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PEP jumps onboard Skip Capital, Grok Ventures-backed Energy Bay
Pacific Equity Partners is joining Energy Bay's illustrious roster of shareholders, which counts the family offices of both Atlassian founders among its backers, buying a 30 per cent stake in the renewables business. PEP will acquire the stake…
Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures Swap ETF
What is the best way to get economic exposure to Anthropic stock right now? There are bad answers (expensive SPVs, fake SPVs). Here are two arguably good answers: The first answer is pretty self-explanatory. Anthropic has stock, and people own it…
The real threat to U.S. hardtech leadership is China's rules
American hardtech venture is finally being taken seriously. Deep tech funds are outperforming conventional VC. The opportunity is real, and it's being funded the way it should be, by investors who bear the cost of being wrong. But there's an…
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets-now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
In July 2010, US Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) predicted the rise of prediction markets and the problems they could cause. If not properly regulated, Lincoln warned during Senate proceedings on the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and…
Introducing VC Insider
Business Insider is launching VC Insider, a weekly subscriber-only newsletter that covers the deals, people, and power shifts shaping venture. Written by VC and Startups Chief Correspondent Ben Bergman and Editor at large Katie Roof, VC Insider…
Europe Posted Its Strongest Quarter In Q3 In 4 Years, As Its Venture Ecosystem Expands Beyond The UK
In Q3, Europe posted its strongest venture funding quarter in four years, with AI companies driving those gains, Crunchbase data shows. European startup funding reached $25 billion last quarter, well above the $14 billion invested in Q3 2025 and up…
Manus's Parent Raises More Than $500 Million in Funding Round
The latest funding round was co-led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, Butterfly Effect said in a statement on WeChat on Thursday. Existing investors Tencent Holdings, HongShan and ZhenFund also participated. Manus is also exploring a restructuring…
Exclusive | Lightspeed, Looking to Evolve LP Relationships, Hires Head of Capital Partnerships
Venture firms are rethinking how they work with their investors. Thanks in part to the artificial-intelligence boom, venture capital has become a more important asset class for limited partners, meaning the occasional LP letter might no longer…
The Latest Hit Job on Trump's Sons 'Vanishes' After Critics Point Out Inconsistencies
One of the most persistent fallacies that has carried over from the Biden years is that the Trump children are no better than Hunter Biden. Of course, there is a world of difference between working hard in your father's successful companies and…
From Bits To Molecules: Considerations For Investors About Physical AI
Anton Alikov, CEO and Founder, Arctic Ventures. Recently, the media has been increasingly talking about the transition of AI from a purely digital environment to the world of physical objects. Previously, AI algorithms existed…
Atomic Machines gets $250M, Viatris pays $1.65B for Pacira, Balerion raises $200M for space bets
🚑 Isomorphic Labs, an Alphabet spinout using AI for drug discovery, is in early talks to raise at between $40b to $50b valuation, per Bloomberg. Go deeper • Atomic Machines, an Emeryville, Calif.-based manufacturing system for…
How can a startup stand out in a crowded market?
What matters is whether the company gives customers a clear reason to notice it. Sometimes that comes from a better product, but not always. It can also come from focusing on a specific audience, solving one part of the problem better, or making…
Tech Bros Have Found a New Creepy Way to Profit Off Your Health Anxiety
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The co-founder of Spotify wants you to start adding wellness into your daily mix. The latest venture of Swedish…
As War Fades Away, Time To Buy Defense Stocks - Starting With Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC)
Northrop Grumman is well-positioned amid rising Western defense budgets and strong management under CEO Kathy Warden. NOC fundamentals are robust: a large and growing backlog (2.4x TTM revenue, +16% pa), accelerating revenue growth, stable 8-9%…
Sequoia-backed Catalyst raises $30 million to build AI trading agents for everyday investors
Justin Zheng is pretty sure Dylan Iskandar took his money the first time they met as teenagers, over a poker game in 2019 at a conference run by economist Tyler Cowen. “We just stayed in touch, and we got closer over the years before…
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