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Jolt Capital and Fonds de solidarité FTQ form strategic partnership to enhance Québec's Venture Capital ecosystem via AI-powered intelligence platform
MONTREAL and PARIS, May 7, 2026 /CNW/ - Jolt Capital, a leading European private equity firm specializing in growth-stage deeptech, and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ ('Fonds'), Québec's largest development capital fund, today announced…
Kalshi Hits $22B Valuation After $1B Raise Amid Prediction Market Surge
Prediction marketplace Kalshi has reached a $22 billion valuation after closing a $1 billion Series F funding round, underscoring growing venture capital appetite for prediction markets amid surging retail adoption. The new valuation doubles…
The AI job apocalypse is 'unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history,' a16z says
The doomsday forecasts have been building for years: AI will hollow out the white-collar workforce, destroy entry-level jobs, and create a permanent underclass of technologically displaced workers. Now, one of Silicon Valley's most influential…
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Palm Beach, Florida, May 7, 2026 – Hosted by Luna PR, the fourth edition of the Crypto Polo Cup (CPC) will take place on May 9, 2026, at the Santa Clara Polo Club, alongside Consensus Miami. The invite-only event will bring together…
Inside India newsletter: Social media is reshaping the world's fastest-growing market for global brands
Viral social media content has raised awareness around food safety and mislabeling in India. Celebrity endorsement-driven brand trust has shifted to community-verified trust. More than 50% of PepsiCo's beverages in India are low-to no-sugar, and it…
The $75,000 schmooze: Inside the networking frenzy at this year's Milken Global Conference
At the Milken Global Conference, the talk is about saving the world, but the real action still revolves around raising money. Between panels on policy, guided meditations, and celebrity sightings, thousands of suited financiers descend on Beverly…
This former a16z partner and solo VC has backed 6 unicorns. Now he's raised $50 million to invest in hard tech
It only took solo venture capitalist Zal Bilimoria five phone calls to raise his latest $50 million fund. The former Andreessen Horowitz partner, who left the firm a decade ago to start VC firm Refactor Capital, said the new fund brings his total…
XM funds Cyprus' first industry-backed AI chair
Two leading Cyprus-based scientists have received major recognition in artificial intelligence and cancer research, in developments highlighted by venture capital firm 33East as evidence of the country's growing support for deeptech innovation.
Chalmers considers super performance test change to help start-ups
Labor is considering carving out venture capital, renewable energy and affordable housing from the superannuation performance test in a move that would allow the country's $4.5 trillion in retirement savings to more easily be invested in areas…
Nvidia's Next Big Market
In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross talks with Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip. To catch full episodes of…
Material World: 'Feedstock Flexible' Canadian Startup Raises $1.2M
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering what's changing in how fashion is made, scaled or engineered from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and…
Trump's pick for science director: a Silicon Valley investor with no science background
President Donald Trump ‘s nominee for director of the National Science Foundation is Jim O'Neill, a polarizing Silicon Valley tech investor with prior roles in the Trump administration and a proponent of ideas and practices that live on the…
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Pronto Raises $45 Mn As Demand For Quick Home Services Picks Up
Pronto's latest $45 Mn Series B close at a $200 Mn valuation is another sign that investors are now placing bigger bets on hyperlocal home services, a category that until recently remained fragmented, largely offline, and difficult to scale. The…
Crypto Polo Cup returns for its fourth edition in Palm Beach during Consensus Miami week
Palm Beach, Florida, May 7, 2026 – Hosted by Luna PR, the fourth edition of the Crypto Polo Cup (CPC) will take place on May 9, 2026, at the Santa Clara Polo Club, alongside Consensus Miami. The invite-only event will bring together…
eBay bans GameStop CEO's account after he started listing store signs and old carpets to fund his $56 billion offer to buy the marketplace
Apparently every dollar counts in GameStop's $56 billion effort to acquire eBay. GameStop's CEO, Ryan Cohen, already has a $20 billion financing commitment from TD Bank to put toward the acquisition, but questions remain about how the rest of the…
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