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€150 million agreement between EIB and Angelini Ventures to finance European startups
This is the first agreement signed by the EIB with a corporate venture capital in the healthcare sector, and is part of the EU strategy to support the development of innovative companies across the continent. Angelini Ventures and the EIB will each…
Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions For 2026
The year 2026 will be a year of tumult in American healthcare. As the December kicks off, the cloudy mist surrounding my crystal ball is beginning to clear. The year 2026 is near on the horizon and turbulence and fear is foretold for the US…
Goldman Sachs acquires ETF firm for $2 billion in latest deal to bolster asset management division
Goldmans Sachs has agreed to buy Innovator Capital Management, a provider of defined-outcome ETFs, for about $2 billion. Innovator had $28 billion of assets under supervision across 159 ETFs as of Sept. 30. Goldman Sachs has made asset and wealth…
Markets Defy the White House
Andrew here. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We're gearing up for the DealBook Summit, which is taking place just 48 hours from now. We're thrilled to announce a new interviewee: Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te (by video). Of course…
Goldman Sachs Pays $2 Billion For ETF Firm Innovator
The $2 billion deal, announced Monday (Dec. 1), is designed to expand the exchange traded fund (ETF) lineup at Goldman's asset management business. Innovator, the banking giant noted in its announcement, was managing $28 billion in assets across…
Trump's Latest Convict Pardon An Irony That Beggars Belief
While the administration wages war against alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea, President Donald Trump has pledged to pardon a former head of state convicted of trafficking cocaine into the United States — an irony that beggars…
OpenAI Takes Stake in Thrive Holdings, a Buyer of Services Firms
When Thrive Capital set up a company, Thrive Holdings, this year to buy up and consolidate services providers like accounting firms, a key goal was to transform the businesses by imbuing them with artificial intelligence. Now one of Thrive…
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
German AI lab Black Forest Labs said on Monday that it has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $3.25 billion. The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from…
Digital And Tech Chief On How General Mills Is Scaling AI
General Mills Headquarters in the Golden Valley suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota General Mills is one of the most widely recognized food companies in the world with products that appear in roughly 90 percent of American households and revenue of…
At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a…
FuturePlay teams up with Saudi ministry for Korean startups' Middle East entry
Tech-oriented investment firm FuturePlay said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Investment to support Korean startups' entry into the regional market and encourage joint investments into…
Heavenly raise for hydrogen drones, $35m for blood clot care and an Omni Fiber deal
• Heven AeroTech, a Sterling, Va.-based hydrogen-powered drone developer, raised a $100m Series B funding at a $1b valuation. IonQ led, joined by Texas Venture Partners. Go deeper • Akura Medical, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based developer…
Goldman Sachs snaps up ETF firm Innovator Capital Management for $2B
Goldman Sachs announced Monday it has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management — a firm specializing in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, designed to limit investor losses — for about $2 billion. The cash-and-stock deal aims to…
Humanoid Robots Won't Save Manufacturing. Here's What Will.
As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice looms: invest in human-shaped machines (humanoid robots) capturing headlines, or purpose-built systems capturing ROI. When astronauts perform spacewalks outside the International Space Station…
Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales
Sorry, prospective homebuyers. Just over a year after adding climate risk scores, Zillow has removed them from more than 1 million listings after real estate agents complained that the information was causing them to lose sales. Zillow first added…
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