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€150 million agreement between EIB and Angelini Ventures to finance European startups
This is the first agreement signed by the EIB with a corporate venture capital in the healthcare sector, and is part of the EU strategy to support the development of innovative companies across the continent. Angelini Ventures and the EIB will each…
Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions For 2026
The year 2026 will be a year of tumult in American healthcare. As the December kicks off, the cloudy mist surrounding my crystal ball is beginning to clear. The year 2026 is near on the horizon and turbulence and fear is foretold for the US…
Goldman Sachs acquires ETF firm for $2 billion in latest deal to bolster asset management division
Goldmans Sachs has agreed to buy Innovator Capital Management, a provider of defined-outcome ETFs, for about $2 billion. Innovator had $28 billion of assets under supervision across 159 ETFs as of Sept. 30. Goldman Sachs has made asset and wealth…
Markets Defy the White House
Andrew here. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We're gearing up for the DealBook Summit, which is taking place just 48 hours from now. We're thrilled to announce a new interviewee: Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te (by video). Of course…
OpenAI Takes Stake in Thrive Holdings, a Buyer of Services Firms
When Thrive Capital set up a company, Thrive Holdings, this year to buy up and consolidate services providers like accounting firms, a key goal was to transform the businesses by imbuing them with artificial intelligence. Now one of Thrive…
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
German AI lab Black Forest Labs said on Monday that it has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $3.25 billion. The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from…
Digital And Tech Chief On How General Mills Is Scaling AI
General Mills Headquarters in the Golden Valley suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota General Mills is one of the most widely recognized food companies in the world with products that appear in roughly 90 percent of American households and revenue of…
FuturePlay teams up with Saudi ministry for Korean startups' Middle East entry
Tech-oriented investment firm FuturePlay said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Investment to support Korean startups' entry into the regional market and encourage joint investments into…
At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a…
438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government
A new report from the New York Times digs into the financial disclosures of President Trump's AI and crypto czar, PayPal Mafia founding member David Sacks, and finds ample reason to doubt that he could possibly advise anyone, let alone the…
OpenAI takes stake in Thrive Holdings to help accelerate enterprise AI adoption
OpenAI announced it is taking an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings. Venture capital firm Thrive Capital launched Thrive Holdings in April. It owns and operates companies that it believes could benefit from technological transformations. OpenAI…
Jupiter Launches DTF Platform As Industry Vies for Fair Token Mechanisms
Jupiter:- Recent flashpoints like the Monad token controversy – where Arthur Hayes blasted its FDV, insider-heavy allocations, and opaque early rounds – have done more than enough to show how broken crypto token launches still are.
Morphocell Technologies Completes US$50 Million Series A Financing
LAVAL, QC, Dec. 1, 2025 /CNW/ - Morphocell Technologies Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering next-generation tissue therapeutics for organ replacement, today announced the completion of its US$50 million Series A financing following a US$10…
Marc Benioff, Jack Altman, and Sapphire Ventures invested $9 million in this sales tech startup. Check out its pitch deck.
Gaurav Bhattacharya came up with his idea for Jeeva AI, a sales tech platform, when he was struggling to keep his last venture afloat. 'Even though we sold to some really large customers, I feel like our downfall was that we were not super good at…
Serena Williams Flaunts Her Six-Pack in a Cheeky Black Swimsuit Covered in Massive Cutouts
Serena Williams put her toned abs on display in a bodycon black swimsuit covered in massive cutouts for the latest issue of Porter magazine. The tennis legend recently opened up about her weight-loss journey with a GLP-1 medication. Williams also…
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