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forbes.com - Roman Gurskiy - Five Venture Capital Trends: Where Gaming Capital Is Moving In 2026
Five Venture Capital Trends: Where Gaming Capital Is Moving In 2026
Forbes

Roman Gurskiy is Managing Director of GEM Capital, a leading Cyprus-based investment firm with a focus on game studios. After a three-year period of stagnation in venture capital investment, the market began to recover in 2025. According to…

seekingalpha.com - Lumen Research - ARKK: Public Markets Are Not Venture Capital (BATS:ARKK)
ARKK: Public Markets Are Not Venture Capital (BATS:ARKK)
Seeking Alpha

ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) is rated SELL due to venture-style risk and high valuations already reflecting ambitious growth expectations. ARKK's concentrated portfolio exposes investors to significant volatility and depends on a few holdings like…

nytimes.com - Adam Crafton - FIFA scraps World Cup private investment plans as Infantino fights for his future
FIFA scraps World Cup private investment plans as Infantino fights for his future
The New York Times

FIFA and Gianni Infantino have performed a dramatic U-turn on his plot to sell a stake in its commercial and event operations after widespread condemnation of the plans. In a statement late on Friday night, the under-fire FIFA president said:…

independent.co.uk - Miguel Delaney - Will Infantino survive Fifa's latest scandal? Trump changes everything
Will Infantino survive Fifa's latest scandal? Trump changes everything
The Independent

Football chiefs will consider whether to push for a vote of no confidence on Gianni Infantino following another another day of drastic developments surrounding the embattled Fifa president. But Infantino's game-breaking Fifa Forward Enterprise plan…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers
Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers
TechCrunch

Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First Round Capital, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, Slow Capital, and Ariel Alternatives CEO Mellody…

forbes.com - John Koetsier - Humanoid Robot Patents: China Most, U.S. Best?
Humanoid Robot Patents: China Most, U.S. Best?
Forbes

Screenshot of a MLex report on robot patents globally over the last six years. China has the most patents in the humanoid robot space, and it's not even close. But, according to a new LexisNexis analysis of robot patents over the past six years…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - Sports teams have gone from trophies to trillion dollar investment targets
Sports teams have gone from trophies to trillion dollar investment targets
Fortune

Sports teams, throughout the 20th century, were pretty much trophy assets. Shiny, nice to have, but expected to gleam on the shelf rather than build value. Not so anymore. The news this week of the proposed deal for FIFA's commercial rights, in the…

marketbeat.com - US Capital Advisors Estimates Venture Global Q2 Earnings
US Capital Advisors Estimates Venture Global Q2 Earnings
MarketBeat

3 Energy Stocks to Watch Now as LNG Demand Surges Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG - Free Report) - Investment analysts at US Capital Advisors decreased their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Venture Global in a research note issued…

forbes.com - Ron Schmelzer - America's AI Trade War Expands To Humanoid Robots
America's AI Trade War Expands To Humanoid Robots
Forbes

TOPSHOT - A robot crosses the finish line in the humanoid robot half marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025. Dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half…

independent.co.uk - Shi Jing - Event serves as platform for innovation
Event serves as platform for innovation
The Independent

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which is now in its ninth consecutive year, has evolved into a premier stage for enterprises to showcase their latest technological advancements — innovations widely expected to empower the…

bbc.co.uk - Joe Rindl - Uefa boycott: Women's football 'first casualties' of Fifa's plans
Uefa boycott: Women's football 'first casualties' of Fifa's plans
BBC

Women's football will be the first to suffer if Fifa president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors goes ahead, according to former England defender Anita Asante. On Thursday European football's 55 member…

cnbc.com - Laya Neelakandan - More consumer companies are staying private for longer, avoiding the IPO road
More consumer companies are staying private for longer, avoiding the IPO road
CNBC

With the rise of secondary markets and a stronger liquidity environment, more companies are choosing to stay private for longer, according to experts. Only a handful of consumer and retail companies have gone down the IPO route this year, according…

forbes.com - Peter Cohan - Amazon Stock Pops 10.8% On AWS Growth Payoff From AI Capex
Amazon Stock Pops 10.8% On AWS Growth Payoff From AI Capex
Forbes

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 30: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. The New York Times held its first in person DealBook…

bbc.co.uk - Jack Skelton - Fifa World Cup plans: Gianni Infantino scraps private investment proposal after widespread opposition
Fifa World Cup plans: Gianni Infantino scraps private investment proposal after widespread opposition
BBC

Jack Skelton, BBC Sport senior journalist and Simon Stone, Chief football news reporter Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he has scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's major competitions, following widespread…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Beyond headline rebound: converting Hong Kong's macro momentum into enduring capital depth
Beyond headline rebound: converting Hong Kong's macro momentum into enduring capital depth
The Standard

The recent wave of macroeconomic data presents an undeniable counter-narrative to persistent external skepticism regarding Hong Kong's economic trajectory. With first-quarter GDP accelerating by 5.9 percent – its fastest pace in five years…

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