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forbes.com - Josipa Majic Predin - Gyms Became The New Third Place And Venture Capital Missed It
Gyms Became The New Third Place And Venture Capital Missed It
Forbes

People work out at a gym in Manhattan, New York city on May 19, 2021. - Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York will adopt the CDC's new indoor mask and social distancing guidance for fully vaccinated people starting Wednesday. (Photo by Ed JONES /…

forbes.com - Oleg Malii - Where AI Agents Fit Inside Venture Capital Workflows
Where AI Agents Fit Inside Venture Capital Workflows
Forbes

Oleg Malii, CEO and Founder of Temvox.com, specializing in Voice AI solutions and guiding startups in scaling AI-driven customer service. ​Working on AI automation projects gives you a close view of where agentic workflows create value.

wsj.com - Sarah Klearman - Exclusive | Venture Firm Chemistry Is Raising $500 Million for Second Fund
Exclusive | Venture Firm Chemistry Is Raising $500 Million for Second Fund
Wall Street Journal

Early-stage venture-capital firm Chemistry, founded by a trio of industry veterans, is raising $500 million for its second fund. The bulk of the capital for the oversubscribed fund is already committed, and the final closing is expected shortly…

forbes.com - David Doty - Wait! Cannes 2026: 9 Industry Leaders You Actually Want To Hear From
Wait! Cannes 2026: 9 Industry Leaders You Actually Want To Hear From
Forbes

Top insights from top global ad festical This is worth your time because it's not blah-blah from me but rather insights from industry leaders you want to hear from. As I do every year, I've collected some of the industry's top voices after they…

wsj.com - Mark Maurer - Private-Equity Firms Are Sitting on a Nine-Year Backlog
Private-Equity Firms Are Sitting on a Nine-Year Backlog
Wall Street Journal

The private-equity industry's next decade could be a slog. Buyout firms face a backlog of unsold portfolio companies that is only worsening as investor concerns deepen about artificial intelligence's impact on the software industry. The firms are…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - A private equity-backed paddleball deal, B Capital's raise, and Rivian's IPO plans
A private equity-backed paddleball deal, B Capital's raise, and Rivian's IPO plans
Axios

• EDX Markets, a Hoboken, N.J.-based institutional crypto trading platform, raised $76m in Series C funding led by SBI Holdings. Go deeper 🚑 Cyllene Therapeutics, a Paris-based neurology company, raised €33m in Series C…

nypost.com - Justin Choi - Future of Napa Valley revealed in dystopian videos - and it could spark region's biggest ever jobs bloodbath
Future of Napa Valley revealed in dystopian videos - and it could spark region's biggest ever jobs bloodbath
New York Post

Autonomous crop-managing inventions pushed by agricultural tech companies could spell doom for laborers in Northern California's wine country. The machines were part of an event at the UC ANR Innovate's Hopland Research and Extension Center on June…

entrepreneur.com - Sherin Shibu - Elite Students Are Turning Away From Cushy Jobs in Finance, Tech and Consulting. Here's the Unexpected Route They're Taking Instead.
Elite Students Are Turning Away From Cushy Jobs in Finance, Tech and Consulting. Here's the Unexpected Route They're Taking Instead.
Homepage | Entrepreneur

Instead of obtaining a summer internship and graduating with a guaranteed seat at a top firm, an increasing number of top-tier students are trying to join the AI race with their own startups. Some students said that they have learned more in one…

bloomberg.com - Guinevere Grant - AI Legal Startup Norm Valued at $1.2 Billion in Funding Round
AI Legal Startup Norm Valued at $1.2 Billion in Funding Round
Bloomberg

Norm Ai has raised $120 million from investors in a new funding round to help automate legal services and rethink how the industry bills for its work. The financing, set to be announced Tuesday, values the startup at $1.2 billion. Khosla Ventures…

techcrunch.com - Sean O'Kane - This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
TechCrunch

Selling a car is a pain. You can take the easy route and use services like Carvana, but you may wind up with thousands of dollars less than your car is worth. Or, you could hope for more by going to a dealership, but the dealer's offer can vary…

cnbc.com - Kai Nicol-Schwarz - Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe's first commercial power plant
Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe's first commercial power plant
CNBC

Google backed Proxima Fusion in a €411 million, or $468 million, funding round. Proxima is targeting Europe's first commercial fusion power plant. The company aims to have a fusion demonstrator running in the early 2030s. Google has backed…

koreatimes.co.kr - Lee Hyo-jin - Woori Financial Group unveils $4.5 bil. investment road map to support startups
Woori Financial Group unveils $4.5 bil. investment road map to support startups
The Korea Times

Woori Financial Group on Tuesday unveiled a road map to invest 7 trillion won ($4.5 billion) in innovative companies, detailing a financing system that supports startups from seed funding through initial public offerings (IPOs) as part of its…

hollywoodreporter.com - Erik Hayden - Who's at the Sun Valley Moguls Retreat This Year
Who's at the Sun Valley Moguls Retreat This Year
The Hollywood Reporter

Welcome back to the OG billionaires' retreat. Each July, executives disembark off private jets in Idaho for investment banker Herb Allen's exclusive “summer camp for moguls” in Sun Valley. The Allen & Co event, held July 7-11 this…

nextgov.com - Alexandra Kelley - Anthropic taps Teresa Carlson as public sector lead
Anthropic taps Teresa Carlson as public sector lead
Nextgov/FCW

Anthropic is deepening its government presence, with the company announcing Tuesday that it is hiring veteran public sector executive Teresa Carlson as its inaugural global head of public sector. Carlson boasts a lengthy career working as the…

fortune.com - Melissa Hancock - OPEC+ to pump more oil as market fears shift from shortage to glut
OPEC+ to pump more oil as market fears shift from shortage to glut
Fortune

Gulf oil flows return as market eyes potential glut Mubadala unlocks $25bn credit portfolio for outside investors U.S.' Lux Capital leads Gulf's $30 million AI funding round Saudi courts China amid strained U.S. relations OPEC+ has agreed to raise…

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