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How To Build A Billion-Dollar Company Without Venture Capital
Today's venture capital ecosystem looks markedly different from even just five years ago. Most significantly, a small number of AI companies are now attracting the vast majority of available venture capital. In Q1 2026, just four companies…
CPE Media & Data Company: Continuing headwinds facing Canadian VC in Q3, 2026
All dollar ($) figures in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Canadian venture capital (VC) investment totalled $4,714 million across 371 financings during the first nine months of 2026, representing declines of…
Exclusive: Daytona, a startup building the 'agentic cloud,' valued at $1 billion in latest funding round
AI agents need somewhere to work—and Ivan Burazin thinks the existing cloud providers aren't the right answer. Now Burazin, the cofounder and CEO of Daytona, a San Francisco-based startup, has turned the idea of a new kind of cloud just for…
Coalition says it will sell key Melbourne market if it wins election
The state-owned Melbourne Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market would be put up for sale if the Coalition wins the November election, delivering what the opposition says would be a $578 million windfall to help pay down debt. Opposition Leader Jess…
Griffin Gaming Partners launches new joint production company
Yesterday, game industry venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners and Hollywood talent agency Entertainment 360 announced the formation of Hitpoint Entertainment—a new production company dedicated to adapting video games for the world of…
What Brevan Howard's crypto CIO is betting on to bounce back
Last year was a struggle for Brevan Howard Digital, the crypto-investing unit of the $34 billion asset manager. The Brevan Howard Digital Asset fund, its flagship multi-strategy offering that invests in public and private companies, as well as…
Without private capital, we will miss our small window to rebuild our military
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower launched 73,000 American troops alongside 156,000 Allied forces on D-Day. Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time…
Overcoming personal branding's biggest challenges: 148 ideas and insights to take control of how people think about you
“I was taught to be creative, to ask questions that make people think, to push forward into uncharted territory, but the reality is all of these things make some uncomfortable. Some are even threatened by any or all of those things in…
Germany Directs About Three-Quarters of Manufacturing R&D to Mid-Tech Sectors
Germany channels roughly three-quarters of its manufacturing research and development spending into mid-tech industries, the ifo Institute said Oct. 20, highlighting a sector mix it sees as a constraint on growth. Mid-tech sectors include…
MPs voice fury after Labour rejects over a dozen proposals to boost UK investment
MPs have voiced their frustration after the government flat out rejected more than a dozen proposals to boost lacklustre investment levels in the UK. Members of the House of Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee issued a list of…
Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX are weighing a $3.5 trillion merger-without him in the room
It's official: Tesla and SpaceX are in talks. Independent board members at the two Elon Musk-led companies have formed special committees to hash over a possible merger, Musk told investors during SpaceX's third-quarter earnings call Tuesday.
Cautious trustees 'tie the hands' of pension schemes and hold back growth investment, industry boss says
Workplace pension trustees fixating on low-cost fees “tie the hands of schemes” and make it difficult for them to invest in high-growth companies, the pension trade body has said, after the government's push to get pension money…
'I love taking VC dollars and turning it into jobs': inside SendCutSend's $2.1 billion bet on American metal
It started with a steam-powered car. That's precisely what it sounds like, by the way. In 2017, Jim Belosic was building out what was once a Ford Model A—most famously produced in the late 1920s—to run on a steam engine. “It's…
Carrot Ventures launches food and agriculture innovation challenge with up to $1.5 million in potential investment
Delivered in collaboration with XPRIZE Canada Hub, the challenge offers a $150,000 prize and a path to commercialization CALGARY, AB, Oct. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Carrot Ventures, an agtech venture studio operated by Verdex Capital, has launched the Food…
WGA East Moves to Block AI Models from Training on Members' Work with New Software Partner Cloak: 'Give Agency Back to Writers'
The Writers Guild of America, East unveiled a partnership to help prevent AI models from training off of its members' work on Tuesday. The software program Cloak, which creates copies of files that are illegible to AI models but readable for…
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