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gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Kepler Interactive acquires stake in indie publisher Oro Interactive from venture capital firm
Kepler Interactive acquires stake in indie publisher Oro Interactive from venture capital firm
GamesIndustry.biz

Kepler Interactive has acquired a stake in Belgian indie publisher Oro Interactive for an undisclosed amount. Kepler acquired the stake from Belgian venture capital firm ForsVC. This is ForsVC's first exit, delivering more than a sevenfold return…

prnewswire.com - Covenant Venture Capital - Covenant Makes Follow-On Investment in Hill Research, Citing Fourfold Revenue Growth and Accelerating Market Adoption
Covenant Makes Follow-On Investment in Hill Research, Citing Fourfold Revenue Growth and Accelerating Market Adoption
Cision PR Newswire

Hill Research increased revenue approximately fourfold from 2024 to 2025. Over the same period, the company's enterprise value doubled. Heading into 2026, Hill Research is positioned to grow an additional 5 to 8 times, supported by accelerating…

itweb.co.za - Admire Moyo - SA legal AI start-up Anvaya wins local Start-up World Cup
SA legal AI start-up Anvaya wins local Start-up World Cup
www.itweb.co.za

The Avnaya team after winning the top prize at the South African chapter of the Start-up World Cup. (Image supplied) South African legal artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Anvaya has clinched the top prize at the South African chapter of the…

yahoo.com - Pras Subramanian - Lime opens at $27 a share; IPO happened at the 'right moment,' CEO says
Lime opens at $27 a share; IPO happened at the 'right moment,' CEO says
Yahoo!

Electric scooter and e-bike company Lime (LIME) opened at $27 a share on Wednesday, a day after pricing its initial public offering (IPO) at $25 per share. Trading under the ticker LIME, the company priced its IPO Tuesday night at the midpoint of…

yahoo.com - Reuters - Together AI raises $800 million at $8.3 billion valuation
Together AI raises $800 million at $8.3 billion valuation
Yahoo!

July 1 (Reuters) - Together AI on Wednesday said it has raised $800 million in a funding round led ‌by Aramco Ventures, more than doubling the artificial intelligence ‌startup's valuation to $8.3 billion. Founded in 2022, the…

yahoo.com - By Max A. Cherney - Startup Oxmiq raises $35 million to build chip architecture to lower cost of AI
Startup Oxmiq raises $35 million to build chip architecture to lower cost of AI
Yahoo!

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Oxmiq said on Wednesday it raised $35 million from investors in order ‌to build chip design architecture and software that will lower ‌the cost of building and running…

forbes.com - Boaz Sobrado - Sentient Bets $42M On Open-Source AGI, Crypto AI Agents
Sentient Bets $42M On Open-Source AGI, Crypto AI Agents
Forbes

CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - MAY 08: Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union) Getty Images for The Cambridge Union 'We believe AGI should be…

newswire.ca - Cloud Capital Establishes Core Joint Venture Strategy Seeded with over $6 Billion of Assets with Realty Income and a Global Institutional Investor
Cloud Capital Establishes Core Joint Venture Strategy Seeded with over $6 Billion of Assets with Realty Income and a Global Institutional Investor
CNW

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- Cloud Capital, a leading global data center investment management firm, today announced the launch of Cloud Capital's Core Joint Venture Strategy ('Core JV'), with Realty Income and a Global Institutional Investor…

engadget.com - Lawrence Bonk - Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase have launched a new global stablecoin
Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase have launched a new global stablecoin
Engadget

A consortium of businesses led by Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase have launched a joint stablecoin, as reported by Reuters. Over 140 businesses are involved in the stablecoin network, which is called Open Standard. The group plans on launching a coin…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - The defense tech boom has become a bubble-or it will be soon
The defense tech boom has become a bubble-or it will be soon
Fortune

Drones, missiles, and warships were, for a long time, deemed uninvestable in Silicon Valley—or, at minimum, contentious. Consider 2018: Googlers were storming out over their company's involvement in the AI military initiative Project Maven…

indianexpress.com - Tech Desk - Stricter digital rules may lead to Rs 91,500 crore loss in VC funding for startups: Oxford Economics
Stricter digital rules may lead to Rs 91,500 crore loss in VC funding for startups: Oxford Economics
The Indian Express

4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google A new study has warned that India's digital policy is shifting to a more restrictive regulatory regime which could hamper the growth of the country's startup ecosystem. Over 88 per cent of…

independent.co.uk - Josh Marcus - Palantir CEO flames AI firms live on TV: 'I feel like I'm gonna get kicked out!'
Palantir CEO flames AI firms live on TV: 'I feel like I'm gonna get kicked out!'
The Independent

Palantir CEO Alex Karp unloaded on rival AI companies during a heated interview on CNBC on Wednesday, accusing them of having an “effing insane” business model while openly fretting he was a “mad man” who was about to…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Venice AI hits $1b valuation, Plaid eyes IPO, and Qualcomm's security buy
Venice AI hits $1b valuation, Plaid eyes IPO, and Qualcomm's security buy
Axios

• Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform, raised $65m in Series A funding at a $1b valuation. Dragonfly led, joined by Coinbase Ventures and North Island Ventures. Go deeper • CarbonSix, an SF-based manufacturing technology company…

saudigazette.com.sa - Foreign investment in Saudi private markets hits SR20 billion in 2025
Foreign investment in Saudi private markets hits SR20 billion in 2025
Saudi Gazette

RIYADH — The Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC) revealed that private foreign investment inflows into Saudi Arabia's private markets reached SR20 billion in 2025, accounting for approximately 60 percent of total private investments in the…

itweb.co.za - Business Wire - OXMIQ Raises $35 Million to Scale OxCore™ Architecture
OXMIQ Raises $35 Million to Scale OxCore™ Architecture
www.itweb.co.za

OXMIQ Funding raised to date of $60M after current $35M round. OXMIQ Labs Inc., a unified GPU and AI architecture company founded by Raja Koduri, today closed its $35 million Series A financing, bringing the company's total capital raised to $60…

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