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Jake and Logan Paul become business partners for first time amid major venture capital firm news
Jake Paul's venture capital firm with Geoff Woo announced Wednesday that it has closed its oversubscribed $30 million Anti Fund I fund, nearly doubling its assets. The fund, which Paul's older brother Logan has also joined as a general partner, has…
Security startup Verkada hits $5.8 billion valuation in latest funding round led by CapitalG
Security startup Verkada reaches $5.8 billion valuation after its latest funding round led by Alphabet's CapitalG. The investment comes as Verkada surpasses $1 billion in annualized bookings. The startup provides physical security technology…
Fanatics expands further into sports and beyond with Fanatics Markets prediction trading platform
Fanatics, the leading global sports platform, is entering a rapidly growing sector filled with demand — prediction markets. Fanatics Markets, a simply, user-friendly prediction market platform, was announced on Wednesday. It will allow…
Capital Is Flowing Into Surf-Anchored, Wellness-Driven Developments
Surf parks are becoming a savvy real estate investment. Investment in wellness is a vast and growing sector, with the global market reaching $6.3 trillion in 2023 and projected to reach $9 trillion by 2028. For corporate wellness programs, average…
Shenzhen robotics start-up Daimon secures China Mobile backing for AI push
A Shenzhen-based humanoid robotics start-up, known for the dexterity of its robots, has received fresh funding from a fund under China Mobile, demonstrating how Chinese state and private sector money is pouring into robotics. Daimon Robotics…
8 Fundraising Mistakes First-Time Fund Managers Make by Edith Yeung
8 Fundraising Mistakes First-Time Fund Managers Make Raising your first venture fund is one of the most exciting and humbling experiences in a venture capital career. In today's venture market, limited partners (LPs) are more selective than ever.
More FDA drama: Top drug regulator calls it quits after 3 weeks
The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire from the agency just three weeks after taking the leading position, according to multiple media outlets. Pazdur, an oncologist who has worked at the…
Forbes Daily: Companies Like Costco Are Suing To Recoup Tariffs
In the latest sign that crypto has gone mainstream, Bank of America is now recommending exposure to digital assets for all of its wealth management clients. The bank recommended investors allocate between 1% and 4% of their portfolios to crypto…
The Apple Rumor Changes Everything For Intel Stock
Intel stock jumped 9% on Tuesday, smashing through 52-week highs on a rumor that sounded impossible just six months ago: Apple is coming back. Signage with logo at the Silicon Valley headquarters of computer hardware manufacturer Intel, Santa…
Bending Spoons agrees to buy Eventbrite for $500M to revive stalled brand
Bending Spoons, a company that buys and revitalizes stagnating tech companies, has agreed to purchase Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Just like many of Bending…
Trump Jr-backed rare earth start-up scores $940m Pentagon deal
Washington | A little-known rare earths start-up with about 30 employees has won a blockbuster funding deal from the Pentagon, three months after Donald Trump Jr's venture capital firm invested in the company. Vulcan Elements will receive a $US620…
Johns Hopkins to host US-Korea biotechnology forum in Songdo
Johns Hopkins University in the United States will host a bio forum in Incheon on Thursday, seeking ways for government agencies, companies and scholars in Korea and the U.S. to collaborate on the future of the bio industry. The prestigious…
The future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on Dec 3
Tomorrow evening, at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don't understand yet will explain what's coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. The series has…
OpenAI faces 'brutal' challenge as Aussie start-ups pick and choose
Australian start-ups are looking to cash in on the cutthroat competition between the global AI giants, taking their pick from the latest developments from Google, Amazon, Anthropic and even Chinese players as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI faces its biggest…
CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: What the Treasury gives with one hand, it takes with the other
U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves' Budget included a little-noticed but important measure. It concerns changes to the regime governing the investment vehicles that have channelled billions of pounds worth of capital to startup and scale-up…
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