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Venture Capital Veteran Gan Buys $19 Million Home in Hong Kong
A veteran of Chinese venture capital firm Ince Capital purchased a luxury apartment in Hong Kong, adding to a list of high-profile buyers as the city's housing market shows signs of a recovery. JP Gan, one of Ince Capital's founding partners, spent…
View: The African venture capital moment
I recently convened an African venture capital roundtable in Cape Town with global corporate VCs and family offices circling the same question: Is African VC the right way to gain exposure to the continent's upside? The answer, increasingly, was…
The wellness brands telling you to set boundaries at work are funded by the same venture capital firms that invest in the productivity surveillance software your employer uses to monitor you
Add DMNews to your Google News feed. Last October, Priya Chandrasekaran, a 31-year-old product manager in Austin, downloaded a meditation app after her therapist suggested she was heading toward burnout. The app's onboarding flow was gentle, almost…
Women Leaders Shaping the Future of Business from India to the World
Women leaders from India are increasingly shaping the future of business not just nationally, but on the global stage. From startups and venture capital to corporate boardrooms and policy leadership, they are driving innovation, inclusive growth…
Bigbank Signs Its First Synthetic Securitisation with the European Investment Bank Group
On 25 February 2026, Bigbank AS (“Bigbank”) signed its first synthetic securitisation transaction with the EIB Group, consisting of the European Investment Bank (“EIB”) and the European Investment Fund…
These eye-popping charts put OpenAI's record funding round in perspective
OpenAI 's latest funding round is unprecedented. The following charts put the deal in perspective. The startup announced the $110 billion financing last week, pushing its valuation to $840 billion, including the new cash. It brings Amazon and…
How Jack Hu used Anthropic to get in on the market's hottest deals
Jack Hu's Phoenix Growth Fund is perhaps one of the most diverse and wide-reaching investment portfolios you'll ever see. From share placements and initial public offerings to venture capital and private equity, Hu has an enormous investment…
Lee says Korea will work with Singapore, create $300 mil. global AI fund
President Lee Jae Myung said Monday that Korea will push to create a global investment fund in Singapore by 2030 to attract investments worth $300 million in startups and the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Lee made the commitment during the…
Kampong AI: New park in one-north to house work, living facilities for AI startups
SINGAPORE - A new artificial intelligence (AI) park, complete with shared work spaces and housing facilities, will be developed in one-north to draw promising startups to set up on local shores. Kampong AI, as the park is called, will accelerate…
The drone-making startup with big dreams of securing Nigeria
Inside a sprawling factory in Idu, an industrial town 10 miles from the center of the Nigerian capital Abuja, a masked engineer welds metal to assemble an armored robot. Nearby, young technicians box drones ready for delivery to customers. They are…
Why Sequoia's Alfred Lin isn't worried about the SaaS-pocalypse
In an era of vibe-coding, words still have some meaning. Or at least, they do when they're harbingers of doom, foretelling a world of mass unemployment and economic ruin. Just over a week ago, a Substack essay by the investment research firm…
Agentic e-commerce startup ZyG gets $58M to help solo inventors compete with the biggest global brands
When it comes to product innovation, global brands have an enormous advantage over smaller companies thanks to their massive scale, extensive resources, marketing expertise and robust supply chains, so the little guy can barely compete. But that…
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India AI Impact Summit 2026 Sees $200 Billion in Commitments: Ministry
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held from February 16 to 21 in New Delhi, brought together policymakers, technology companies, startups and multilateral organisations to discuss the next phase of artificial intelligence adoption. According to…
IIT Madras likely to fetch ₹70 crore via stake sale in Indo-MIM IPO, to invest in innovation
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) will monetise around half of its total holding worth ₹140 crore from the forthcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Indo MIM Ltd., a company which provide end-to-end solutions for the…
Research Ireland's new five-year strategy targets talent, economy, society
The plan aims to create 3,500 new PhDs, support 14 enhanced research centres and deliver 150 research awards in collaboration with Government departments. Ireland's national competitive research and innovation development agency Research Ireland…
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