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CBA backs fintech entrepreneur's $50m venture capital fund
Commonwealth Bank's venture capital arm will become the main backer of a new $50 million start-up fund established by Dom Pym, a serial founder and investor who previously sold his digital bank Up to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank for $116 million. Pym…
KKR-backed SmartHR said to be mulling Tokyo IPO later this year
SmartHR, a Japanese human resources platform operator, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) at the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider is targeting…
Trump has America embracing a dangerous future
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the animals initially embrace the slogan “four…
Mum and Aux Insight CEO dies during dream family holiday as son, 11, critically injured
A CEO has died in a crash which also injured her 11-year-old son while they were on a family holiday. Kasey Grelle, 41, died after an open-air tourist transport truck crashed in Tola, Nicaragua. The mum of three was the co-founder of the marketing…
Groups Set Up to Shill AI and Data Centers Are Pouring Huge Sums of Money Into the Midterm Elections
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Artificial intelligence remains deeply unpopular with the American public. One poll found it's even more reviled than ICE, which is no small feat given the mass protests that erupt…
I moved across the world to get into the Ivy League. Then I quit Brown after a year to launch a VC firm at 21.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Smaiyl Makyshov, 24, the founder of Multifaceted Capital, a VC firm based in San Francisco. It has been edited for length and clarity. I started programming when I was nine years old, teaching…
PE-VC investments in Tamil Nadu drop sharply in Q1 2026
Private Equity – Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested $221 million (across 19 deals) in Tamil Nadu based companies during the first quarter of 2026. During the same period in 2025, PE-VC firms invested $2,081 across 18 deals, according to…
Sequoia Capital shares founder's 1977 memo for investing in Apple - initial $600,000 investment is worth $26.4 billion today, firm said it was ‘tough to do this deal'
Apple, founded in 1977 to sell hobbyist computers, is currently celebrating its 50th year and is one of the most valuable companies today. However, this wasn't the case back then, with venture capital firm Sequoia Capital sharing its founder's memo…
Why nuclear fusion is gaining funding
Nuclear fusion, arguably a yet-to-be-proven commercial energy source — and a big-bucks game — is gaining traction. You have large research projects, such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a multi-country…
Selfless' CEO mum killed in horror crash on holiday as son, 11, fights for life
A CEO mum has been killed in a devastating tourist transport accident while on holiday in Nicaragua with her husband and three young children. Kasey Grelle, 41, who co-founded the multi-million pound marketing consultancy firm Aux Insights, died on…
For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately
There's a number the data centre industry doesn't love talking about. For every $100 poured into a fully loaded hyperscale facility in Australia – the kind Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building to serve new AI tools – somewhere…
This AI-Powered Wellness Startup Just Got Backed by Oprah - News Anyway
When Oprah Winfrey puts her name and her money behind something in the wellness space, the category itself shifts slightly. The Oprah Effect, a term that encompasses everything from book sales tripling overnight to a weight reduction company…
Budget tax breaks worth £100m come into force for founders and start-ups
The changes, first announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in last autumn's budget, target three pillars of early-stage business finance: employee share schemes, the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trusts (VCTs). Together, they…
TechCrunch Mobility: 'A stunning lack of transparency'
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! You might recall the congressional…
Exclusive | Anthropic backers fret over AI giant's volatile CEO Dario Amodei as billions hang in the balance: 'Cannot control his emotions'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's volative personality and penchant for public rants has sparked growing concerns among the AI giant's shareholders – some of whom fear he's ill-equipped to steer the $380 billion company through its current…
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