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fortune.com - Amanda Gerut - Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds
Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds
Fortune

Most American private schools still raise money the old-fashioned way—silent auctions, annual giving, and a yearly gala with mixed drinks and canapés. Crystal Springs Uplands School, a 569-student private day school located on the…

amny.com - Max Parrott - AG reaches settlement venture capital buyers to take responsibility for neglected Hudson Yards building
AG reaches settlement venture capital buyers to take responsibility for neglected Hudson Yards building
amNewYork

State Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement agreement that will turn control of a condominium in the Hudson Yards area from a private equity buyer to a board of owners. After SME Capital Ventures took financial control of the…

chinadaily.com.cn - The good and bad of bike company going bust - Opinion
The good and bad of bike company going bust - Opinion
中国日报网

Various bicycles are parked at a subway entrance in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, April 4, 2017. [Photo/VCG] Until recently an elite member of the bicycle-sharing business (next only to Mobike and Ofo), Bluegogo has, many say, met its Waterloo…

scmp.com - Howard Liu - YMTC-backed fund invests in China's push for an alternative chipmaking route
YMTC-backed fund invests in China's push for an alternative chipmaking route
South China Morning Post

A venture capital fund backed by Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC), China's top producer of NAND flash memory, has taken a stake in domestic semiconductor manufacturer SOI Micro, adding a high-profile investor to the country's push for an…

chinadaily.com.cn - Better secure deposits for bike use - Opinion
Better secure deposits for bike use - Opinion
中国日报网

China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-06 08:00 SHORT-HIRE BIKE GIANTS MOBIKE AND OFO have dismissed reports accusing the two of misappropriating the deposits riders pay to use their dockless, GPS-enabled Mobike and Ofo bikes. Thepaper.cn commented on…

entrepreneur.com - Dan Bova - The 'IMDb for Athletes' Is Here - And Its Founders Built It Without Spending a Dime on Marketing
The 'IMDb for Athletes' Is Here - And Its Founders Built It Without Spending a Dime on Marketing
Homepage | Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm partnered with Entrepreneur Media that is dedicated to backing passionate and innovative founders as early as day one. In this series, we are profiling the amazing entrepreneurs…

theguardian.com - Bruce Schneier - If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
The Guardian

OpenAI, and then Anthropic, were each formed by AI developers who feared unrestrained corporate AI development – specifically, that companies like Google and Meta would steer the technology towards deleterious, maybe even catastrophically…

marketwatch.com - AI Start-Up Manus to Soon Resume Operating as an Independent Company
AI Start-Up Manus to Soon Resume Operating as an Independent Company
MarketWatch

In a notice on its official website Tuesday, Manus said some user data will be deleted. Affected users will be notified and given the opportunity to back up their data, the company said. 'This is part of our separation from Meta; we must take this…

globes.co.il - Meytal Vaizberg - Team8 raises $365m
Team8 raises $365m
גלובס

Venture capital firm Team8 has announced that it has raised $365 million, bringing its total assets under management to nearly $2 billion. Of the new raise, $265 million will go to Team8's third fund and $100 million will be allocated to follow-on…

koreaherald.com - Jung Min-kyung - Lee vows full backing for seven future industries to drive next wave of growth
Lee vows full backing for seven future industries to drive next wave of growth
The Korea Herald

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday pledged full government support for seven advanced technologies, describing them as the country's next 'mega projects' that will power future economic growth. Speaking at a briefing on the government's so-called…

forbes.com - Geri Stengel - Daye Founder Valentina Milanova On Closing Women's Health Gaps
Daye Founder Valentina Milanova On Closing Women's Health Gaps
Forbes

Daye's at-home diagnostic tampon kit screens for HPV, STIs, and vaginal infections—bringing cervical cancer prevention out of the clinic and into a patient's own bathroom. Daye Daye is a London-based gynecological health company that…

straitstimes.com - Lee Li Ying - One-North rezoning to double space for start-ups, including new AI park
One-North rezoning to double space for start-ups, including new AI park
The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Proposed zoning changes will effectively double the amount of floor space to build facilities for Singapore's start-up ecosystem in the One-North area, including an upcoming artificial intelligence park. LaunchPad @ One-North…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport, Angira Bharadwaj - Unloved assets, old-school business back in favour with private equity
Unloved assets, old-school business back in favour with private equity
Australian Financial Review

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

nytimes.com - Sam Amick - What we know so far about Lakers' surprising sale to Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger
What we know so far about Lakers' surprising sale to Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger
The New York Times

News that Mark Walter had agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers just over a year after buying a majority share from the Buss family was shocking, both because of the price — a $12.5 billion valuation — and the timing. One of the NBA's…

nypost.com - Khobi Price - Inside the Lakers' staggering $12.5B sale to Josh Kushner, Bob Iger
Inside the Lakers' staggering $12.5B sale to Josh Kushner, Bob Iger
New York Post

When the agreement was made for Mark Walter to sell the majority ownership stake of the Lakers to businessman Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger at a historic valuation of $12.5 billion, there were more questions than answers. But one…

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