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What Black tech founders need to know before raising their first venture capital round
For many Black tech founders, raising venture capital is often positioned as the ultimate milestone. It signals that your idea is validated, your business is taken “seriously,” and opportunities begin to take shape. As the managing…
Women Investors Lack Clear Path to Venture Capital
A significant percentage of women still lack a clear path to investing in venture capital and confidence about private markets overall, according to Women, Wealth and the Capital Continuum, a 2026 report from non-profit How Women Lead and…
Oren Cass is badly wrong about the financial industry
In a recent opinion article, Cass argues that the U.S. finance industry is just a grift that extracts wealth without creating incremental value. He says modern finance increases volatility without creating real value. Moreover, he argues that the…
AI Startup Nabs $100 Million to Help Firms Predict Human Behavior
Artificial intelligence startup Simile has raised $100 million in a new round of funding to help companies predict human behavior, including by guessing items customers might purchase and questions that might get asked on earnings calls. The…
Exclusive: Seligman Ventures debuts with $500 million and a new model for the blurring line between public and private markets
The public markets are thinning, the private markets are exploding, and AI is wholly destabilizing both. Consider the past week's software meltdown: AI fears and stalled market dynamics vaporized $1 trillion in market value, rippling down to…
Admiral Group acquires Flock to drive innovation in commercial motor market
Admiral Group acquires Flock to drive innovation in commercial motor market Admiral Group today announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Flock, a digital commercial fleet insurance provider with an innovative telemetry-based…
Meet Dr. Dan Marom, Mentor to Israel's Rising Entrepreneurs
‘It's not whether an entrepreneur will fail,” says Dr. Dan Marom, academic director of the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Business School of the Hebrew University. “It's when they'll fail. All…
Europe cannot avoid an AI reckoning
BRATISLAVA – When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), Europe's biggest challenge is not the sudden arrival of foreign frontier models or the proliferation of American and Chinese platforms across its markets. It is that the broader…
Israeli startups invest $50 million in 'Waze of marketing'
Two Israeli-based startups announced on Wednesday investment rounds that raised almost $50 million to develop Artificial Intelligence platforms focused on business-to-business (B2B) models, especially in sales and marketing. Brandlight, a platform…
Frank Calabria's billion-dollar baby meets the AI buzzsaw
Origin Energy boss Frank Calabria may have made one of the best venture capital bets in Australian corporate history, but it's hard to see how it could be the right time to spin it into listed markets any time soon. If his utilities software bet…
Super PAC backed by AI titans pledges $5 million to boost Byron Donalds' run for Florida governor
A pro-artificial intelligence super PAC is preparing to spend about $5 million to help GOP Rep. Byron Donalds' campaign for governor of Florida — as Republicans in the state participate in a protracted fight over AI legislation backed by…
Bill Ackman reacts to Mark Zuckerberg's $150M mansion purchase in Florida. Make this smart move now like the super rich
Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest move into South Florida real estate is causing a stir. On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that…
Google-Wiz acquisition receives final regulatory approval
Final regulatory approval of Google's acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz has been received after the European Commission unconditionally approved the $32 billion deal, under the EU Merger Regulation. This is a significant decision and…
Prediction Market Open Interest Crosses $1B as Super Bowl Boosts Bets - 'The Defiant'
Open interest (OI) across crypto prediction markets just hit $1 billion for the first time, a surge likely fueled by increased activity around the 2026 Super Bowl. According to data from Artemis, open interest across platforms, Polymarket, Kalshi…
Hamilton Lane's Hartley Rogers
“In the 23 years that I've been involved with Hamilton Lane,” observed Hartley Rogers, the firm's Executive Co-Chairman, “the size and scale of the private markets have expanded enormously. Because we are a major player in the…
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