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The $648 Billion Care Economy Venture Capital Has Been Ignoring Until Now
The $648 billion care economy starts here. Venture capital has long treated childcare as a social issue rather than a labor market one. Ashley Bittner of Kalos Ventures is betting that distinction is the mispricing of a generation. Ashley Bittner…
Glenn Kelman joins venture capital firm Greylock Partners
Five months after stepping down from Redfin, Glenn Kelman has started his next chapter as venture capital firm Greylock Partners' executive in residence. “We are thrilled to share that Glenn Kelman has joined Greylock as an Executive in…
6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders
Crunchbase data tells us Black startup founders still receive only a tiny sliver of venture funding. What the numbers don't tell us is why investors continue to overlook those entrepreneurs, and more importantly, how the industry can improve the…
The Under 30s Entering A $60 Billion Deal With SpaceX
Think this is nice? It's a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. Cursor cofounders Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Sualeh Asif and Michael Truell (left to right) What do four, twenty-something founders do…
Is Andy Burnham Just Tony Blair in a Nice T-Shirt?
In 2002, two young and ambitious New Labour legislators founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Private Equity and Venture Capital, to “promote a better understanding of private equity among MPs and peers.” The first head of the…
Airwallex hits $11 billion valuation with $320 million raise as fintech pushes into finance run by AI agents
Airwallex raised $320 million in a Series H round at an $11 billion valuation. The Melbourne-founded fintech seeks to accelerate its push into AI-driven autonomous finance. Airwallex has faced growing scrutiny over its ties to China amid broader…
Why Switzerland Thinks It Can Be Deep Tech Capital Of the World
ETH Zurich has become Europe's leading university for deep tech spin-outs Deep tech start-ups based in Switzerland raised $2.6 billion of new investment last year, new research reveals – more than ever before, and a five-fold increase…
3 founders skipped VC funding, used AI to stay lean, and got to $1 million in revenue in year one
Three friends with résumés spanning Google, Palantir, and Harris Poll skipped venture capital and bootstrapped their startup instead. Within eight months of commercialization, they say, they had grown their polling company, Outward…
Applications open for 2026 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme
Representative for the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme South Africa. (Image supplied). Applications are open for the 2026 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme South Africa (GCIP-SA), which supports innovators in building scalable businesses…
Why Tech Alone Can't Fix Broken Food Systems
TORONTO, ON - October 6 - Jess Russell, Operations Coordinator at the Urban Farm, is pictured holding some of the items grown at the farm as she speaks with the Toronto Star on the rooftop at the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre…
Chinese AI, chip firms are driving an onshore IPO rebound
China's onshore technology IPOs are on track for their strongest year since 2023 as Beijing seeks to bolster listings of chip and artificial intelligence companies in a push for tech self-reliance amid the country's rivalry with the US. SCROLL TO…
Music Industry Moves: Xavi Signs With Universal Publishing; Ellie Goulding Returns to WME; UTA Inks Top Filipino Group SB19
Música mexicana star Xavi has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, the company announced Thursday. The signing follows the release of his sophomore album, “Dosis,” and the single…
My AI bill just went way up
I'm a technologist with a software studio. AI is in nearly everything my agency builds and most of how we work. But when our Anthropic bill recently skyrocketed, I was happy about it. The price we pay for AI is a lie. The longer the lie continues…
Kalshi eyes valuation jump, Chess.com deal, and Clearwater's buyout
• Kalshi, the predictions market company, is in talks to raise funds at a $40b valuation, per the FT. Go deeper • Scaled Cognition, a Mountain View, Calif.-based AI model lab, raised $100m in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led…
Pontaq Ventures, SIG Tattva, host manufacturing-tech founder workshop
Venture capital firm Pontaq Ventures, in partnership with SIG Tattva, the venture capital and innovation arm of Somany Impresa Group, conducted a two-day Founder Immersion and Start-up Workshop on Wednesday and Thursday. Held at the manufacturing…
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