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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers names Pushkar Jauhari to head Private Equity and Venture Capital
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited has appointed Pushkar Jauhari as Chief Executive Officer of its Private Equity and Venture Capital platform, the Mumbai-based firm announced on September 3, 2026. Jauhari will oversee investment strategy…
Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
When a company that builds fire trucks, rail-maintenance machinery, or electric vehicle chargers is invited to bid on a big contract, the request that lands in its inbox can run to thousands of pages of technical specifications. Developing the bid…
Built for uncertainty
Spend enough time doing business in Israel, and you quickly realize that things work a little differently here. Plans are useful, but nobody expects them to survive reality unchanged. A meeting can become a pilot surprisingly quickly. When…
Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
Family offices made 52 direct investments in private companies in August, according to Fintrx. About 20% of the month's investments went to biotech startups, including LifeMine Therapeutics, which raised $188 million from backers including Bezos…
First Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi announces $250 million funding project
The first Israeli to play in the NBA, Omri Casspi, announced on Thursday that his venture capital firm, Swish Ventures, raised $250 million and reached $800 million in total funding. The money will be used in the firm's third fund, which will focus…
Driscoll resignation roils defense-tech investment
Defense tech has become one of venture capital's hottest sectors, after being ignored for decades, but it just lost a top evangelist within the Pentagon. Vibes check: Defense-tech investors tell Axios that they're concerned and disappointed, but…
To get into Anthropic right now, you need at least $25 million. For OpenAI, it's closer to $1 million.
The secondaries market offers a window into the most-watched-IPO horse race, perhaps ever, between OpenAI and Anthropic. Now, the vibe, shall we say, for a while has been that OpenAI is falling behind Anthropic. Across the secondaries market…
Global Venture Funding Jumps 122% In August As Streak Of Billion-Dollar Deals Continues
Venture investors poured $42 billion into just over 1,500 startups worldwide in August, Crunchbase data shows, down 25% from July's $56 billion but still up a significant 122% compared to last August, which is typically a slower month for startup…
Simu Liu Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
EXCLUSIVE: Simu Liu has signed with WME for representation in all areas. As an actor, Liu is best known for playing the title role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel Studios' first Asian-led superhero film, which grossed over…
China to launch second phase of national SME fund for tech start-ups
China will soon launch the second phase of a National SME Development Fund with a focus on IPO incubation and channelling private capital into backing innovative, early-stage entities and projects with long-term prospects in hard tech. The fund's…
Maybe we were wrong about Perplexity
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company ‘s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I'm Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this…
Private equity owns 11 of England's 20 biggest children's care providers, research finds
Private equity companies now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children's homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene” profit-making in children's care grow. An investigation by the thinktank Common…
Florida Transportation Department Blocks Flock on State Roads; Counties Follow Suit
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has issued an order prohibiting the use of Flock cameras to spy on Floridians on state roads, and many counties are following suit. In a massive win for privacy and liberty, FDOT released a memorandum…
How Bob Iger's future 'ownership' of LA Lakers has been exaggerated in $12.5B deal
Media reports of Bob Iger's future “ownership” of the Los Angeles Lakers appear to have been greatly exaggerated, On The Money has learned. Three weeks ago, a flurry of headlines from major outlets – the New York Times, the…
Defense tech has unleashed a new weapons boom in Southern California
The business of military contracting is booming in Southern California. The total value of defense contracts won by companies in Los Angeles County more than doubled in the last 10 years after adjusting for inflation, according to an analysis by…
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