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Startups navigate nuances in Vancouver's venture capital boom
Entrepreneurs need to be prepared to partner with investors, know where to go to get funding and understand what investors expect in return. It also helps for the entrepreneurs to be in a hot niche, such as life sciences or AI, longtime angel…
Investors scramble to give government CGT options
Australia's private investment sector is scrambling to formulate proposals to put to the government for amendments to its unpopular capital gains tax changes, fearing plans announced by the prime minister on Monday will mean the laws are in place…
The CEO AI Confidence Gap Is Costing Enterprises Billions
A robot pours popcorn from a cooking pot into a bowl on March 8, 2017 at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) of the university of Bremen, northwestern Germany. - Scientists of the institute work among others on 'AI-based control methods…
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. He landed famed public investor Cathie Wood and her ARK Invest Venture Fund as a lead in a startup fundraising round. Lucra announced last…
Are you preparing or procrastinating?
When you face a challenge, how do you know how much effort to put into solving it? How do you determine whether you're preparing or procrastinating? When I was 21, I got sick with a complicated and poorly understood illness. After seven years…
SIDBI must evolve from lender to 'market maker' and 'risk-sharing' partner: FM Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) must move beyond traditional lending and play a bigger role in supporting India's MSME and startup ecosystem. Addressing SIDBI's 37th…
Kakao Mobility becomes early test of Korea's tougher listing rules
Nasdaq option emerges as Korea tightens rules on subsidiary IPOs Kakao Mobility is considering a Nasdaq listing as pressure mounts from financial investors seeking an exit nearly nine years after their initial investment, as South Korea's planned…
Early to spot the winnable ideas
For Artha India Ventures, venture capital is as much about execution as funding. Having backed over 130 startups, the firm believes that operational discipline often determines the success of an early-stage company. “We've always had a…
Voyager (VOYG) Unit Earns Capital Backing for LEO Expansion, Soars 30%
Voyager Technologies Inc. (NYSE:VOYG) is one of the 10 Stocks With Stunning Double-Digit Gains. Voyager Technologies surged by 29.6 percent week-on-week after its joint venture firm secured the backing of 1789 Capital to support its expansion into…
One job that is growing in the AI era? Cybersecurity experts
As AI upends jobs — particularly in Silicon Valley — the risks and pitfalls associated with the technology have helped fuel a new wave of hiring for cybersecurity experts. Demand is so fierce that some search firms have said they are…
PE, VC investments halve to $2.7 billion in April
Private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments in India fell to about $2.7 billion across 97 deals in April 2026, halving both year-on-year and sequentially, as a slowdown in large-ticket transactions weighed on investor activity, according…
Istanbul Blockchain Week Emerges as MENA's Web3 Power Center
Crypto conferences spent years selling the same promise: institutional adoption is coming. In 2026, the geography of that adoption is becoming clearer. The center of gravity is shifting toward markets where crypto already functions as financial…
ePass Aims to Be Scotland's Top GovTech Scaleup After Reporting £1M Revenue in First Year
ePass has set its sights on being Scotland's most successful GovTech scaleup, following the GovTech startup winning one of the largest CivTech challenges to date, and its tobacco and vapes retailers register being deployed in 6 months, while…
OCEANIC APPOINTS ASHLEY KATES AS CFO AND CORPORATE SECRETARY, BOLSTERS INVESTOR RELATIONS, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT WITH AGREEMENT WITH CONSTANTA CAPITAL
VANCOUVER, BC, May 25, 2026 /CNW/ - Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSXV: FEO) ('Oceanic', or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ms. Ashley Kates as CFO and Corporate Secretary of the Company effective today. Mr. Gerrie van der…
'The Mogul Midterms': Four ways Silicon Valley billionaires are influencing the election
Note: To learn more about the unprecedented sums that billionaires are spending on the election, join Standard reporters Hannah Wiley and Emily Shugerman at Manny's this Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. for “Show Me The Money: The Hidden Finance…
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