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Most Venture Capital Is Going To Companies That Are Founded Or Led By Billionaires
The majority of U.S. venture capital nowadays goes to companies founded or led by men who are already billionaires. This is not a difficult stat to unearth. So far this year, just seven companies raised more than half of all seed- through…
Dems' midterm sweep could spur Wall Street crackdown as lefty leaders target AI data centers, prediction markets
The Democratic sweep of the midterms could bring a crackdown on Wall Street as lefty leaders set their sights on a range of targets – from crypto and prediction markets to private credit and AI data centers. Over the past two years, Trump…
HK brings global investors and businesses together as markets financing capacities remain strong: Paul Chan
At the 5th Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po maintained that the pivotal role of Hong Kong in the global market is to bring together both sides of the market—businesses and investors, lauding…
India's EloElo nabs $80M from NBCUniversal to bet on the country's rising microdrama market
More than 118 million users watch microdramas every month as the serialized format has taken off in India. EloElo's Story TV is one of the top apps for microdramas, with over 33 million active users, according to analysts. Banking on that scale…
Savage Ventures Weighs $60M-$70M Bid for Insolvent Comments Platform OpenWeb
The OpenWeb sale could soon be closed. The venture capital firm Savage Ventures, which, among other holdings, owns the rights to the digital assets of Vice, is weighing a bid of between $60 million and $70 million for the insolvent advertising…
Pershing Square May Grow Into Its High Valuation (NYSE:PS)
Pershing Square Inc. employs a permanent capital model. Its closed-end fund structures minimize outflows and do not require constant capital raising. Q3 saw fee-paying AUM rise 3.2% sequentially, boosting fee income 11.2% and pre-tax distributable…
Brutal dawn email crushes Canva's cult of sunshine and joy
Canva is pitched as a place of joy, where staff eat lunch together, clink beers on the roof, turn out for the City2Surf together and bound up the hill for Messina Club. People work hard, with brutal deadlines to get products ready for its famed…
Exclusive | AI Security Startup Sentra Raises $150 Million to Police Autonomous Agents
Sentra, a cybersecurity startup that helps companies keep artificial-intelligence agents under control, has raised $150 million to meet booming demand for AI and data security. The Series C round, which lifts Sentra's market valuation to more than…
Abbvie's Nxera deal, Nooks $500m, and the birth of Onvaro
• Nooks, an SF-based revenue agent platform, raised $500m from General Catalyst 's Customer Value Fund. Go deeper 💊 Biograil, a Copenhagen-based therapeutic oral device developer, raised €20m from Verve Ventures and Megatrend…
Is 'frontier intelligence' a sustainable business strategy?
Other strategic challenges for Anthropic and OpenAI, discussed below, offer additional reasons for caution. Scrutiny of spending. Customers' return-on-investment calculations are constantly evolving, based on value generated, cost-effectiveness…
AI start-up Heidi cuts jobs weeks after raising $475 million
Melbourne AI scribe Heidi will cut about 18 per cent of its staff – 108 roles – in the same week two of its three co-founders said they were leaving the business. The company, whose software records doctor-patient consultations and…
Andreessen Horowitz says tech buyouts face strain from debt
US buyout funds returned 14.5% annually over the past decade, trailing the Russell 3000 stock index over that period, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said in a newsletter published Nov. 4. US venture funds returned 17.6% annually over the…
Ridgepost (RPC) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Vice President, Investor Relations - Brian McKenna Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Luke Sarsfield EVP, Chief Financial Officer - Amanda Coussens Adjusted Net Income Per Share -- $0.25, reflecting the company's fee-related earnings growth.
US technology companies eye Azerbaijan for AI infrastructure and data centre investments
American technology companies are showing growing interest in investing in Azerbaijan's data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to Matthew Bryza, a former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan and member of the Board of Directors…
Elon Musk's record election bet backfired. The backlash may reach beyond one billionaire
Elon Musk spent at least $474 million on the 2026 elections, including $224 million in Texas, where Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott lost to Democrats. The results leave Musk with fewer allies in Congress and could create…
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