Venture Capital Industry News
A collection of Venture Capital latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Canada's venture capital crunch is squeezing early-stage startups
New RBCx data shows early-stage founders raised 40% less capital in Q1 2026 while funding needs remain steady TORONTO, June 24, 2026 /CNW/ - New data from RBCx reveals Canada's early-stage startup ecosystem is facing growing pressure, with both the…
Some states want to regulate prediction markets. Should the feds let them?
The federal government and a growing number of U.S. states are clashing over the regulation of prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against…
HKSTP leads record Hong Kong delegation to BIO 2026 in San Diego to showcases biotech strength
Hong Kong's burgeoning life and health technology sector took center stage at the BIO International Convention 2026 (BIO 2026) in San Diego, where the city sent its largest-ever delegation from June 22 to 25. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The…
Polymarket-backed platform boosts funding to root out insider trading on prediction markets
Polysights is an AI-powered platform that gives users and institutions tools to find wallet clustering and detect anomalies in markets. The platform raised $1.5 million in a funding round to help finance tools related to wallet activity and…
As mega-funds grab 72% of all capital raised, the gap between VC's haves and have-nots keeps widening
Venture capital's gotten lopsided. While you probably knew some version of this— I know I certainly talk about it enough —the data is nevertheless striking. PitchBook this week released its U.S. VC midyear outlook, and the fundraising…
AI Super PAC's First Major Target Loses New York Congressional Primary
The increasingly powerful AI lobby poured millions of dollars into a campaign against a congressional candidate running in the Democratic primaries in New York. On Tuesday, they got what they paid for. Outside groups spent more than $40 million on…
America's Heartland Is Fueling The Next Generation Bioeconomy
Daykin, Nebraska (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a relatively small number of places have dominated U.S. innovation. Silicon Valley, New York City, Los…
Thoma Bravo invests in padoa, Taktile raises $110M, Stegra raises €1.4B
🌎 Stegra, a Swedish green steel manufacturing infrastructure company, raised €1.4b led by Wallenberg Investments. IMAS, Temasek, Bolero, and SEB-Stiftelsen joined, along with existing investors Altor, Hy24, Just Climate, AIP…
Every Company Is Now An AI Wrapper So GTM Is The New Moat
SYMBOL - 25 January 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: A man operates an iPhone on which apps can be seen. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Clay turned $1…
What The $188 Billion AI Mega-Rounds Actually Mean For The Rest Of Us
Elena Volotovskaya is the Head of Softline Venture Partners. Q1 2026 broke every record the venture market had on the books. KPMG's ' Venture Pulse Q1 2026 ' puts total global VC at $330.9 billion, more than double Q4 2025 and well past the…
The AI Super PACs Trying to Influence the Midterms
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. OpenAI's CEO signed a letter in 2023 acknowledging…
Ethereum Price Prediction: Can Whale Buying Offset ETF Outflows?
Ethereum is once again caught between fear and conviction. While ETF investors pulled more than $82 million from spot Ethereum funds, a wallet linked to a16z quietly withdrew over $42 million worth of ETH from Binance, signaling fresh accumulation…
Steve Case: America was built by entrepreneurs. Here's how we keep that edge for the next 250 years
Two-hundred and fifty years ago, America was a startup. And a fragile one at that. There was no guarantee that the American experiment would survive. But from the beginning, America distinguished itself by embracing risk-takers, innovators, and…
Fintech Is Femme, Fiat Growth, and Ecosystem Partners Launch FTW: San Francisco, A Three-Day Summit Series for the Leaders Shaping the Agentic AI Era in Fintech
The Thesis: Fintech Owns the Agentic AI Narrative The agentic AI era is reshaping how money moves, how wealth transfers, and how financial decisions get made — not just by humans, but by the systems we're still learning to trust. For the…
This startup is using AI to close gaps in women's healthcare
When Kelly Lacob was 14 years old, her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After 14 years in remission, the cancer returned during Lacob's first year at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She graduated and moved home to care for her mother…
Receive a Daily briefing on Venture Capital Industry News
Get Started