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afr.com - Tess Bennett - CBA backs fintech entrepreneur's $50m venture capital fund
CBA backs fintech entrepreneur's $50m venture capital fund
Australian Financial Review

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…

japantimes.co.jp - Julia Fioretti - KKR-backed SmartHR said to be mulling Tokyo IPO later this year
KKR-backed SmartHR said to be mulling Tokyo IPO later this year
The Japan Times

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…

fortune.com - Ben Weiss - Robinhood Ventures has rebounded 30% since its lackluster debut. Can the new private markets fund now withstand the mega IPOs?
Robinhood Ventures has rebounded 30% since its lackluster debut. Can the new private markets fund now withstand the mega IPOs?
Fortune

In early March, Robinhood's latest investment product got off to a less-than-stellar start. After CEO Vlad Tenev rang the opening bell on New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the launch of a new private markets fund, the offering tumbled 16% in one…

smh.com.au - Adrian Wooldridge - Trump has America embracing a dangerous future
Trump has America embracing a dangerous future
The Sydney Morning Herald

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…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
TechCrunch

A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks. The fund is called Zero Shot (a play on the AI training term)…

chron.com - Paul Sanchez Ruiz - What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
Chron

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Entrepreneurs displaying narcissistic behavior are better able to convince investors to give them money when their…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Iran Conflict Spotlights Nuclear Energy As Key To Global Energy Security
Iran Conflict Spotlights Nuclear Energy As Key To Global Energy Security
Zero Hedge

The ongoing disruptions tied to Iran's energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz, have once again exposed the fragility of global oil supplies. As oil prices swing on geopolitical headlines, the founder and executive chairman of Nano Nuclear…

seekingalpha.com - Amrita Roy - $100 Oil Won't Sink The U.S. Economy
$100 Oil Won't Sink The U.S. Economy
Seeking Alpha

The S&P 500 faces short-term volatility from geopolitical tensions and the 'Trump risk premium,' yet I remain long-term bullish. Despite $100+ oil, the US economy is unlikely to enter recession due to declining energy intensity, resilient consumer…

theconversation.com - Paul Sanchez Ruiz - What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive
The Conversation

Entrepreneurs displaying narcissistic behavior are better able to convince investors to give them money when their grandiosity comes across as confidence as opposed to defensiveness or arrogance. That's what we learned from watching 12 seasons of…

futurism.com - Maggie Harrison Dupré - Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That's Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags?
Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That's Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags?
Futurism

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech On Thursday, the New York Times published a glowing profile of a company called Medvi. The basic premise of the piece is that a single guy named Matthew Gallagher had used AI to…

sfstandard.com - Kevin V. Nguyen - The robots are the next darlings of San Francisco's AI boom
The robots are the next darlings of San Francisco's AI boom
The San Francisco Standard

By Kevin V. Nguyen Business Reporter Much of the attention surrounding the AI boom has fixated on foundational model companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. Starting with the eureka moment of ChatGPT's public launch in 2022, the…

crunchbase.com - Joanna Glasner - North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level
North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level
Crunchbase

The first quarter was one for the North American venture capital record books. U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding rounds per Crunchbase data. That's more than 3x the total raised in…

law360.com - Tracey Read - Sidley Lures Cravath VC Group's Co-Head To Lead Tech Team
Sidley Lures Cravath VC Group's Co-Head To Lead Tech Team
Law360

Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday that the former co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's venture capital and growth equity practice has joined the firm as head of technology capital markets.... To view the full article, register now. Already a…

barchart.com - Jeannine Mancini - Joe Rogan Says Nancy Pelosi Is 'Better' at Stock Market Picks Than Warren Buffett and George Soros - 'She Can do No Wrong, Bro'
Joe Rogan Says Nancy Pelosi Is 'Better' at Stock Market Picks Than Warren Buffett and George Soros - 'She Can do No Wrong, Bro'
Barchart.com

Beating the market usually comes with a playbook — patience, diversification, and time. Then a podcast conversation comes along and throws a wrench into that idea. On a July 2022 episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Joe Rogan…

thenation.com - The Nation - The AI Sector's Crass Bid for Media Domination
The AI Sector's Crass Bid for Media Domination
Home 4/5 | The Nation

Bluesky “Freedom of the press,” AJ Liebling famously wrote, “is guaranteed only to those who own one.” This pithy observation from one of Liebling's 1960 “Wayward Press” columns in the New Yorker sums up a…

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