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Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal Volumes at 10-Yr High in 2025
Chennai: Private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) deals have surged to a 10-year high in 2025. In terms of investment value, it is up 54 per cent in 2025 to date compared to last year. Between January and November 2025, 1,761 deals were made…
Seoul attracts $50m biotech investment from China's venture capital
Seoul has secured a $50 million investment commitment through a memorandum of understanding with a major Chinese health care venture capital firm, as the city moves to deepen cross-border cooperation in finance, biotechnology and robotics…
IIT Bombay launches nation's first incubator-linked deep tech venture capital fund worth Rs 250 crore
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Tuesday launched India's first deep-tech venture capital fund to be managed by an academia-linked incubator. The Rs 250-crore Y-Point Venture Capital Fund launched by the Society for Innovation and…
Sequoia Capital partners share how they decide which startups get a yes
Sequoia's partners go into investment decision meetings to determine whether startups make the cut — and there's a system for striking gold, two partners said. In an episode of the 'Jack Altman' podcast released on Tuesday, Sequoia partners…
Scaling Care: What Startups Can Learn From Community Healthcare
Christine Schuster, RN, MBA, President and CEO, Emerson Health. When people think about innovation, their minds often go to venture capital, rapid growth cycles and technologies that promise to disrupt entire industries. But innovation isn't…
Music rights battle could send industry into a haze
A high-stakes London lawsuit over Jimi Hendrix's landmark 1960s recordings is raising alarms across the global music industry, with Sony Music Entertainment warning that a win for the claimants could “throw the music industry into…
Private Indices Are the New Public Indices
I just feel like, within living memory, there were “public companies,” in which you could invest, and “private companies,” in which you couldn't. I mean, someone could: Many private companies took no outside investment…
The Case For A New Model In Early Cybersecurity Investing
Traditional VC models are misaligned with early-stage cyber needs, and smaller access-driven funds show a shift toward models built around founder fit instead of scale. I generally ignore funding announcements. Every week, I get a dozen press…
Ozempic is already changing what we buy, from clothing to holidays
Industry insiders are gearing up for weight-loss drugs to shake up the consumer economy as they seep into every sector – including apparel, restaurants, grocery, gyms and travel. They are causing a “psychological shift” for the…
Fal's $4.5b valuation, Shell's Gulf buy, and Unilever's M&A chest
• Fal, an SF-based generative media platform, raised $140m in Series D funding led by Sequoia, valuing it at $4.5b. Kleiner Perkins, NVentures, Alkeon Capital, a16z, Kindred Ventures, Meritech, Bessemer Venture Partners, Notable Capital…
Bioxodes raises €5.5 million Series A extension to continue preparations for pivotal trial of breakthrough stroke candidate
Newton Biocapital enters as new investor, strong participation of existing investors Pivotal Phase 2b trial initiation in 2027 of BIOX-101 to treat intracerebral hemorrhage BIOX-101 may be commercialized as early as H2 2030 Gosselies, Belgium, 10…
Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “ Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted…
Lokesh's Push In US To AP's Deep-Tech, Creative Economy, Digital Infra Plans
Lokesh showcased the state's emergence as a pro-innovation destination and urged global companies to participate in its technology-led growth plans. The minister met Arun Kumar, managing partner of global venture capital firm Celesta VC, and urged…
Frex raises INR 9.5 crore pre-seed to transform cross-border remittances
Founded with the vision of making cross border money movement as seamless and affordable as domestic digital payments, Frex enables immigrants and global workers to send money home instantly and at ultra-low cost. The platform offers better than…
How 'Regular' People Are Building Wealth With AI
Happy family of mother in business clothes and kids have fun playing soccer ball in the park. Mom and kids play soccer in the city under the sunset rays. I've spent over 16 years interviewing millionaires, CEOs, and self-made entrepreneurs about…
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