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wsj.com - Patrick Coffee - Goldman Sachs and Bain Lead Investment in AI Marketing Startup
Goldman Sachs and Bain Lead Investment in AI Marketing Startup
Wall Street Journal

Hightouch, a platform that uses generative AI to help marketers create and manage campaigns, has raised a $150 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives' Growth Equity division and Bain Capital Ventures, the companies said. The round…

kbs.co.kr - Local ICT Firms' R&D Investment Hits 6-Year High amid AI, Chips Boom
Local ICT Firms' R&D Investment Hits 6-Year High amid AI, Chips Boom
KBS

Domestic technology firms have significantly increased their investment in research and development(R&D) amid intensifying competition in the artificial intelligence(AI) and semiconductor industries. Data released Wednesday by the Ministry of…

theguardian.com - Nils Pratley - Rachel Reeves's plan to mandate how pension funds invest was always a mistake | Nils Pratley
Rachel Reeves's plan to mandate how pension funds invest was always a mistake | Nils Pratley
The Guardian

A simple principle lies at the heart of pension investment: the pension manager must invest in the best interest of the client. UK ministers have often wished UK funds would show more home bias by channelling more pensioners' cash towards domestic…

cityam.com - Business Wire - Blockworks Valued at $192M in Latest Fundraise, Bets on Rolling up Fragmented Data Industry
Blockworks Valued at $192M in Latest Fundraise, Bets on Rolling up Fragmented Data Industry
City AM

Blockworks, the leading crypto data platform, today announced the close of a Series A extension at a $192 million valuation. The round was co-led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures, with additional investment from Coinbase Ventures, Advancit…

cnbc.com - Liz Napolitano - Startup Blockworks wants to become the crypto equivalent of Morningstar. How it plans to do it
Startup Blockworks wants to become the crypto equivalent of Morningstar. How it plans to do it
CNBC

Blockworks wants to become a dominant data provider in the world of cryptocurrency and tokenized assets, according to co-founder Jason Yanowitz. The firm anticipates using the proceeds of its latest fundraising round extension to snap up some of…

fortune.com - Jack Kubinec - Meta quietly rolls out stablecoin payments four years after shelving controversial Libra project
Meta quietly rolls out stablecoin payments four years after shelving controversial Libra project
Fortune

Meta has reentered the stablecoin market. Four years after pulling the plug on an earlier attempt, the tech giant has quietly rolled out digital currency payouts for select creators in Colombia and the Philippines, according to an update to the…

axios.com - Chelsea Naso - Rogo's $160M raise, Hightouch's $2.75B valuation and Teva's Tourette syndrome biotech buy
Rogo's $160M raise, Hightouch's $2.75B valuation and Teva's Tourette syndrome biotech buy
Axios

• Rogo, an NYC-based AI platform for finance, raised a $160m Series D. Kleiner Perkins led, joined by Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, JPMorgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive…

crunchbase.com - Guest Author - Why Japan's Most Durable Asset May Not Be Made In A Factory
Why Japan's Most Durable Asset May Not Be Made In A Factory
Crunchbase

When I was a child growing up in Japan, Dragon Ball was “contraband.” My parents were unhappy about me reading manga for hours every day. Teachers confiscated manga magazines at school. But I was fascinated by a universe created from…

thehill.com - Filip Timotija - Senate Armed Services GOP argues defense spending will boost economy ahead of Hegseth testimony
Senate Armed Services GOP argues defense spending will boost economy ahead of Hegseth testimony
The Hill

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is rolling out its messaging playbook ahead of the Trump administration's push to pass President Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request, arguing that increasing defense spending will create more jobs…

seekingalpha.com - Amrita Roy - Pinterest Is Likely Dead Money (Q1 Preview) (NYSE:PINS)
Pinterest Is Likely Dead Money (Q1 Preview) (NYSE:PINS)
Seeking Alpha

I am downgrading Pinterest to 'sell' due to persistent revenue growth slowdown and lack of a clear turnaround timeline. ARPU growth decelerated to just 2% in Q4 FY25, as ad pricing weakened and major retail advertisers cut budgets amid tariffs.

forbes.com - Danielle Chemtob - Forbes Daily: Jerome Powell's Legacy As Federal Reserve Chair
Forbes Daily: Jerome Powell's Legacy As Federal Reserve Chair
Forbes

As the Trump administration prepares to issue tariff refunds, companies like General Motors are already talking about the boost to their balance sheets. The automaker said Tuesday it is anticipating a $500 million tariff rebate, raising its…

newcomer.co - M. Sriram - A Top India Fund Shows One Path for a Different Kind of VC
A Top India Fund Shows One Path for a Different Kind of VC
Newcomer

Venture capitalists live by just a few rules. Go big or go home is one of them. Founders are king is another. Chiratae Ventures has some different ideas — and they could hold important lessons for a fast-changing VC industry. The…

newswire.ca - 3iQ Appoints Kristina Zvyagintseva as Head of Business Development, U.S.
3iQ Appoints Kristina Zvyagintseva as Head of Business Development, U.S.
CNW

Seasoned institutional investment and digital asset professional to lead U.S. growth and deepen engagement with institutional investors and allocators TORONTO, April 29, 2026 /CNW/ -- 3iQ Corp. ('3iQ'), a global pioneer in digital asset investment…

fortune.com - Lily Mae Lazarus - Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as 'shadow AI' explodes across corporate America
Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as 'shadow AI' explodes across corporate America
Fortune

Most corporate employees in America have likely signed up for ChatGPT. And Claude. And possibly Cursor. Their employer's security team has no idea—or even if they do, they can't keep up. This paradox is why Vanta is having a blockbuster…

coindesk.com - Olivier Acuna - Czech central banker said bitcoin price could go higher or could go to zero
Czech central banker said bitcoin price could go higher or could go to zero
CoinDesk

Updated Apr 29, 2026, 12:21 p.m. Published Apr 29, 2026, 12:11 p.m. The Czech Republic's central bank governor, Alex Michl, said that adding bitcoin to the financial institution's reserves could improve performance, but warned its volatility is…

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