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Why Noa Argamani chose venture capital after 245 days in Hamas captivity
fter 246 days in Hamas captivity, Israeli special forces rescued Noa Argamani and carried her by helicopter to a hospital outside Tel Aviv. There, a doctor turned to her and said, 'Noa, we're really happy that you're here with us.' Argamani was…
Seligman Ventures doubles capital to $1 billion as AI boom revives hardware bets
Sept 28: Seligman Investments has doubled the deployable capital of its venture arm to $1 billion less than a year after launching it, betting that the physical bottlenecks of the artificial intelligence buildout will produce the next wave of large…
Insuretech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
Vishal Sankhala led product at a digital life insurance distributor Ethos before it went public earlier this year. In late 2023, the seasoned engineering executive, who had previously worked at Facebook and Uber, left Ethos and launched Outmarket…
Sixty Degree Capital Extends Its Track Record as Five Portfolio Companies Enter the Public Markets in 2026
Leaders from Parabilis Medicines, HawkEye 360 and Cerebras joined investors and leading clinicians at the firm's 2026 Celebration in Toronto TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2026 /CNW/ -- Sixty Degree Capital ('SDC'), a global, multi-stage venture capital firm…
Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2026
Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Startup Battlefield 200 is almost here, and with today's announcement, the…
Silicon Valley academy offers tuition-free alternative to college for young tech builders
Andreessen Horowitz is putting $42 million behind a new education venture aimed at young tech builders who might otherwise head to college, betting that the artificial intelligence boom is creating demand for a different path into Silicon Valley.
Lift Therapeutics Appoints Eva Ehrnrooth as Executive Head of Clinical Development and Adds Chau Khuong to Board of Directors
London, September 28, 2026 – Lift Therapeutics (‘Lift' or ‘the Company') today announced the appointment of Eva Ehrnrooth, MD, PhD, as Executive Head of Clinical Development and Chau Khuong to its Board of Directors. Dr.
Anthropic Owns Claude, But Who Owns Anthropic?
Since its arrival in 2023, Claude has been steadily gaining prominence as an AI chatbot like ChatGPT, while also becoming an increasingly capable AI agent for software development and business productivity. Its rising profile was turbocharged in…
This Early Groq Investor Expects Half Her Bets To Fail
Sandhya Venkatachalam spent the first half of her career building technology companies. She led product at an early data center hardware company that was sold to Cisco, then became a product executive at Skype before its sale to Microsoft. Those…
The NY Islanders are suddenly worth 3 billion and sold an equity stake of franchise
The New York Islanders may have missed the playoffs two straight seasons, but apparently that hasn't hurt their value very much. According to Sportico, the Islanders have reached an agreement to sell roughly 15% of the franchise to a group of…
How a Gen Zer built a $3.7 billion defense tech startup backed by Sequoia
Hi, it's Preston Fore, in for Allie. Earlier this month, defense tech firm Mach Industries raised $600 million in a Series C extension at a $3.7 billion valuation. That's more than double the $1.8 billion valuation Mach reached just three months…
Senators spurn Hegseth's pick amid jockeying for Army secretary nomination
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pick to lead the Army is facing Democratic opposition and a hesitant reception from key Republicans, amid jockeying for the service branch's top civilian post after Dan Driscoll resigned a month ago. Hegseth's…
The crypto pirates have become the Navy. Now what?
Powerful corporate interests have long held outsize sway in Washington, D.C., using their deep pockets to influence elections and to hire former regulators to push preferred policies to law makers. These practices have made some industries a…
Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation
SiMa.ai, a startup developing chips and software that allow robots, drones, cameras, and other devices to run AI directly on the device, has raised a $150 million Series C at a $1.45 billion valuation. The round was co-led by Fidelity Management &…
Will anyone stop Infantino? FIFA president is confident U20 World Cup cameo says otherwise
LODZ, Poland -- As Gianni Infantino handed the under-20 Women's World Cup trophy to Cristina Libran, the captain of newly crowned champions Spain, it was as much a victory for the embattled FIFA president as it was for the players celebrating their…
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