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PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record
The global venture capital market hit its second-highest annual total on record in 2025, with the year seeing $512 billion in deal value, nearly matching 2022, the current high-water mark, according to a first look at the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA…
Crunchbase Predicts: 15 Companies That Could Go Public In 2026 As The IPO Market Gains Momentum
After a prolonged slowdown, the IPO market is showing clearer signs of life. As our 2026 IPO outlook forecast details, improving public-market conditions, stabilizing interest rates and renewed investor appetite for growth are setting the stage for…
Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, said on Tuesday that it had raised $20 billion from investors to fund its expansion in the race to train the most intelligent chatbot. In a statement, xAI said it had sought to raise $15 billion but…
Private equity deal shows just how far America's legacy rocket industry has fallen
If you are a student of space history or tracked the space industry before billionaires and venture capital changed it forever, you probably know the name Rocketdyne. A half-century ago, Rocketdyne manufactured almost all of the large liquid-fueled…
Quantum computing firm Photonic raises $180M in latest financing round
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Former BlockFi CEO Zac Prince Says Bitcoin 'About to Rip,' Predicts New ATH in 2026
Zac Prince, former BlockFi CEO and current Head of Galaxy One, believes Bitcoin will hit a new all-time high in 2026. Speaking in a recent chat with John Gillen from Milk Road, Prince pointed to late 2025's heavy bearish sentiment as a sign that…
UK unveils decade-long growth vision to Hong Kong investors
“Hong Kong has long been a gateway for global capital and a long-standing partner for UK businesses. Today, we reaffirm that relationship, bringing together leaders from both sides to explore new ventures, share insights, and forge lasting…
Software startup NinjaOne tops $500 million in annualized recurring revenue
Software startup NinjaOne has reached $500 million in annual recurring revenue with nearly 70% revenue growth year over year. The company was valued at $5 billion after a funding round led by Iconiq Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet's venture capital…
Meet Scots millionaire makeup artist...who started out at Debenham's
Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport She gone from selling make up in a department store to developing a multi-million pound beauty brand in just five years. And now social media influencer Jamie Genevieve has…
A robotics revolution is upon us - and you can profit
Before I get to my big idea for 2026, we should double back to an outlandish idea I mentioned last week from a well-known contrarian strategist. Vincent Deluard, from StoneX, had predicted that US energy stocks would benefit from a push into…
Private equity management fees hit new low in 2025
Private equity firms that raised funds in 2025 charged the lowest average management fee rates ever recorded by Preqin. The mean rate was just 1.61% of assets, well below the industry's legacy 2% management fee. Managers have been offering…
KBC Group: KBC Securities and Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Banking announce joint venture in equities
KBC Securities and Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Banking announce joint venture in equities Combination will be a leading equities broker in the Benelux and pan-European specialist in real estate and life sciences Attractive value proposition for…
How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor
Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is also an increasingly seasoned angel investor. Companion M, Götze's personal investment…
Kobold goes bold, LMArena's raise, and Hg bags OneStream
• Kobold Metals, a Berkeley, Calif.,-based AI mineral discovery startup, boosted a planned financing round to $292m, up from $200m, per an SEC filing. • LMArena, an AI evaluation platform, raised $150m at a $1.7b post-money valuation.
Nine talking points for the UK film industry in 2026
Source: Screen file, Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock, Pathe, Matt Petit / A.M.P.A.S. BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays has made clear her intention to leave the job after five years in October 2026, and a fresh face will step into one…
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