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First Five-Year Plan | Advance 'Finance+' to support real economy, set up $10b Innovation and Technology Industry-Oriented Fund
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu outlined six areas to push forward 'Finance+' with aims to serve the real economy in Hong Kong's first Five-Year Plan on Wednesday, including promoting patient capital and venture capital investments in…
EIB and Angelini Ventures' Partnership Reaches €48.5 Million in Investments
New €17 million investment into MMI, a microsurgery robotics company, marks the third investment completed under the €150 million partnership in less than 12 months, following ADCytherix and Nuclidium A further €20 million has…
AI panic is the new climate hysteria - and it's handing the future to China
The predictable result is rash, ineffective, and counterproductive reactions, even if the underlying concerns are valid. This happens in part because crisis sells, and attention-seeking media and pundits pounce. Definitive-sounding…
Venture Investors Tap Nascent VC Secondaries Scene for Liquidity Fix
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Going Private, I'm Sinead Cruise and this is Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we look at Earvin…
Labor's new agency to build Australia's own Lockheed Martin
The Albanese government will push for a private equity and venture capital-backed consolidation of Australian defence firms in a bid to create sovereign tier-one contractors on a similar scale to the United States' Lockheed Martin and Britain's BAE…
Tell us about the recruiters who are placing top tech talent
The AI race has created hyper demand for a select group of workers. Companies are clamoring for the top tech talent, offering staggering paychecks, equity, and cushy benefits to woo the most gifted technical hires. Who are the headhunters…
Impulse Space's $308m and Southern Comfort parent eyes Berentzen-Gruppe.
🚀 Impulse Space, a developer of space tugs, raised $308m in Series D extension funding (round total $808m) from 137 Ventures, Banner VC, DFJ Growth, Linse Capital, Lux Capital, and Valor Equity Partners. Go deeper • Hang Ten Systems…
Government plots university spinout crackdown
The government is plotting a major crackdown on university spinouts that shift their operations abroad or float overseas, the boss of the body responsible for research investment has said, in a move likely to spark unrest among founders and the…
Birkenstock: A Growth Stock With Carefully Curated Growth Strategy (NYSE:BIRK)
Birkenstock's product prestige, immense growth potential, and attractive value relative to alternatives offer a compelling opportunity for investors. Birkenstock's manufacturing heritage and distribution philosophy are crucial characteristics that…
Here are the VCs judging in Startup Battlefield 200 Disrupt 2026
A great pitch doesn't win Startup Battlefield 200. A great company does. That's why the VCs sitting in the judges' seats matter so much. They aren't looking for polished presentations or clever demos — they're looking for founders solving…
Space-Tug Maker Impulse's Fundraising Round Tops $800 Million
Impulse Space Inc., a startup working on in-space transportation technology, announced that it has raised an additional $308 million in its latest funding round, taking the total amount raised in this most recent series to $808 million. The new…
Arcee AI trained four models for $20 million. Now, it's worth $1 billion.
In 2025, Mark McQuade took a gamble wholly specific to the AI era. Arcee AI, the startup he founded in 2023, was focusing on post-training—the process by which an existing model is honed for humans. But McQuade saw an opening: Meta had just…
Why Robotics Hasn't Had Its ChatGPT Breakthrough Yet - Inblix
ChatGPT changed everything in November 2022. It pushed artificial intelligence from theoretical hype into daily utility almost overnight. Robotics, however, is still waiting for its equivalent turning point. Les Karpas, Nvidia Inception's Global…
Why MENA Female-Founded Startups Still Struggle to Access Capital
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's startup ecosystem has become increasingly vibrant in recent years and boasts a string of unicorns and innovative businesses. But despite the progress that has been made, female founders remain…
Korean stocks face overhang as 230 mil. shares come off lock-up
Nearly 230 million shares in listed companies are coming out of lock-up restrictions this month, raising concerns about a potential overhang in the stock market, industry officials said Wednesday. The mandatory lock-up system bars certain…
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