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forbes.com - Yerik Aubakirov - Why Real Economy Assets May Be A Smart Bet In An AI-Driven World
Why Real Economy Assets May Be A Smart Bet In An AI-Driven World
Forbes

Yerik Aubakirov, serial entrepreneur and CEO of EA Group Holding Ltd. ​Until recently, SaaS was a reliable sector for venture capital investment. Developing a solution to a corporate pain point was expensive and difficult. But if a startup…

thehill.com - Sheldon H. Jacobson, opinion contributor - The dark side of prediction markets is getting even darker
The dark side of prediction markets is getting even darker
The Hill

Gambling has become legal in nearly every U.S. state. Whether it is buying lottery tickets, loading money into video slot machines, playing casino games like blackjack, craps or roulette, or betting on sports, opportunities to wager on events with…

wsj.com - Brian Gormley - Biotech Venture Funding Roars Back
Biotech Venture Funding Roars Back
Wall Street Journal

Biotechnology venture funding is surging, driven by an explosion of mergers and acquisitions and a revival of initial public offerings in the industry. Biotech startups globally secured $15.5 billion in venture capital in the first half of this…

wsj.com - Dominic Chopping - Neko Health, a Body-Scan Startup, Raises $700 Million in Latest Fundraising
Neko Health, a Body-Scan Startup, Raises $700 Million in Latest Fundraising
Wall Street Journal

STOCKHOLM—Neko Health, the body-scanning technology startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, raised $700 million in a new funding round as it prepares to launch its first U.S. clinic later this year. The Series C round was co-led by…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Hong Kong Investment Corporation logs $6.4b investment income in 2025, up by 175pc
Hong Kong Investment Corporation logs $6.4b investment income in 2025, up by 175pc
The Standard

The Hong Kong Investment Corporation said it recorded a total investment income of over HK$6.4 billion last year, up by 175 percent from the year prior. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The net internal rate of return of its investment portfolio has…

scmp.com - Daisy Wu - HKIC reports double-digit investment return as 'patient capital' bears fruit
HKIC reports double-digit investment return as 'patient capital' bears fruit
South China Morning Post

The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) recorded a major jump in investment income during its second year of operation, as it expanded its role as the city's “patient capital” engine driving local economic development. The wholly…

forbes.com - David Prosser - Meet The Startup Hoping To Change The Way The World Uses Technology
Meet The Startup Hoping To Change The Way The World Uses Technology
Forbes

Aina argues conventional interfaces with technology are out of date The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is in full swing. For now, however, it is exclusively a software revolution. Apoorv Shankar, the founder of Aina, wants to change that.

newswire.ca - OMAN'S US$5.2 BILLION FUTURE FUND UNVEILS US$1.744 BILLION IN PROJECTS
OMAN'S US$5.2 BILLION FUTURE FUND UNVEILS US$1.744 BILLION IN PROJECTS
CNW

MUSCAT, Oman, July 15, 2026 /CNW/ -- Future Fund Oman (FFO), a portfolio of Oman Investment Authority (OIA), the Sultanate of Oman's sovereign wealth fund, has announced a new package of 105 strategic projects and investments worth USD 1.744…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - Bunkerhill Health raises $55 million to put AI agents to work inside hospitals
Bunkerhill Health raises $55 million to put AI agents to work inside hospitals
Fortune

In 2017, Nishith Khandwala was a Stanford computer science student with an idea—that you could take existing radiology scans, and use AI to check them at scale and detect heart disease and heart attack risk early. For years, he and classmate…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Walden raises $300M, Yankees financing and FalconX buys bloXroute
Walden raises $300M, Yankees financing and FalconX buys bloXroute
Axios

• Walden Robotics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based robotics startup, raised a $300m round that values the company at $1.1b. Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led, joined by Nvidia, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Prologis Ventures, CoreWeave…

forbes.com - Bill Holodnak - The Best Careers Are Built On Taking Risk, Not Hedging Your Bets
The Best Careers Are Built On Taking Risk, Not Hedging Your Bets
Forbes

Bill Holodnak, CEO and Founder of Occam Global, an executive search and advisory firm focused on leadership across the innovation economy. There's a persistent belief that career success follows a rational path: work hard, make smart decisions and…

businessinsider.com - Tom Carter - Blue Origin's new stock option plan comes with a catch
Blue Origin's new stock option plan comes with a catch
Business Insider

Blue Origin employees finally have a route to match SpaceX's new millionaires — but there's a catch. Jeff Bezos' rocket company has sought to address internal backlash over its stock option plan, which left employees holding worthless…

forbes.com - Ian Shepherd - The Creators Who Are Quietly Running The 2026 World Cup
The Creators Who Are Quietly Running The 2026 World Cup
Forbes

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JULY 5: IShowSpeed aka Darren Jason Watkins Jr. comments the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 football match between Brazil and Norway at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 5, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

cointelegraph.com - ARK, Sentora Push Back on a16z's Blockchain-Over-DeFi Thesis
ARK, Sentora Push Back on a16z's Blockchain-Over-DeFi Thesis
Cointelegraph

Latest News PublishedJul 16, 2026 ARK Invest's director of research disputed a16z crypto's thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly…

crunchbase.com - Crunchbase News - Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In 2024, 2025 and 2026
Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In 2024, 2025 and 2026
Crunchbase

The first couple weeks of July brought news of a plethora of tech layoffs, with most of them coming from companies that are not based in the U.S. but have sizable workforces here. Toronto-based Thomson Reuters led the list of companies not based in…

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