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Global capital shifts beyond Silicon Valley - and SA benefits
Investors are increasingly looking outside the US for opportunities. (Made with GenAI) South Africa is firmly on the list when venture capital companies seek investment opportunities, with two “unicorns” worth more than $1 billion…
Lockheed boosts its venture investment fund to $1B
Find opportunities — and win them. Lockheed Martin will grow the capacity of its venture capital fund for investing in startups from $400 million to roughly $1 billion as part of a push to accelerate efforts at getting technologies from lab…
Slate Auto raises $650m, Blackstone eyes German ads, and Nvidia's big deal
⚡️ Slate Auto, a Troy, Mich.-based developer of affordable electric pickup trucks, raised $650m led by TWG Global. Other backers include Jeff Bezos, General Catalyst, and Slauson & Co. Go deeper ⚡️ Critical Loop, an…
Fintech Caruso's valuation soars in new funding round
New Zealand-born funds administration and registry services platform Caruso is setting sail for Sydney after a significant valuation uplift. Street Talk can reveal the start-up has finalised a $9.3 million capital raising in a funding round led by…
Exclusive: Chad Rigetti's Sygaldry raises $139 million to bring quantum hardware to AI data centers
Chad Rigetti has devoted his career to quantum computing—a phrase you've perhaps most recently encountered in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Superhero movies aside, quantum computing is somewhere between reality and moonshot. In…
Archangel Lightworks Raises Over $13.5m In Series A Funding Round
Oxford, UK – Archangel Lightworks announces the successful close of an oversubscribed $13.5m Series A funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its deployable optical ground station, the TERRA-M. Archangel Lightworks, a laser…
Nava raises $8.3 million in seed funding to keep AI financial agents from going off the rails
The crypto world has been buzzing in recent months about the potential for applying blockchain technology to agentic commerce, a term that describes AI agents undertaking purchases or other economic activity on a user's behalf. Early innovations…
Julia Rae & Russell Dickerson Launch Golf Dating Reality Series
EXCLUSIVE: Julia Rae, who starred on ABC's The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart, and country music star Russell Dickerson are hosting a new dating reality series set in the world of golf. The pair will front Score Love, which is produced by Jack…
Blackstone's Joan Solotar says investors should separate 'signal from the noise' in private credit
Joan Solotar, global head of Blackstone Private Wealth, said the capital flight from private credit isn't justified by the likely returns and potential losses in individual funds. Solotar said investors and clients are asking important questions…
Lockheed Martin Boosts Venture Arm To $1 Billion
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday said it has increased its venture capital fund to $1 billion from the present $400 million, the largest boost to Lockheed Martin Ventures since the unit was established in 2007. Lockheed Martin uses its venture unit…
Toronto Health Innovation Week Brings Global Capital, Clinical Leaders and Hundreds of Startups to Canada's Largest Health Hub
April 20-24 convergence features BioLabs grand opening, Bloom Burton Conference, women's health summits and MaRS Impact Health as Ontario hospitals face $1.8B deficit TORONTO, April 14, 2026 /CNW/ - Reviving Toronto's legacy as a health innovation…
Quantum and AI drive UK startup funding to $7.8bn in 2026
UK startup funding jumped to $7.8bn (£6.2bn) in the first quarter of 2026, as a surge in quantum computing investment and mega-rounds powered the strongest start to a year since 2022. New data from HSBC Innovation Banking and Dealroom shows…
Bybit Private Wealth Management Reports 25.41% APR Despite Market Consolidation
/ Crypto News / Bybit Private Wealth Management Reports 25.41% APR Despite Market Consolidation CoinGape has covered the cryptocurrency industry since 2017, aiming to provide informative insights to our readers. Our journal analysts bring years of…
Marc Andreesen Just Said That Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Is Here. Here's What That Could Mean for Ethereum.
On April 5, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the famous venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, declared on social media that 'AGI is already here -- it's just not evenly distributed yet.' AGI, or artificial general…
Adcendo ApS Completes $75 Million Series C Financing to Continue Advancing First- and Best-in-class Clinical ADC Pipeline
Oversubscribed financing led by Jeito Capital, including additional new investment from Vida Ventures, BPI France, and EIFO, with participation from all existing investors Proceeds to support the advancement of three first- and best-in-class ADC…
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