Venture Capital Industry News
A collection of Venture Capital latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Murdered MIT scientist was pioneering tech to take on fuel industry
The murdered professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was on the brink of revolutionizing the energy sector and upending fossil fuel use as we know it. Nuno Loureiro, 47, was gunned down at his home in the Boston suburb of Brookline…
Fintechs' prediction market addons will cost them in churn: Inversion CEO
Finance platforms racing to add prediction markets are doing so at the cost of accelerated “casino-like” user churn, says venture capital firm Inversion Capital founder and CEO, Santiago Roel Santos. Santos argued in a blog post on…
AI is creating a security problem most companies aren't staffed to handle, says an AI researcher
Companies may have cybersecurity teams in place, but many still aren't prepared for how AI systems actually fail, says an AI security researcher. Sander Schulhoff, who wrote one of the earliest prompt engineering guides and focuses on AI system…
Technology entrepreneurship in emerging markets: Latin America's innovation momentum
By Jerry Haar / Guest Contributor Latin America has emerged as a dynamic force in global technology entrepreneurship, experiencing unprecedented growth and transformation over the past three decades. The region's digital transformation market…
As EU waters down 2035 EV goals, electric startups express concern
The future may be electric, but that future is being postponed. The European Commission, citing the need for flexibility, has softened its ambitious plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. Instead of requiring 100% of new cars to be…
As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese
NEW YORK: Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market. Despite considerable geopolitical tensions, Chinese…
RiNK Initiative by KLE CTIE at the Mundhe Banni Startup Meetup
The KLE Centre for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (KLE CTIE), in strategic partnership with Mundhe Banni and Avantro Labs, launched the RiNK Initiative – Rise in North Karnataka. This was launched in Hubballi on Saturday…
Israel's famed VC Jon Medved, diagnosed with ALS, backed the tech that will improve his life
Years ago, when venture capitalist Jon Medved took an interest in backing various health tech startups, he had no idea that one day, he would need them to improve his own quality of life. Israel tight-knit startup community received a blow in…
It's the non-banks' time to shine
Credit sourcing by India's industry, trade and commerce is undergoing a sea change. This development comes in the backdrop of the country's GDP growth averaging about 8 per cent in the last 3-4 years. Non-traditional sources of funding are…
Uniswap fee switch to go live as community vote set to pass
The highly-anticipated Uniswap protocol fee switch, dubbed “UNIfication,” is set to pass and go live later this week, having reached the 40 million vote threshold needed to trigger one of the biggest upgrades in the decentralized…
33-year-olds shuttered their $2M-a-year startup, risked running out of money-now their AI business is valued at $100M
This story is part of CNBC Make It's The Moment series, where highly successful people reveal the critical moment that changed the trajectory of their lives and careers, discussing what drove them to make the leap into the unknown. Dhruv Amin and…
Trump Media-TAE Merger: Fusion's Public Market Leap
The fusion industry just achieved a major milestone—and this time, it's not about science. On December 17 the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announced a $6-billion all-stock merger with fusion power company TAE Technologies (TAE). The…
These 4 Altcoins Have Major Pre-Christmas Events
As the crypto market heads into the final week before Christmas, several major altcoins are approaching governance votes and tokenomics shifts that could materially alter their long-term supply dynamics. From Uniswap's long-awaited fee switch to…
As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese
Despite considerable geopolitical tensions, Chinese open-source AI models are winning over a growing number of programmers and companies in the United States. These are different from the closed generative AI models that have become household names…
Pursuing the evolving consumer
“While our focus on India's consumption story continues, our pursuit is continually refined as new technologies emerge,” says Sandeep Murthy, Managing Partner at Lightbox, one of India's earliest consumer-focused venture capital…
Receive a Daily briefing on Venture Capital Industry News
Get Started