a “buy” rating on Axon due to a compelling risk-reward profile and strong forward growth catalysts across both its Connected Devices and Software & Services business segments. AXON's transformation into a full-stack…
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…
AI Can Change The World And Still Be A Bubble
AI may be a general-purpose technology, but investors can still overpay for it. Wall Street has spent the past year pricing in an artificial-intelligence revolution. Now investors are starting to question whether the boom has gotten ahead of…
Funding sources for UK studios in 2026: what's on offer, and the requirements developers need to be aware of
Happy new-ish tax year! As we proceed into 2026/27, many UK businesses are preparing for what their new financial year brings. Given the recent trends in the industry, it is understandable that some games studios aren't feeling optimistic about the…
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