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Tech for good isn't dead. Venture capital just forgot how to find it
Global venture capital is up over 150% year-on-year in Q1 2026. AI investment is at record highs. Yet impact startup investment fell 63% last year to $33bn — its lowest level since 2017. The money hasn't gone anywhere. Investors have simply…
Why Donald Trump Cares About Prediction Markets
In recent months, higher prices and sagging consumer sentiment have caused the U.S. economy to slow on an over-all basis. But one industry is growing at an astronomical rate: online prediction markets, where millions of Americans wager on almost…
Plan B' Study Destinations: What Shifting Trends Mean For Leaders
Joash Lee is the Founder and CEO of Sedifly, a global EdTech firm democratizing access to education. The U.S. and the U.K. often dominate global university rankings. But in 2026, they don't necessarily dominate student strategy. In recent…
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The raise nearly quadruples the valuation…
How Massachusetts Is Building The Next AI Revolution
As graduates across Massachusetts walk across commencement stages this spring, the Massachusetts AI Coalition is marking a milestone of its own: its first 100 days in action. What began as an idea discussed among entrepreneurs, researchers…
Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup that's building software for robots and cars
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing a stealth physical AI startup run by former Tesla and Meta employees, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The startup, called Alfred, is also being funded by Khosla Ventures, SV Angel…
Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical
Silicon Valley spent the last few years teaching AI to talk. Now it wants to give AI a body to lift, sort, build, and eventually live alongside us. This weekend offered a glimpse of how quickly the biggest AI players are moving in on humanoid…
Hong Kong's venture fund eyes bigger bankroll after double-digit return
The government's investment arm achieved a double-digit internal rate of return last year, greater than many newly established venture capital funds, according to its CEO. “Many overseas funds have a J-curve performance, as they tend to…
The FemTech industry's approach to PMOS
The global decision to rename Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is a culmination of a decade-long collaboration between doctors, researchers, and patient groups. Led by Professor Helena Teede…
DriveNets secures $410 million in latest funding round, AMD joins as investor
June 1: DriveNets, an Israeli networking software firm, said it has raised $410 million in its latest funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management, taking its total capital-raise so far to $1 billion. New investors AMD and…
Why A 24-Year-Old AI Wunderkind Is Betting Big On Bitcoin Miners
AI data. innovations and technology. If you're not familiar with the name Leopold Aschenbrenner, you should be. A 24-year-old wunderkind, Aschenbrenner was hired by OpenAI in 2023 to work on the company's “superalignment” team…
Rekindled IPOs Fuel Private Equity Hopes for Exit Revival
The anticipated mega-IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are fanning private equity's hopes that initial public offerings will once again be a viable exit path for the industry's nearly 33,000 unsold businesses. The first quarter's total deal…
How Catalyst Health Ventures Found a Sweet Spot In Early-Stage MedTech
Darshana Zaveri and Josh Phillips, co-Managing Partners Courtesy of Catalyst Health Ventures On a Saturday night, at a party, Josh Phillips's phone lit up with a text message from one of his CEOs. We just saved a life. Attached was a photo of a…
DriveNets hits $8.5b, sports cards merger, and a new DCVC fund
• DriveNets, an Israeli networking startup, raised $410m round at a $8.5b valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management led, joined by Pitango, D1 Capital Partners, AMD, and Red Dot Capital Partners. Go deeper…
Wall Street Is Loading Up on Hyperliquid. Should You Buy It?
When powerful financial players like Goldman Sachs, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and two major exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers all converge on the same asset in one quarter, it's worth investigating. One such asset, Hyperliquid (HYPE +6.54%), is…
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