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Exclusive | Startup Raises $2 Million to Expand Secondary Market in Venture Capital
The lack of initial public offerings has pushed startup employees, founders and investors to secondary markets, where they can sell their shares in still-private companies. Data provider PitchBook estimates that the value of the direct secondary…
Canadian Venture Capital in 2025: The Full Picture
All dollar ($) figures in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO, March 31, 2026 /CNW/ - Canadian venture capital (VC) totalled $9.13 billion from 598 financings in 2025, down slightly $9.25 billion reported in 2024. Canadian Venture…
Beiersdorf to Boost Its Innovation Agenda With New, 100 Million-euro Venture Capital Fund
MILAN — Beiersdorf is doubling down on venture capital as a strategic lever to drive future growth by launching the second generation of its corporate venture capital fund with a 100 million-euro commitment. Called the Skin Care Innovation…
Prediction markets backlash builds possible stormcloud for 2027
The rocketship rise of prediction markets has been answered by a barrage of U.S. legislation meant to sharply limit bad behavior in the new sector. While those bills probably aren't going to hit their targets right away, the shifting political tide…
Standing Ovation raises $34.2 million to scale up its breakthrough technology for producing dairy proteins through precision fermentation, offering a sovereign and sustainable response to the surge in global demand for protein
Standing Ovation raises $34.2 million to scale up its breakthrough technology for producing dairy proteins through precision fermentation, offering a sovereign and sustainable response to the surge in global demand for protein The company secures a…
Agent Workflows Are The New Career Currency, And Smart Money Is Paying Attention
SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 09: In this photo illustration, the logo of open-source AI agent OpenClaw is displayed on a smartphone screen on March 9, 2026 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) In a post on X that…
The struggle for women to get investment in start up businesses
Emily HudsonSouth of England political editor Those are the words female entrepreneurs say they keep hearing as they try and secure funding and investment for their new business. For Bethan Higson from Oxford, her idea was a non-alcoholic aperitif…
AI Funding Hit Record Levels And Founders Need To Pay Attention
AI funding hit record levels and founders need to pay attention AI startups raised over $200 billion in 2025, according to Crunchbase's year-end analysis. That is a 75% increase from the $114 billion invested in 2024. If you run a business and you…
NFL Inks Deal With Tiger Woods' TMRW Sports to Start Flag Football League
The NFL signed a deal with TMRW Sports to create professional men's and women's flag football leagues, trying to cash in on a sport that's rising in popularity ahead of its Olympic debut. As part of the agreement, the NFL will invest $32 million…
The 'death of SaaS' could be the best thing to ever happen to SaaS M&A
The software-as-a-service (SaaS) doomer headlines may have peaked in February—but if you check out the dealmaking data, SaaS has been looking alive. For the final quarter of 2025, enterprise SaaS M&A hit $83.7 billion in total value, recent…
KatoMed, a UC San Diego MedTech Accelerator Company, Shines
Kyocera Ventures recently invested in the surgical navigation startup KatoMed, which has deep ties to UC San Diego KatoMed licensed robotics IP from UC San Diego, hired engineering alumni, and thrived in the MedTech accelerator at the Jacobs School…
Are AI Layoffs Happening Before AI Value Is Proven?
The question isn't whether AI will transform work. It will. The question is whether leaders are making thoughtful, future-oriented decisions - or simply using AI as the latest rationale for cost cutting. As companies race to restructure around…
Rebellions snares $400m, Qodo's coding bet, and Nxtra's $1b
• Rebellions, a South Korean fabless AI chip startup, raised $400m at a $2.34b valuation led by Mirae Asset Financial Group and the Korea National Growth Fund. Go deeper • ScaleOps, an Israeli computing resource allocation startup…
Forget free lunch and nap pods: AI startups are luring workers with soaring salaries-some recent computer science grads are making over $300,000
Silicon Valley's startup culture has long sold itself on alluring perks: cold brew on tap, nap pods tucked between standing desks, and even free slippers for their “ no-shoes” offices. The pitch was simple: work hard, but live well…
Exclusive: Treeline raises $25 million in Andreessen Horowitz-led funding to streamline IT services with AI
Treeline wants to rebuild corporate IT from the ground up, starting with the everyday headaches most workers barely notice until something breaks. The San Francisco–based startup has raised a $25 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz…
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