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Retail Investors Are Locked Out of the Fastest-Growth Phase — Neostellar’s Lee Says That’s Starting to Change
Private companies are building enormous value before going public, leaving ordinary investors on the sidelines. Publicly...
Global Venture Funding Fell 35% in 2022; Late-Stage Deals Plunged 64% in Q4
Venture investment worldwide slid to $445 billion last year, a 35% drop from 2021’s record, with the steepest declines i...
North American Startup Funding Jumps 43% in First Half of the Year, Defying Market Jitters
Venture investors deployed $145 billion into US and Canadian startups in H1 2026, the strongest first half in three year...
Inflexor Ventures Rakes In ₹400 Crore in First Close of ₹1,250 Crore Fund III
The early-stage venture firm has secured commitments from marquee anchors like SRI Fund and HDFC AMC, preparing to write...
Reid Hoffman-backed AI startup Prentis in talks for $100M round at $1B valuation
The year-old startup is training AI to control computers for enterprise tasks, claiming contracts worth $50M and a reven...
Billion-Dollar VC Rounds Now Gobble Up 73% of All US Startup Funding
Soaring AI capital needs are supercharging a trend: mega-rounds of $1 billion or more accounted for almost three-quarter...
Africa's investment market fractures as mega-deals surge and the mid-cap squeeze tightens
Deals over $100m more than doubled in H1 2026, but the middle market is rapidly losing ground, creating a two-speed capi...
Omron Healthcare Acquires LifeLog Technology, Creator of 6.7-Million-User Health App 'Karomil'
DG Daiwa Ventures-backed health-tech startup LifeLog Technology, known for the AI-powered diet and exercise app Karomil,...
North American Startup Funding Drops to $31.8B in Q2, a Three-Year Low
Venture investment across all stages fell sharply in Q2 2023, with late-stage deals hit hardest. The $31.8 billion total...
Waabi Raises $1 Billion to Bring Thousands of Robotaxis to Uber Platform
In one of the largest autonomous-vehicle funding rounds in years, Waabi closed a $750M Series C and linked up to $250M f...
Spain's Private Equity Awards Crown Deal-Makers in a Record Year
The 19th SpainCap-Deloitte-IESE Private Equity Awards honored eight transactions that delivered financial returns, job g...