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AlphaQ VC: Democratizing Venture Capital To Build A Better Investment World
Historically, family offices in Europe have underinvested in venture capital (VC), a high-growth asset class that can unlock significant potential. At the same time, many top-tier entrepreneurs often struggle to access the leading VC funds. That's…
EU Joins up With Venture Capital Firms to Boost Region's Tech Sector
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Monday it had joined forces with leading venture capital firms from the region to boost investment in tech innovation in Europe, amid concerns that Europe's tech sector is lagging the United States…
Benchmark is raising $170M for it's latest partners-only fund
While fund sizes of many venture capital firms have ballooned into billions of dollars over the last decade, Benchmark Partners, one of Silicon Valley's most successful investors, has stuck to raising approximately $425 million in capital every few…
Best of BS Opinion: Global VCs at crossroads, Policy process, more
Home / Opinion / Specials / Best of BS Opinion: Global VCs at crossroads, Policy process, more Kanika Datta Delhi 1 min read Last Updated: Oct 22 2024 | 6:38 AM IST Venture capital has delivered the best returns of any asset class over the last 30…
These tech investors are trawling UC Berkeley to fund the next Perplexity or Databricks
The University of California, Berkeley, is the top producer of alumni starting tech companies. Founded by Jeremy Fiance, The House Fund targets Berkeley-affiliated startups like Databricks. Zachary Hargreaves has joined The House Fund, enhancing…
Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers
Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $70 million in the latest vote of confidence from investors in the company's agriculture technology platform that helps farmers eliminate weeds without the use of herbicides. San Francisco firm BOND invested…
More startups are being spun out of Klarna than any other European fintech unicorn
Alumni from Klarna have gone on to create 62 new startups — more than any other fintech unicorn in Europe, according to a new report from venture capital firm Accel. Out of 98 venture-backed fintech unicorns in the region, 82 have produced…
Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has moved his AI startup out of stealth, calling it Parallel
Parag Agrawal updated his LinkedIn page with his AI startup's name for the first time: Parallel Web Systems. The ex-Twitter CEO raised about $30 million for the startup, The Information reported in January. Parallel's website says its initial…
Ethereum (ETH) Price Prediction: Buy, Hold, or Sell in October 2024?
Ethereum (ETH) is once more under focus as the market for cryptocurrencies undergo yet another cycle of instability. As of writing, ETH is trading at $2,644.70. From its top of $4,100, ETH has plummeted 43.33% and is still heading down; analysts…
The million-dollar question of this election': Women's health startups are confronting a shifting legal landscape
After a full day of meetings at Julie, a startup that sells a morning-after pill, CEO Amanda E/J Morrison jumped a flight from New York to Boston and headed to a small, private college, where a trivia night awaited her. Dozens of students shuffled…
Council Post: What's Needed To Scale Climate Technology?
Freddie Sarhan is the CEO of Sapphire Technologies and has extensive experience in international business development and operations. Several questions loom large ahead of this year's COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. With new…
Nvidia Announces Partnership With Aidoc To Explore Healthcare AI Adoption
Nvidia announced today that it will partner with Aidoc, a startup focused on enabling healthcare organizations with artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the clinical setting, to develop a novel framework to promote and define AI adoption in the…
Robinhood's cofounder has joined the rapidly growing commercial space race, and wants to beam solar power from satellites to earth
Baiju Bhatt, the cofounder of trading app Robinhood, has a new space startup. Aetherflux aims to launch a constellation of satellites to transmit solar power to Earth using infrared lasers. Bhatt told BI why he's joining the commercial space race…
AI software firm Zip valued at $2.2 billion in latest funding round
:AI business software company Zip said on Monday it was valued at $2.2 billion in a funding round led by technology investment firm BOND, marking an increase from its $1.5 billion valuation in 2023. Zip will use the $190 million raised in the…
Optimism meets skepticism at Quantum Summit in Chicago
Pioneers of quantum computing shared their dreams and skepticism about the fledgling industry Monday, while Gov. JB Pritzker said he thinks it's already attracting companies to Illinois. Industry leaders foresee momentous changes growing out of…
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