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afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Scarcity Partners-backed VC hits final close on $200m credit fund
Scarcity Partners-backed VC hits final close on $200m credit fund
Australian Financial Review

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…

businessinsider.com - Lloyd Lee - Figure AI CEO says over 170,000 people have applied to his robot company in the last 3 years. He hired fewer than 500.
Figure AI CEO says over 170,000 people have applied to his robot company in the last 3 years. He hired fewer than 500.
Business Insider

A humanoid robotics startup in Silicon Valley appears to have an acceptance rate lower than any Ivy League university. Figure AI has been flooded with résumés since its founding in 2022, according to the startup's founder and CEO…

cryptonewsz.com - Rajpalsinh Parmar - Yo Labs Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding Round
Yo Labs Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding Round
CryptoNewsZ

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…

nytimes.com - Michael Hirschorn - Opinion | The Billionaires Have No One to Blame but Themselves
Opinion | The Billionaires Have No One to Blame but Themselves
The New York Times

Billionaires had a great thing going. The ruling in the 2010 Citizens United case, among others, invited the super rich to exert all the influence on policy and politics that their money could buy — and then enjoy all the wealth that…

fool.com - Jake FitzGerald - Everyone Wants the Award-Winning 2026 Travel Card That's Half the Cost of Amex Platinum
Everyone Wants the Award-Winning 2026 Travel Card That's Half the Cost of Amex Platinum
The Motley Fool

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coindesk.com - Francisco Rodrigues - YO Labs Raises $10M to Scale Cross-Chain Crypto Yield Optimization Protocol
YO Labs Raises $10M to Scale Cross-Chain Crypto Yield Optimization Protocol
CoinDesk

YO Labs, the development team behind YO Protocol, has raised $10 million in a Series A round to expand its crypto yield optimization platform. Venture capital firm Foundation Capital led the round, joined by Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures…

nydailynews.com - Eric J. Gertler - New York State as weighed by the data
New York State as weighed by the data
New York Daily News

Last week, Gov. Hochul and her GOP challenger, Rep. Elise Stefanik, sparred over affordability in New York. To assess the Empire State's level of affordability, they both turned to U.S. News & World Report's annual Best States rankings, compiled…

cnbc.com - Gabrielle Fonrouge - ServiceNow in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis in potential $7 billion deal, Bloomberg reports
ServiceNow in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis in potential $7 billion deal, Bloomberg reports
CNBC

Software company ServiceNow could announce plans to acquire startup Armis as soon as this week in a potential $7 billion deal, Bloomberg reported. Armis, a cybersecurity firm, was last valued at $6.1 billion during a November funding round.

globes.co.il - Globes correspondent - Israeli cyber co Armis in talks on $7b sale - report
Israeli cyber co Armis in talks on $7b sale - report
גלובס

According to a report by Bloomberg, privately-held Israeli cybersecurity company Armis is in talks on a sale of the company to US-based ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) for up to $7 billion. The report says that the deal could be announced within the next…

superpowers4good.com - Chandan Saha - $1,542,889 Raised in One Week: What Regulated Impact Crowdfunding Reveals About the Future of Minority, Women, and LGBTQ-Led Businesses
$1,542,889 Raised in One Week: What Regulated Impact Crowdfunding Reveals About the Future of Minority, Women, and LGBTQ-Led Businesses
Superpowers for Good

Superpowers for Good should not be considered investment advice. Seek counsel before making investment decisions. When you purchase an item, launch a campaign or create an investment account after clicking a link here, we may earn a fee. Engage to…

marketbeat.com - Real Estate Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - December 13th
Real Estate Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - December 13th
MarketBeat

More Than Yield: 5 Stocks Beating the Market and Hiking Dividends Welltower, American Tower, Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, Digital Realty Trust, Prologis, and Opendoor Technologies are the seven Real Estate stocks to watch today, according…

marketbeat.com - Real Estate Stocks To Research - December 14th
Real Estate Stocks To Research - December 14th
MarketBeat

More Than Yield: 5 Stocks Beating the Market and Hiking Dividends Welltower, American Tower, Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, and Digital Realty Trust are the five Real Estate stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener…

247wallst.com - Lee Jackson - $5 and $10 Ultra-High-Yield Stock Kings Are Passive Income 2026 Steals
$5 and $10 Ultra-High-Yield Stock Kings Are Passive Income 2026 Steals
24/7 Wall St

Investors love dividend stocks, especially those with ultra-high yields, because they offer a significant income stream and have substantial total return potential. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions…

capitalfm.co.ke - bird story agency - Crypto and fintechs eye Africa's youth
Crypto and fintechs eye Africa's youth
Capital News

Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Africa's next generation is emerging as the new battleground for digital finance, as global crypto exchanges and African fintechs race to shape how children save, learn and interact with money. Chinese crypto…

bmmagazine.co.uk - Jamie Young - Hello Vet raises £15m to expand transparent-pricing clinics across the UK
Hello Vet raises £15m to expand transparent-pricing clinics across the UK
Business Matters

Hello Vet, which allows owners to stay with their pets as they go under and wake up from anaesthesia, plans to open at least 20 to 25 new clinics and hire around 200 vets and veterinary nurses over the next two years. The business says its growth…

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