Gharage is in search of some winning investment opportunities in Asia. getty The business incubator and venture builder, Gharage, has landed in Singapore in pursuit of early-stage travel and retail st...
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Investors Wiped Out As Bank Run Causes Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank … [+] (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank ...
Why Deposit Insurance Didn’t Help Silicon Valley Bank
A sign to Silicon Valley Bank is seen through raindrops on a window in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, … [+] March 10, 2023. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is seizing the assets of Silic...
Submissions Are Now Open For The Definitive Ranking Of The World’s Best Venture Capitalists
The Midas List, Forbes’ data-driven ranking of the top 100 private tech investors in the world, is back for a 22nd year. Submissions are open through February 14. Tech IPOs on ice. Unicorn valuations ...
2022 Was A Year Of Decreased Valuations, Celebrity Brands, And Beverage. Here’s What It Takes For CPG To Win In 2023
FABID is a food and beverage specific database that tracks investors, brands, and their involved … [+] financing events. FABID 2022 was nothing short of mixed feelings for consumer products. Deb...
What Does FTX Tell Us About The State Of Venture Capital?
Sam Bankman-Fried dons a tie to speak at a congressional hearing on digital assets, December 2021. The Washington Post via Getty Images Much has been written about the implications of FTX’s collapse f...
Venture Round with Meltem Demirors and Vanessa Grellet
Episode 115 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded live with The Block’s Frank Chaparro, CoinShares CSO Meltem Demirors, and Aglaé Ventures’ Managing Partner Vanessa Grellet. Listen b...
5 Reasons Why Now Is A Great Time To Invest In Startups
Now could be the moment to get in on some of the most promising venture deals Photo by Andre Taissin on Unsplash Based on recent venture funding figures, now might not seem like the best time to inves...
The Power Of CPG Brings A Steady ROI To VC Funds
Jen Zesut co-founder at Goodles, a portfolio company of Springdale Ventures. Springdale Ventures Nearly 70% of the US’s economy is driven by consumer spending. Yet, venture capital investment is...
Innovative Solutions To Cancer Require Innovative Finance: Cancer Moonshot Pathways
“The right kind of financing is actually a key component of successful drug development,” says MIT’s … [+] Andrew W. Lo. Andrew W. Lo Andrew W. Lo, a finance professor and heal...
Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride raises $6.7 million within months of founding
Cosmos staking protocol Stride announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed round co-led by investors North Island VC, Distributed Global and Pantera Capital. Vishal Talasani only set up Stride with ...
Europe dominates blockchain venture deals in Q2 as growth drops in Asia and the US
With venture funding for blockchain startups declining globally, crypto startup founders struggling to source funding might want to instead head to Europe, a region that’s bucking the trend. Glo...
Shanghai’s Qiming Venture Partners Raises $3.2 Billion Of New Funds
Nisa Leung, managing partner at Qiming Ventures Partners, is one of two members from the firm to … [+] make the 2022 Forbes Midas List. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Fina...
With Over $2.5BN In Capital
While many investors grapple with signs of a potential global bear market, one sector continues to attract waves of capital, talent, and attention: the decarbon economy. Energy Impact Partners (EIP) i...
End Of Evaluations Overflow Era? A Unique Method For Investors To Determine Startup Value
The relatively new generation of entrepreneurs has probably only known the “easy money” era, a time that has also made investors more competitive, less meticulous in their decision-making ...
Mashgin Hits $1.5 Billion Valuation With AI-Powered Self-Checkout System
Mashgin’s computer vision AI self checkout can scan multiple packaged products as well as food items in a matter of seconds. The company’s smart kiosks are helping retailers confront a national labor ...
NBA Player Launches A $50M Fund And Brings His A-Game To The Entrepreneurial Arena
“Champions,” said Muhamad Ali, “aren’t made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision.” A legendary athlete like Ali probably r...
China Investment In Europe Gained In 2021 From Low Level; VC Flows Doubled
Chinese billionaire Zhang Lei’s Hillhouse Capital led the purchase of Philips’ home appliance … [+] business last year. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance L...
Leonardo DiCaprio Backed Climate Fund Regeneration.VC Closes $45 Million To Bring Sustainability Across Omnichannel
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 22: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for a photo following a Divest-Invest … [+] new conference on September 22, 2015 in New York City. Leonardo DiCaprio joined leade...
China Investment In U.S. To Remain Low Amid Pandemic, Invasion Fallout: Rhodium Group
Internet heavyweight Tencent’s purchase of shares in Universal Music Group was one of China’s … [+] largest investments in the U.S. last year. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg © 202...
The Chainsmokers Have Two Jobs
The Chainsmokers have two jobs, and in black and white they look pretty cool. Miller Mobley Three years have passed since their last full project, yet Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, the popular-electroni...
Meet The VC Firm With $544 Million To Buy ‘Orphaned’ Startup Stakes From Other Funds
NewView Capital’s team with Ravi Viswanathan at center. ©ANNA-ALEXIA PHOTO NewView Capital founder Ravi Viswanathan has worked with startups as a venture capitalist for more than two decades. He...
London-Based VC Blossom Capital Raises $432 Million For New Crypto-Focused Fund
Alex Lim, Ophelia Brown and Imran Ghory have raised $432 million for a new fund to invest in early-stage European tech startups. www.annak-photo.com One of Europe’s few female-led venture capital fund...
Opinion: Citadel’s $1.15 billion cash infusion isn’t a bailout but the final test of Ken Griffin’s ‘Death Star’
When you add more than a billion dollars’ worth of liquidity to a market maker that already executed more than one of every four trades in the U.S. markets on a daily basis, while simultaneously givin...
An Overview Of Web3 Venture Capital Activity In 2021
Andreessen Horowitz has grown to be a major presence in the crypto investment world. They were an … [+] early mover with their first $300 million crypto investment fund in 2018, which they have ...