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How to invest in venture capital with the rise of megafunds
Venture capital megafunds – or those with more than $1 billion in assets – accounted for 72% of all deal value in the first six months of 2026, according to PitchBook. Getting access to the big funds, and paying their steep fees, has…
Risk Ledger Raises New Funding To Target US Cyber Security Market
Supply chain cyber risk is a growing threat to organizations worldwide When Tata Electronics suffered a devastating cyber attack last month, it wasn't only the Indian company that was exposed. The attackers also claimed to have obtained the trade…
Is The Focus Shifting To The Stack Above The Clouds?
Madhurima Manchala, Founder of Maps.ai and Early Stage Venture Capital Investor. The space economy is beginning to look less like a frontier and more like a vertically integrated technology stack. With my background in venture capital and…
Helsing's Three Cofounders Pivoted To Drones. Now They're Worth $2.3 Billion Each
The CA-1 Europa, an autonomous uncrewed combat aerial vehicle, and drones (L) by German defence technology company Helsing. (Photo by Michaela Stache / AFP via Getty Images) H elsing's three billionaire cofounders are now at the helm of mainland…
AI Co-Scientists Are Rewriting The Economics Of Deep Tech
Alexandra Vidyuk, CEO and founding partner, Beyond Earth Ventures | Senior advisor, Renaissance Philanthropy. For decades, the standard venture capital model has struggled with the realities of deep tech. Breakthroughs in materials science…
My Portfolio Is Outperforming This Market - Here's Why
The Pragmatic Optimist Portfolio outperformed the S&P 500 and growth benchmarks YTD by trimming AI bottleneck trades since May and reallocating to resilient sectors. I strategically reduced exposure to semiconductors like MRVL, AMD, CRWD, and MU…
Kevin Ryan's AlleyCorp raises new $335 million fund, all in on early-stage bets
Kevin Ryan knows how to change his mind. Consider psychedelics: Ryan—often called “the Godfather of NYC Tech”—was once skeptical that psychedelics could be viable treatments for depression or PTSD. But in 2018, he read…
Signing paperwork won't stop government leaks
Since the nation's earliest days, the federal government has struggled to contain leaks. The newest proposal to plug them — a nondisclosure agreement that federal agencies may roll out to more than 2 million civil servants — is…
Toyota-Backed Startup Walden Robotics Comes Out of Stealth With $1.1 Billion Valuation
Walden Robotics, a startup working on humanoids that was spun out of a Toyota robotics research lab, has secured approximately $300 million in funding as it emerges from stealth with a valuation of $1.1 billion. The seed round was co-led by…
10 AI Careers For Fresh Graduates
Dr Lovi Raj Gupta, pro vice-chancellor, Lovely Professional University, explains how aspiring professionals can equip themselves for a competitive AI-driven job market. The global job market is hitting an inflection point, forcing a massive…
Beckham's IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for Growth
IM8, co-founded by former footballer David Beckham and health-science firm Prenetics Global Ltd., has lined up around $1 billion in growth financing from venture capital firm General Catalyst. General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund will finance up…
Why Wealthy Investors Are Looking Beyond Stocks And Real Estate
Rodion Ksonzenko, founder and CEO of Magnat family DMCC, Magnat fine jewelry & Seed jewelry. For generations, wealth preservation followed a familiar formula. Investors allocated capital among stocks, bonds, cash and real estate.
DeepSeek's $71B valuation, Francisco Partners' construction software talks, Cribl's CardinalOps buy
• DeepSeek, a Chinese large language model developer, is seeking to raise $1.5b at a $71b valuation, per Bloomberg. It may file for an IPO as soon as this year. Go deeper • Brinc, a Seattle-based 911 drone maker, raised $125m.
Trump sees the China threat: America must do 'whatever it takes' to win AI race
Artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It is already transforming the way we live, work, and solve problems. Americans encounter AI every day through technologies ranging from fraud detection and medical diagnostics to…
Why Europe is suddenly betting big on drones
A flurry of announcements over the past two weeks shows how quickly governments are leaning into drone technology. Battlefield lessons from Ukraine are reshaping procurement decisions across Europe. It's creating opportunities not only for drone…
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