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In A.I. Boom, Venture Capital Firms Are Raising Loads More Money
Ravi Mhatre, left, and Bejul Somaia, partners at Lightspeed Venture, in San Francisco. “The innovation economy today is mainstream,” Mr. Mhatre said.Credit...Gabriela Hasbun for The New York Times Listen to this article · 4:47…
Kenanga IB ups stake in Halogen Capital in latest funding round
Corporate News KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd has emerged as the largest institutional shareholder in digital asset fund manager Halogen Capital Sdn Bhd with a 14.9% stake following the completion of its latest funding round. In a joint…
Ken Johnson - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
Partner, Badger Fund of Funds Managing director, Kegonsa Capital Partners LLC | Madison Ken Johnson is a veteran of the venture capital industry, serving as partner of the Badger Fund of Funds and managing director of Kegonsa Capital Partners.
Carrie Thome - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
NVNG Investment Advisors LLC | Madison Appleton-native Carrie Thome is a founding partner and investment advisor with NVNG Investment Advisors LLC, a Madison-based firm that works with its members to offer exposure to venture capital firms. She…
Prediction: Archer Aviation Will Soar to New Heights in 2026
Every now and again, a start-up becomes a household name overnight after it raises a huge round of funding from top-tier venture capital firms and achieves unicorn status -- that is, a valuation of $1 billion or more. When this happens, it's common…
John Neis - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
Managing director Venture Investors | Madison John Neis was an entrepreneur several times over by the time he joined Venture Investors as a graduate student in the late 1980s. He started his first business as a college student selling frames for…
Employment Hero narrows full-year losses to $35m
Employment Hero, the $2 billion human resources software start-up, expects its revenue to slow by a third this year as the company reins in its ambitious expansion plans to achieve profitability. The group, which is backed by some of the country's…
John Zeratsky - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
John Zeratsky is a co-founder and general partner at Character Capital, a venture capital firm that supports technology startups. While a design partner at Google Ventures, he co-created the Design Sprint process and worked with companies including…
Crypto millionaire setting up 'libertarian' community in Caribbean
A crypto millionaire is planning to set up a 'libertarian' community on a Caribbean island, complete with its own court system, under a controversial new law that has sparked fears of a 'state within a state'. Olivier Janssens, a wealthy bitcoin…
Jonathon Horne - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
General partner Idea Fund of La Crosse | La Crosse Jonathon Horne is a co-founder and general partner of the Idea Fund of La Crosse, a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in pre-revenue and early-stage revenue startups. The Idea Fund…
This Thrive-backed startup says it aspires to be the 'Amazon of homes'
You can buy a house online—not a dollhouse or a Roblox mansion, but a real one. And I don't just mean look online. Right now, if you're looking at homes in Denver, Dallas, or Houston, you can actually go buy a million-dollar home through…
Scarcity Partners-backed VC hits final close on $200m credit fund
January Capital, a Singaporean venture capital firm backed by Scarcity Partners, has ruled off the final close of its growth credit fund, pitching debt as a key layer of the capital stack for growth-stage companies. Sarah Thompson has co-edited…
SpaceX's Next Big Launch Could Be an I.P.O.
Andrew here. We've got a lot of business news this morning. But I want to take a moment for all of us to reflect upon the horrific killing sprees that took place this weekend at Brown University and at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in…
Dana Guthrie - Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders
Dana Guthrie is managing partner of Gateway Capital, a Milwaukee-based fund that invests in startups that are not yet generating revenue. Guthrie managed to raise $13.5 million in eight months for Gateway; today the firm has 13 startups in its…
Yo Labs Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding Round
Yo Labs raised $10 million in Series A funding, led by Foundation Capital, with Coinbase Ventures participating, to expand The Yo Protocol uses isolated embassy vaults on each chain to minimize bridge risks and a DeFi Graph to identify for upcoming…
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