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Why Joining The Right Startup Is So Important: A Guide For Graduates
Vikram Joshi, Founder and CTO at pulsd —a company in the business of democratizing fun in New York City. The allure of the startup world is attractive for recent graduates. The idea of rapid career acceleration, equity and a dynamic…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: AI That Dispatches The Plumber, Underground Warfare And Cutting Down Private-Market Paperwork
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. Our inboxes overflowed with interesting deals in the past month, but we managed to sift through…
Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he's seen after investing in 500+ startups
Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the founder and managing partner at Precursor Ventures, he's invested in hundreds of companies and has seen massive shifts in the markets that require…
In 2026 so far, U.S. VCs have deployed a record-shattering $412.7 billion. Almost none of it is trickling down.
Venture capital is bigger than it's ever been—but that doesn't mean the industry is better than it's ever been. I've often written in this newsletter about how venture capital is becoming a hyper-concentrated, seesaw-skewed sector of…
Bill Gurley's Expert Advice On Investing When Valuations Are Sky High
Think this is nice? It's a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. Bill Gurley switched his career twice before ending up in Silicon Valley. First in computer engineering, which felt too siloed; and later…
Chinese political journal calls for 'patient capital' amid AI investment frenzy
The top theoretical journal of China's ruling Communist Party has run commentaries urging the country to cultivate “patient capital” for three days straight, as Beijing seeks to harness investment to boost long-term innovation amid…
U.S. Biotechs Are Keeping More Secrets to Beat Copycats in China
Steve Potts is developing medicines for hard-to-treat cancers. Just don't ask what, exactly, he's working on. If word gets out, he fears a Chinese company could beat him to market. Potts's company, whose team has shepherded a combined 13 drugs…
The Winning Hand: Lessons For Investors From The Poker Table
Krishan Arora is the founder of Sentinel AI, a leading Narrative and Sentiment Intelligence Platform for Public Companies. Should you ever find yourself walking into a high-stakes poker game in a Vegas Casino or a private poker game in Palo…
Democrats play the Trump family game too?
The son of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, has raised $30 million for a derivatives startup operating in a market with ties to the cryptocurrency industry, drawing comparisons to the kind of family enrichment for which critics have…
Xbox CEO Will Advise Federal Reserve On Jobs After Mass Layoffs
The Federal Reserve has just announced a bunch of new task forces staffed by private-sector leaders to help advise it on modern trends in the economy. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been named to one of those groups to help advise the U.S. Fed on…
Nilekani-Backed Fundamentum Launches Third Fund Of Rs 2,200 Crore
The Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm cofounded by Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani and veteran investor Sanjeev Aggarwal, said it launched a Rs.2,200 crore third fund, betting that India's growth-stage startups still need…
DataBento's $97M, Qiagen's suitors, and Serent's new fund
• Databento, a Salt Lake City-based data market platform for finance, raised $97m in Series B funding led by New Enterprise Associates. DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Tribe Capital joined. Go deeper • Skapion, an Israeli…
How SMEs can access grants and funds in the UK
For many small and medium-sized enterprises, securing funding can be one of the biggest challenges to growth. Whether a business is looking to hire staff, invest in new equipment, expand into new markets or develop innovative products, a financial…
Market data platform startup Databento closes $97M round after drawing $300M in investor demand
Market data platform startup Databento Inc. today revealed that it has raised $97 million in new funding to broaden its data coverage across asset classes and expand internationally. Investor demand ran past $300 million, according to the company…
Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point
Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species—which looks like a strange mix of a dog, zebra, and a kangaroo—was hunted to extinction, largely because European settlers blamed them for…
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