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businessinsider.com - Ana Altchek - This VC founder says he doesn't invest based on FOMO. Here are the traits he looks for instead.
This VC founder says he doesn't invest based on FOMO. Here are the traits he looks for instead.
Business Insider

Skip the FOMO approach if you're pitching Nicolas Sauvage. The founder and president of venture capital firm TDK Ventures said founders can't sway him with claims that other investors are already buying in or that a funding round is quickly filling…

cointelegraph.com - Zoltan Vardai - Crypto Industry Urges SEC to Avoid Blanket Novel ETF Restrictions
Crypto Industry Urges SEC to Avoid Blanket Novel ETF Restrictions
Cointelegraph

Latest News PublishedSep 2, 2026 Grayscale, a16z, and the CCI asked the SEC to preserve existing classification rules and avoid treating novel exchange-traded products as a single category, while proposing different routes to clearer and faster…

bloomberg.com - Sinead Cruise - Extreme Heat Forces Climate Risk Reckoning
Extreme Heat Forces Climate Risk Reckoning
Bloomberg

This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Going Private, I'm Sinead Cruise and this is Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we bring you news of a House…

forbes.com - John Gabriel - Autonomous Infrastructure: Physical AI's Next Major Investment Layer
Autonomous Infrastructure: Physical AI's Next Major Investment Layer
Forbes

John Gabriel is a General Partner at IXSAR Capital, focused on investing in autonomous systems, physical AI, robotics and space technology. ​Autonomous driving is often framed as a contest to build the smartest vehicle. Investors debate…

deadline.com - Matt Grobar - Simu Liu Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Simu Liu Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Simu Liu has signed with WME for representation in all areas. As an actor, Liu is best known for playing the title role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel Studios' first Asian-led superhero film, which grossed over…

theguardian.com - Jessica Murray - Private equity owns 11 of England's 20 biggest children's care providers, research finds
Private equity owns 11 of England's 20 biggest children's care providers, research finds
The Guardian

Private equity companies now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children's homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene” profit-making in children's care grow. An investigation by the thinktank Common…

theguardian.com - Caitlin Cassidy - 'We have had enough': thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security
'We have had enough': thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security
The Guardian

The same week union members at the University of Sydney agreed to a 24-hour strike, staff received the results of an internal survey. In the faculty of arts and social sciences, 0% agreed with the statement: “I trust the University of Sydney…

axios.com - Alan Neuhauser - Exclusive: Flathead Forge is raising $200 million debut fund
Exclusive: Flathead Forge is raising $200 million debut fund
Axios

Flathead Forge, a Houston venture firm focused on hard-tech startups, is targeting $200 million for a debut fund it aims to close this year. State of play: The fundraise comes as Chad Bown, former head of Americas at BP Ventures, joins the firm.

laist.com - CalMatters - Defense tech has unleashed a new weapons boom in Southern California
Defense tech has unleashed a new weapons boom in Southern California
LAist

The business of military contracting is booming in Southern California. The total value of defense contracts won by companies in Los Angeles County more than doubled in the last 10 years after adjusting for inflation, according to an analysis by…

newswire.ca - Foventa further strengthens management team with key CMO and CFO appointments
Foventa further strengthens management team with key CMO and CFO appointments
CNW

Dr Zaiba Malik appointed Chief Medical Officer and Julia Jones Chief Financial Officer Tasked with driving Transformative Topical Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment FOV407 through Phase IIb trial and Series A funding CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 2, 2026…

mit.edu - Building foundations that last
Building foundations that last
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How do you build something that lasts? For MIT Assistant Professor Iwnetim 'Tim' Abate, the answer is the same whether he's reimagining how the materials beneath our feet can store energy and manufacture essential chemicals, or mentoring MIT's…

mpost.io - Alisa Davidson - Wintermute Report Identifies RWAs As Crypto's Next Liquidity Channel Amid Market Reset | Metaverse Post
Wintermute Report Identifies RWAs As Crypto's Next Liquidity Channel Amid Market Reset | Metaverse Post
Today's Top AI and Crypto News | Metaverse Post

Algorithmic trading firm Wintermute announced that it has published a new analysis arguing that tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) could become the primary liquidity channel driving the next cryptocurrency bull market. The report, titled…

restaurantbusinessonline.com - Lisa Jennings - How former Krispy Kreme president Maria Rivera plans to help female- and minority-led restaurant concepts grow
How former Krispy Kreme president Maria Rivera plans to help female- and minority-led restaurant concepts grow
Restaurant Business

A rendering of Chef & the Baker's licensed location coming to Tampa. | Rendering courtesy of RC Hospitality Group. When it comes to growing an emerging restaurant brand, women and minorities often don't have access to the financial structures and…

thefederalist.com - Larsen Jensen - Tech Firms Brought Data Center Hate Upon Themselves
Tech Firms Brought Data Center Hate Upon Themselves
The Federalist: Religion, Politics, and Culture

America needs data centers, and right now Silicon Valley is making Americans hate them. The industry does not know how to speak to the American people, and neither do many of the political operatives hired to help. It is a travesty that American…

saudigazette.com.sa - FlyAkeed raises $25.15 million in equity and business travel financing for large enterprises
FlyAkeed raises $25.15 million in equity and business travel financing for large enterprises
Saudi Gazette

FlyAkeed, the Saudi corporate-travel technology platform, announced Monday from the main stage at LEAP 2026 that it has secured SR94.3 million ($25.15 million) in growth funding. The round pairs an equity investment led by Sanabil Investments…

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