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Canada's venture capital crunch is squeezing early-stage startups
New RBCx data shows early-stage founders raised 40% less capital in Q1 2026 while funding needs remain steady TORONTO, June 24, 2026 /CNW/ - New data from RBCx reveals Canada's early-stage startup ecosystem is facing growing pressure, with both the…
Some states want to regulate prediction markets. Should the feds let them?
The federal government and a growing number of U.S. states are clashing over the regulation of prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against…
Marketing guru Sorrell says AI will dismantle the old order
For more than three decades, Martin Sorrell built WPP into the world's largest advertising holding company by mastering the economics of the big creative campaign. Today, from the helm of his newer, nimbler venture S4 Capital, he is delivering a…
South Korea's IPO bust clouds equity markets as Chaebol structure restrains listings
New IPOs and proceeds in South Korea this year have fallen behind smaller regional peers such as Malaysia, according to LSEG data. Government efforts to boost corporate valuations by limiting parent-subsidiary listings are temporarily holding back…
HKSTP leads record Hong Kong delegation to BIO 2026 in San Diego to showcases biotech strength
Hong Kong's burgeoning life and health technology sector took center stage at the BIO International Convention 2026 (BIO 2026) in San Diego, where the city sent its largest-ever delegation from June 22 to 25. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The…
Polymarket-backed platform boosts funding to root out insider trading on prediction markets
Polysights is an AI-powered platform that gives users and institutions tools to find wallet clustering and detect anomalies in markets. The platform raised $1.5 million in a funding round to help finance tools related to wallet activity and…
Singapore Video Startup Founded By Tencent's Former AI Head Bets Big On World Models
On paper, Video Rebirth is too small to compete in the capital-intensive AI video battleground. Less than two years old, the startup has $80 million in funding and a team of 30 operating out of its Singapore headquarters and an office in Hong Kong.
AI Super PAC's First Major Target Loses New York Congressional Primary
The increasingly powerful AI lobby poured millions of dollars into a campaign against a congressional candidate running in the Democratic primaries in New York. On Tuesday, they got what they paid for. Outside groups spent more than $40 million on…
America's Heartland Is Fueling The Next Generation Bioeconomy
Daykin, Nebraska (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a relatively small number of places have dominated U.S. innovation. Silicon Valley, New York City, Los…
Thoma Bravo invests in padoa, Taktile raises $110M, Stegra raises €1.4B
🌎 Stegra, a Swedish green steel manufacturing infrastructure company, raised €1.4b led by Wallenberg Investments. IMAS, Temasek, Bolero, and SEB-Stiftelsen joined, along with existing investors Altor, Hy24, Just Climate, AIP…
Every Company Is Now An AI Wrapper So GTM Is The New Moat
SYMBOL - 25 January 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: A man operates an iPhone on which apps can be seen. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Clay turned $1…
What The $188 Billion AI Mega-Rounds Actually Mean For The Rest Of Us
Elena Volotovskaya is the Head of Softline Venture Partners. Q1 2026 broke every record the venture market had on the books. KPMG's ' Venture Pulse Q1 2026 ' puts total global VC at $330.9 billion, more than double Q4 2025 and well past the…
Ethereum Price Prediction: Can Whale Buying Offset ETF Outflows?
Ethereum is once again caught between fear and conviction. While ETF investors pulled more than $82 million from spot Ethereum funds, a wallet linked to a16z quietly withdrew over $42 million worth of ETH from Binance, signaling fresh accumulation…
Google Loses Another Two High Profile AI Researchers To Anthropic
A duo of leading artificial intelligence researchers at Alphabet's Google are planning to leave for rival Anthropic, adding to a series of high-profile departures that risk undercutting the search giant's position in AI. Jonas Adler and Alexander…
Seoul revamps 'OASIS' program to turn expat tech startups into global players
When Ravi Pandit Shankar arrived in Korea, navigating the country's dense corporate laws and tax codes felt like an insurmountable hurdle. But after completing a specialized municipal program, his tech startup, Konnect — a 'super-app'…
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