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Alteogen's KOSPI move fuels concerns amid widening KOSPI-Kosdaq gap
Biotech giant Alteogen's move toward a KOSPI listing transfer is fueling concerns within the venture capital industry and the Kosdaq market that the secondary bourse could become even more marginalized, according to industry officials and analysts…
Big investors are trading private credit gains for infrastructure bets. Here's where else they're putting money.
Private credit, just recently one of the hottest asset classes for institutional investors to park their money, is losing ground to other strategies, according to a new report from Canoe Intelligence. Private credit accounted for 6.8% of…
Andreessen Horowitz is the midterm elections' biggest donor
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is shaping up to be the biggest political donor of this year's midterm elections, according to an analysis of federal contributions by The New York Times. The investment firm has donated upwards of $115.5…
The risks and rewards of Starmercide
We are living through a political theatre of cruelty and hatred. We have a broken Prime Minister, a ruling party that is eating itself and at local level, elected councillors who joke about melting down black people to fill potholes and believe the…
Airbus, Blackstone to Join €600 Million Quantum Systems Funding
Airbus SE and Blackstone Inc. are in talks to be among the leading investors in a roughly €600 million ($703 million) funding round for Quantum Systems, a German drone startup backed by Peter Thiel, people familiar with the matter said.
Cox Enterprises promotes two leaders to key C-suite positions
Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's largest privately held companies, with interests across many industries, including broadband and cable, automotive, media, clean energy, government technology services, outdoor adventure gear and indoor…
Drone startup plots €600M raise, Mind Robotics grabs $400M and Carta buys a law firm
• Quantum Systems, a German drone startup, is in talks to raise around €600m from firms like Airbus and Blackstone, per Bloomberg. Go deeper • Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto-based industrial robotics spinout from Rivian, raised…
Anduril Raises Another $5B As Defense Tech Startups Shatter Funding Records
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries said Wednesday that it has raised another $5 billion in funding at a $61 billion valuation — double the valuation of $30.5 billion it received less than a year ago. The Series H round, led by…
Sector Snapshot: Agtech Startups Face A Drier Funding Climate
In the midst of a move towards increased automation, the agriculture and farming sectors face several massive challenges: increasing yields to feed a growing population while decreasing their environmental footprint, all while maintaining farm…
What drones and drug discovery have in common
What do weapons and drug discovery have in common? Over the last 24 hours, billions of dollars and a lead investor. In quick succession, Demis Hassabis's Isomorphic Labs announced it had raised a $2.1 billion Series B, and very early today, Anduril…
A Ukrainian Ground Robot Drove Into A Russian-Held Building And Blew It Up
A Ukrainian kamikaze ground robot struck a building occupied by Russian soldiers. Russian troops hiding inside an abandoned apartment building in Kostiantynivka may have expected Ukrainian drones to come from above. Instead, the assault came on…
I Just Saved $1,500 on Travel in 30 Minutes With My New Venture X Card. Here's How
I've been singing the praises of the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card (see rates and fees) for months. I tell every travel lover I know that they should apply for one. Until recently, though, I didn't have one myself. I'd been a Chase…
Start-ups ready for battle over CGT carve-out
Some of Australia's most successful technology company founders and venture capital investors say the country risks losing the next generation of entrepreneurs if Treasurer Jim Chalmers does not quickly carve out start-ups from capital gains tax…
Singapore deep tech firms tap US market for expansion
TEXAS, CALIFORNIA - Once every three months, Mr Daryl Lim flies nearly 24 hours from Singapore to his first overseas office in Austin, Texas, where he builds artificial intelligence (AI) robotics solutions for manufacturers across aerospace, oil…
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly
Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders don't agree on much. But both think that AI is a disaster for the working class. The Vermont senator recently wrote that “AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs. They want to replace…
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