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onemileatatime.com - Ben Schlappig - Good News: $95 Capital One Venture Business Card Replaces Spark Miles
Good News: $95 Capital One Venture Business Card Replaces Spark Miles
One Mile at a Time

Link: Learn more about the Capital One Venture Business Capital One has just announced some updates to (and a rebranding of) one of its popular business cards. I'd say it makes perfect sense in the context of creating a cohesive card portfolio, and…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Anthropic draws VC interest at up to US$800 billion valuation, Business Insider reports
Anthropic draws VC interest at up to US$800 billion valuation, Business Insider reports
The Standard

Anthropic has received multiple offers from venture capital firms in recent weeks to invest in the Claude maker at valuations as high as US$800 billion (HK$6.24 trillion), more than double its current value, Business Insider reported on Tuesday…

itweb.co.za - Nicola Mawson - Global capital shifts beyond Silicon Valley - and SA benefits
Global capital shifts beyond Silicon Valley - and SA benefits
www.itweb.co.za

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…

theguardian.com - Editorial - The Guardian view on defence spending: should the UK's security rest with Donald Trump? | Editorial
The Guardian view on defence spending: should the UK's security rest with Donald Trump? | Editorial
The Guardian

A former Nato chief demands more cash while fixing Britain's global role. Before billions are spent, ministers must define the purpose of its military George Robertson's claims about the prime minister's “ corrosive complacency ” over…

newsweek.com - Steve Bailey - If you're crypto-curious, volatility Is a feature, not a bug
If you're crypto-curious, volatility Is a feature, not a bug
Newsweek

For people peeking into crypto from the sidelines, volatility is almost always framed as the reason to stay away. Prices swing dramatically, headlines turn apocalyptic overnight, and every dip gets held up as proof that the whole thing was never…

washingtontechnology.com - Ross Wilkers - Lockheed boosts its venture investment fund to $1B
Lockheed boosts its venture investment fund to $1B
Washington Technology

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…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Fintech Caruso's valuation soars in new funding round
Fintech Caruso's valuation soars in new funding round
Australian Financial Review

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…

thehindu.com - Reuters - Anthropic draws VC interest at up to $800 billion valuation: Report
Anthropic draws VC interest at up to $800 billion valuation: Report
The Hindu

Anthropic ​has received multiple offers from venture capital ‌firms in recent weeks to ​invest in the Claude maker ⁠at valuations as high as $800 billion, more than double its current value, Business Insider…

semafor.com - Miles Weiss - Investors overreacted to private credit risks, Franklin Templeton CEO says
Investors overreacted to private credit risks, Franklin Templeton CEO says
Semafor

Market concerns over private credit are overblown, said Jenny Johnson, the chief executive officer of Franklin Templeton, adding that the borrowers that have been subject to the most scrutiny – enterprise software companies – will be…

spacenews.com - Archangel Lightworks - Archangel Lightworks Raises Over $13.5m In Series A Funding Round
Archangel Lightworks Raises Over $13.5m In Series A Funding Round
SpaceNews

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…

fortune.com - Jack Kubinec - Nava raises $8.3 million in seed funding to keep AI financial agents from going off the rails
Nava raises $8.3 million in seed funding to keep AI financial agents from going off the rails
Fortune

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…

deadline.com - Peter White - Julia Rae & Russell Dickerson Launch Golf Dating Reality Series
Julia Rae & Russell Dickerson Launch Golf Dating Reality Series
Deadline

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…

cointelegraph.com - Jesse Coghlan - Crypto Users Warned of Scam on Notes App Obsidian
Crypto Users Warned of Scam on Notes App Obsidian
Cointelegraph

Crypto users have been warned of a new social engineering scam that tricks victims into using community plugins on the note-taking app Obsidian to unknowingly run malware that can take control of their devices. Elastic Security Labs said in a…

cnbc.com - Robert Frank - Blackstone's Joan Solotar says investors should separate 'signal from the noise' in private credit
Blackstone's Joan Solotar says investors should separate 'signal from the noise' in private credit
CNBC

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…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Glydways drives to $1b valuation and a billionaire's credit card
Glydways drives to $1b valuation and a billionaire's credit card
Axios

• Glydways, a robocar developer backed by Sam Altman and Khosla Ventures, is in talks to raise $250m at an over $1b valuation, per Bloomberg. Go deeper • nEye.ai, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of optical circuit switches…

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