Venture capital turns high-risk startup bets into fund-level returns
Venture capital funds back startups with equity, aiming for a few breakout exits to repay investors and offset many losses.
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks agoStartups Editor
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Marcus tracks companies from seed to scale: launches, pivots, shutdowns, and the operating decisions in between.
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DFINITY sovereign cloud plan reaches Pakistan after Swiss subnet launch
DFINITY is pushing sovereign cloud deployments in Switzerland and Pakistan as governments test decentralized alternatives to hyper...
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks ago
SE Ventures AI investments target power, grids and industrial automation
Schneider Electric’s $1 billion venture arm says AI demand is shifting startup opportunities toward energy, data centers and robot...
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks ago
UK Scale-Up Fund talks target £1bn from pension providers
Railpen, Nest and other pension providers are discussing a £1bn fund with the British Business Bank to back UK tech scaleups.
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks ago
Ominimo Series B values Balkan insurtech at $1.6 billion
EBRD led Ominimo’s $22.5 million Series B as the Budapest insurtech reports a 12x jump in gross written premium run rate.
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks ago
The Exploration Company funding talks target $300M at $2B valuation
The European capsule startup is in talks to raise at least $300 million, the Financial Times reported, as Europe pushes for orbita...
By Marcus Adeyemi 3 weeks ago
Revolut share sale begins at reported $115 billion valuation
Revolut confirmed a new secondary share sale, with Bloomberg reporting a $115 billion valuation and employee shares priced at $2,0...
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago
CuspAI $450M raise leads €1B-plus week for European tech funding
Tech.eu tracked more than 50 European tech funding deals topping €1B, with CuspAI, Augustus and Humanoid leading the week.
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago
UK AI taskforce launches with Lord Vallance as chair
The Prime Minister's AI Taskforce will report to Downing Street as the UK moves AI policy into the centre of government.
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago
Enterprise AI resilience, not speed, is the talent challenge, Crafting CEO says
Crafting CEO Sumeet Vaidya says AI teams should cut provider lock-in and build systems that can swap models as costs and reliabili...
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago
General Catalyst leads $5M-plus fintech deals in Q2
Crunchbase data shows General Catalyst topped YC in $5M-plus fintech rounds, though YC still led total fintech deal count in Q2.
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago
imagi seed round brings in $4.5M for classroom AI safety
imagi raised a $4.5 million oversubscribed seed round to expand supervised AI tools for K-12 classrooms in a weak edtech market.
By Marcus Adeyemi 4 weeks ago