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Tech for good isn't dead. Venture capital just forgot how to find it
Global venture capital is up over 150% year-on-year in Q1 2026. AI investment is at record highs. Yet impact startup investment fell 63% last year to $33bn — its lowest level since 2017. The money hasn't gone anywhere. Investors have simply…
AI, biotech and new energy likely targets of HKIC yuan fund
The Hong Kong government's planned offshore yuan-denominated venture capital fund is set to attract investors looking to invest in a wide range of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and new energy firms in the coming years, according to…
Pitch Deck: Ex-Apple Marketer Raises $10M to Scale AI Agents That Decode Social Video
Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Plot, the Alexis Ohanian-backed startup that helps brands like PepsiCo and…
Sector Snapshot: Defense Startup Funding Hits An All-Time Record As VCs Begin To Eye Exits
A decade ago, defense tech was considered a niche, even controversial corner of venture capital, with few startup investors daring to place bets on companies working with the military. How times have changed. Already this year, more than $14.6…
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The raise nearly quadruples the valuation…
The Illusion Of Fintech Innovation
Dr. Ozan Özerk is a fintech entrepreneur and the founder of leading BaaS & payment infrastructure platform OpenPayd, EMBank, Bitpace, MSB.us Fintech innovation should mean more than turning a bank branch into an app or replacing a…
OpenAI distances itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations
OpenAI distanced itself from cofounder Greg Brockman's political donations in a Monday post. The OpenAI president and his wife said in late December that they started making political contributions that year. The couple funneled $25 million to…
How Massachusetts Is Building The Next AI Revolution
As graduates across Massachusetts walk across commencement stages this spring, the Massachusetts AI Coalition is marking a milestone of its own: its first 100 days in action. What began as an idea discussed among entrepreneurs, researchers…
Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup that's building software for robots and cars
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing a stealth physical AI startup run by former Tesla and Meta employees, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The startup, called Alfred, is also being funded by Khosla Ventures, SV Angel…
Alphabet's Mega Fundraising Shows the Value of Being a Public Company
$80 billion stock-based fundraising should be taken as a rebuke to those salivating over the forthcoming IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. The search giant is showing its competitive advantage in an area that increasingly matters for artificial…
Become A Landlord In Silicon Valley With A +6% Yield, While AI Booms: Kilroy Realty (KRC)
The Picks and Axes Strategy: Avoid the speculation of picking AI tech winners; own the irreplaceable West Coast real estate held by Kilroy Realty Corporation where their teams live. Over 75% of all domestic venture capital funding for artificial…
Scott Farquhar says CGT changes 'doubled the effective tax rate'
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has warned Labor's changes to capital gains have doubled the effective tax rate on start-ups, saying the country needed to work harder than ever before to keep innovation onshore. Now the chairman of the Tech…
Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical
Silicon Valley spent the last few years teaching AI to talk. Now it wants to give AI a body to lift, sort, build, and eventually live alongside us. This weekend offered a glimpse of how quickly the biggest AI players are moving in on humanoid…
The FemTech industry's approach to PMOS
The global decision to rename Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is a culmination of a decade-long collaboration between doctors, researchers, and patient groups. Led by Professor Helena Teede…
DriveNets secures $410 million in latest funding round, AMD joins as investor
June 1: DriveNets, an Israeli networking software firm, said it has raised $410 million in its latest funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management, taking its total capital-raise so far to $1 billion. New investors AMD and…
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