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The $648 Billion Care Economy Venture Capital Has Been Ignoring Until Now
The $648 billion care economy starts here. Venture capital has long treated childcare as a social issue rather than a labor market one. Ashley Bittner of Kalos Ventures is betting that distinction is the mispricing of a generation. Ashley Bittner…
Kalshi Scores FIFA World Cup Spotlight as Prediction Market Trading Surges to Record
The world's most anticipated sporting event continues to raise the profile of prediction markets, with a record amount of outstanding bets punctuated on Friday by a high-profile deal between Kalshi and an official partner of the World Cup 2026. ADI…
6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders
Crunchbase data tells us Black startup founders still receive only a tiny sliver of venture funding. What the numbers don't tell us is why investors continue to overlook those entrepreneurs, and more importantly, how the industry can improve the…
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Live from Uncharted
Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec bring together the latest news from the world of business and finance and the interesting stories of global technology, politics, economics and more by harnessing the power of Bloomberg Businessweek reporters and…
The Under 30s Entering A $60 Billion Deal With SpaceX
Think this is nice? It's a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. Cursor cofounders Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Sualeh Asif and Michael Truell (left to right) What do four, twenty-something founders do…
Is Andy Burnham Just Tony Blair in a Nice T-Shirt?
In 2002, two young and ambitious New Labour legislators founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Private Equity and Venture Capital, to “promote a better understanding of private equity among MPs and peers.” The first head of the…
Chinese AI, chip firms are driving an onshore IPO rebound
China's onshore technology IPOs are on track for their strongest year since 2023 as Beijing seeks to bolster listings of chip and artificial intelligence companies in a push for tech self-reliance amid the country's rivalry with the US. SCROLL TO…
Airwallex hits $11 billion valuation with $320 million raise as fintech pushes into finance run by AI agents
Airwallex raised $320 million in a Series H round at an $11 billion valuation. The Melbourne-founded fintech seeks to accelerate its push into AI-driven autonomous finance. Airwallex has faced growing scrutiny over its ties to China amid broader…
Why Switzerland Thinks It Can Be Deep Tech Capital Of the World
ETH Zurich has become Europe's leading university for deep tech spin-outs Deep tech start-ups based in Switzerland raised $2.6 billion of new investment last year, new research reveals – more than ever before, and a five-fold increase…
3 founders skipped VC funding, used AI to stay lean, and got to $1 million in revenue in year one
Three friends with résumés spanning Google, Palantir, and Harris Poll skipped venture capital and bootstrapped their startup instead. Within eight months of commercialization, they say, they had grown their polling company, Outward…
Applications open for 2026 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme
Representative for the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme South Africa. (Image supplied). Applications are open for the 2026 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme South Africa (GCIP-SA), which supports innovators in building scalable businesses…
Is Hyperliquid Actually Worth the Hype?
Hyperliquid (HYPE +0.87%) is a blockchain that operates as a decentralized exchange (DEX) for perpetual futures -- a type of financial derivative that tracks an asset's price without expiring. It captures around 80% of all decentralized perpetual…
My AI bill just went way up
I'm a technologist with a software studio. AI is in nearly everything my agency builds and most of how we work. But when our Anthropic bill recently skyrocketed, I was happy about it. The price we pay for AI is a lie. The longer the lie continues…
Pontaq Ventures, SIG Tattva, host manufacturing-tech founder workshop
Venture capital firm Pontaq Ventures, in partnership with SIG Tattva, the venture capital and innovation arm of Somany Impresa Group, conducted a two-day Founder Immersion and Start-up Workshop on Wednesday and Thursday. Held at the manufacturing…
Airwallex announces $320 million fundraise and CFO hire
Key insight: Global payments provider Airwallex raised $320 million in venture capital funding and instituted a new CFO. Supporting data: The company's valuation increased by 38% to $11 billion in six months. Forward look: Airwallex plans to use…
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