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BlackRock Backs Dutch Chipmaker Axelera AI in $250 Million Round
Dutch chipmaker Axelera AI raised more than $250 million from investors including BlackRock Inc. to make power-efficient semiconductors that are designed to run artificial intelligence models after they've been trained. The round, which confirms a…
Why the exploding secondaries market is hard to pin down
Secondaries are an elephant-sized black box. The market is mammoth, expanding, and—here's the kicker—we have no clue how big it really is. The secondaries market has exploded in recent years, driven by a simple problem: companies are…
Final 4 days to save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass
You don't attend TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go to gain leverage. If 2026 is a build year, a fundraise year, a hiring year, or a scale year, this is where momentum compounds. With just 4 days left before Super Early Bird pricing…
Acceleration, Convergence, and the New Strategic Landscape: Analysys Mason Space Industry Insights for 2026 | March 2026
The space sector enters 2026 in a state of profound acceleration. What was once a steady march of technological progress has become a rapid, multidimensional transformation driven by geopolitical urgency, commercial innovation, and the maturation…
Prediction markets: What they are and why they matter
Key insight: Prediction markets are becoming an increasingly significant player in global markets and fintech investment. Supporting data: Polymarket raised $2.15 billion and Kalshi raised $1.485 billion in 2025. Forward look: The regulatory status…
AI-for-Accounting Startup Basis Hits $1.15 Billion Valuation
AI-for-accounting startup Basis has surged to unicorn status with a new funding round as advances in artificial intelligence rattle the financial services markets. Basis raised $100 million from investors at a $1.15 billion valuation, the company…
With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic
With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is clear: the concept of investor “loyalty” is only hanging on by a thread. At least a dozen…
Brookfield Corporation (BN) Reports Full Year 2025 Distributable Earnings of $6B
Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN) is one of the best value stocks to buy now. On February 12, Brookfield Corporation reported financial results for the full year 2025, headlined by distributable earnings of $6 billion and a 22% surge in fee-related…
Report Details the Sketchy Technique Allegedly Inflating Valuations of AI Companies
If you have a lemonade stand, and I give you $1 as an investment, and you agree to say I just bought 0.0000000000001% of your lemonade stand, did you and I just make history by creating the world's first $1 quadrillion company? No, that's silly. We…
Culture Amp puts liquidity event on the backburner amid tech rout
Technology stocks have been hammered in the global software sell-off, dubbed SaaS-pocalypse, and Australia's most celebrated software unicorns are far from immune. Street Talk understands Culture Amp, the people management software company backed…
Baller League is expanding again - Investors are the real winners
The burgeoning landscape of small-sided, digital-focused soccer leagues is currently proving a lucrative ride for sports investors, with audience figures and global reach expanding rapidly, though questions persist regarding the format's long-term…
Beyond Secondaries: Turbine Wants To Unlock Liquidity For Venture LPs
As a venture partner with TTV Capital, Mike Hurst saw the liquidity challenge firsthand after the tech market reset in 2022. VCs were hesitant to call capital and were not actively investing at a time when valuations had reset, he recalls. Founders…
Soccer-Investors enjoying the ride with new digital-focused leagues
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Sports investors diversifying into emerging new small-sided, digital-focused soccer leagues are enjoying the ride so far, with audience figures and global reach expanding - but questions remain over the format's…
From strangers to lovers: How this startup is simulating the 'meet-cute' with AI
It'd be nice to meet someone the old-fashioned way: Passing by them on the street, meeting at a restaurant, or sharing an exchange at a party. However, apps dominate the modern dating experience, replacing kismet meet-cutes with scrolling and DMs.
RedotPay stablecoin payments firm said to consider $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments upstart, plans to raise more than $1 billion in a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) that could value it at over $4 billion. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that the company, which achieved…
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