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'Weird And Maybe Uninvestable': How Reach Capital Spots Its Venture Winners
Before James Kim evaluated education startups, he used their products in his classroom. The Reach Capital partner began his career as a high school math teacher with Teach For America after studying astrophysics at Yale. He later worked in college…
Is Anthropic the IPO market's last hope for 2026? The clock is ticking
Morgan Chittum here. More bad news in the IPO market this week. On Monday, Chinese manufacturer Kepuni Holdings withdrew plans for a Nasdaq listing that had been expected to raise $15 million. A day later, Gravitics Holdings slashed its deal size…
Vintage Raises $920M as More Venture Value Is Created in Private Markets
The fresh capital comes at a pivotal moment for venture. Companies are staying private longer, and more of their value is being created before the public markets ever see it. Meanwhile, AI is accelerating innovation, helping create a new generation…
Peak Energy Raises $108M in Funding Round Led by GM Ventures
Startup Peak Energy said it raised $108 million in a Series B offering led by General Motors' venture-capital arm. The Burlingame, Calif, company is developing sodium-ion battery systems, which would require less cooling than conventional…
The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet-but AI's payoff will likely take decades
Americans have placed an unprecedented bet on the transformative power of artificial intelligence. The past 50 years of economic history suggests it won't pay off, at least not on a timetable the market expects. Not since the Gilded…
Israel's defense-tech reaches record $40.8b. in funding
Global investment in defense technology reached a record $40.8 billion during the first half of 2026, according to a new industry report released by Israel-based venture capital firm Protego Ventures. The data in the State of Defense Report shared…
China's Moonshot AI to operate in Singapore, jobs post shows
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot is expanding into Singapore, with a new sales role listed on the company's LinkedIn page this week. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The job posting, dated Tuesday, seeks applicants who have sales…
Peter Thiel, OpenAI fund back Queenslander's brain tech start-up
Peter Thiel's $24 billion San Francisco venture capital firm has joined OpenAI's venture capital fund in backing a major investment in Coherence Neuro, a start-up co-founded by Australian electrical engineer Elise Jenkins, which is trialling an…
AI Research Startup Flapping Airplanes Valued at $6 Billion
Flapping Airplanes, a year-old artificial intelligence startup, has raised $1 billion in funding at a $6 billion valuation — the latest example of investors betting on a newer crop of AI research labs that have yet to introduce commercial…
China's Moonshot AI Seeking to Expand Into Singapore, Job Post Shows
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is seeking to expand into Singapore, with a new job opening listed on the company's LinkedIn page. The job opening, posted by the company on Tuesday, said Moonshot is looking for candidates with experience in sales…
Whop's big raise; Blacksmith hammers out $1B valuation; Hackensack acquires Hunterdon
• Whop, an NYC-based creator-commerce platform, raised $200m in Series D funding at a $5.1b valuation led by Sequoia Capital and Shopify. Sequoia's Doug Leone will join Whop's board, marking his first deal since un-retiring earlier this…
Airtree's AI legal stake surges as valuation hits $12.5b
The paper valuation of Airtree's investment in Swedish legal artificial intelligence platform Legora has jumped almost 60 per cent in six months as the start-up cemented another mega funding round. The Sydney-based venture capital firm has also led…
Axing private equity tax break is okay, but not retrospectively
A rushed change to capital gains tax legislated by Treasurer Jim Chalmers has inadvertently imposed a shock retrospective 47 per cent tax on Australian venture capital and private equity executives. This is double the tax rate these executives…
Is Your Growth Plan Built For The Wrong Company?
Mustafa Abdelmonem is the CEO at Saldwich. Ask a founder whether they're running a startup or a small business, and almost all answer instantly. Ask them to show how their actual decisions, quarterly spending or growth targets agree with…
VEF AB (publ) (VEFFF) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
VEF AB (publ) (VEFFF) Q3 2026 Earnings Call October 21, 2026 9:00 AM EDT David Nangle - Co-Founder, CEO & MD Alexis Koumoudos - Chief Investment Officer Linus Sigurdson - DNB Carnegie, Research Division Stefan Knutsson - Redeye AB, Research…
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