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semafor.com - Tasneem Nashrulla - US, China space ventures raise capital
US, China space ventures raise capital
Semafor

Commercial space ventures in the US and China are tapping broader pools of capital as the superpowers vie for dominance in a fierce space race. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is seeking its first outside capital, aiming to raise $10 billion at a valuation…

koreatimes.co.kr - Nam Hyun-woo - Space Frontier Forum kicks off to draw attention to space startups
Space Frontier Forum kicks off to draw attention to space startups
The Korea Times

Panelists and guests of the Space Frontier Forum hosted by SpaceRadar and STIC Ventures pose at the event in Seoul, Thursday. From left are Mirae Asset Capital Managing Director Lee Choong-hwan, KT SAT CEO Choi Kyeong-il and Korea Times…

forbes.com - Charlotte Kiang - The Future Of Space Is Bigger Than SpaceX
The Future Of Space Is Bigger Than SpaceX
Forbes

Bret Johnsen (C), SpaceX Chief Financial Officer, and Gwynne Shotwell (center R), SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer, celebrate as they ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the launch of SpaceX's initial public…

seekingalpha.com - Markit - Pace Of Private Equity Exits Slows In H1 2026
Pace Of Private Equity Exits Slows In H1 2026
Seeking Alpha

The number of private equity exits slowed during the first half of 2026, as market uncertainty continued to prevent buyers and sellers from finding common ground on valuations. Global private equity and venture capital firms announced 1,504 exits…

fortune.com - Lily Mae Lazarus - AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup
AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup
Fortune

Brendan Foody started Mercor when he was 19 years old. Now he's 23, worth billions on paper, and running one of the fastest-growing companies in AI history. On Thursday, his $10 billion business acquired startup Deeptune, a company Foody quietly…

washingtonexaminer.com - John D. O’Connor - Trump rightly calls off wedding after Iran's abusive engagement
Trump rightly calls off wedding after Iran's abusive engagement
Washington Examiner

Vice President JD Vance attended Yale Law School, best known for lofty policy talk, but little Harvard-style nuts-and-bolts work. After a year in corporate law, he transitioned to a short stint in venture capital before briefly occupying a Senate…

techcrunch.com - Kirsten Korosec - Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major US expansion
Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major US expansion
TechCrunch

Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, has been a smaller player in the United States. Founder and CEO Bobby Healy told TechCrunch that's about to change. The startup, fueled by the $50 million in venture capital it raised…

fortune.com - Lily Mae Lazarus - Christina Qi left behind a hedge fund trading $7 billion a day for a farm in Utah. Her new startup just raised $97 million to rival Bloomberg
Christina Qi left behind a hedge fund trading $7 billion a day for a farm in Utah. Her new startup just raised $97 million to rival Bloomberg
Fortune

Christina Qi spent a decade making money for billionaires, building Domeyard LP—a high-frequency trading hedge fund that traded up to $7.1 billion a day. Then, she shut the whole thing down to start Databento, a market data infrastructure…

fastcompany.com - Grace Snelling - Someone is going to buy Jensen Huang's leather jacket for a lot of money
Someone is going to buy Jensen Huang's leather jacket for a lot of money
Fast Company

A leather jacket once worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just went on auction, and it's already fetching its estimated bid with more than a week to go until closing. The “Jensen Jacket,” originally designed by Tom Ford, was put up for…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Prime Intelliect's $1b valuation, Ardian's HR software stake, and Paradigm's new fund
Prime Intelliect's $1b valuation, Ardian's HR software stake, and Paradigm's new fund
Axios

• Prime Intellect, an SF-based agentic AI building platform, raised $130m in Series A funding at a $1b valuation. Radical Ventures led, joined by Nvidia Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and Iconiq. Go deeper • Venus…

arstechnica.com - Jon Brodkin - Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Ars Technica

Kalshi lost an attempt to override New York's state gambling laws yesterday, with a federal judge rejecting the prediction market operator's request to prevent enforcement of the rules. Kalshi is appealing the decision to a higher court. This is…

cointelegraph.com - Paradigm Raises $1.2B for Fourth Fund in AI Push
Paradigm Raises $1.2B for Fourth Fund in AI Push
Cointelegraph

Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion for its fourth fund, which will expand the crypto venture capital firm's investments into artificial intelligence and related technologies. The company said on Wednesday that its latest fund will invest…

powermag.com - Contributed Content - Space Solar Power Is Coming Home to the Energy Industry
Space Solar Power Is Coming Home to the Energy Industry
POWER Magazine

Join energy leaders in the Space Solar Power Symposium at Experience POWER 2026 in Washington, D.C. A few weeks ago, while opening a panel on Space Solar Power (SSP) at SF Climate Week 2026 co-hosted by the Space Frontier Foundation and the Young…

heraldscotland.com - Brian Donnelly - Pioneering Scottish seaweed product company placed into administration
Pioneering Scottish seaweed product company placed into administration
The Herald

The Oceanium Limited business, producing farmed seaweed -derived bioactive and food ingredients, has been acquired by Juno Mara Limited following an independent marketing process. James Fennessey and Blair Milne, of Azets' Restructuring &…

refreshmiami.com - Nancy Dahlberg - Miami area startups attracted $832M in VC in Q2, PitchBook reports. We've got the top deals.
Miami area startups attracted $832M in VC in Q2, PitchBook reports. We've got the top deals.
Refresh Miami

South Florida startups attracted nearly $2 billion in venture capital in the first two quarters of this year, according to PitchBook's data. In Q2 only, Miami metro area startups attracted at least $832 million, PitchBook reports. While results did…

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