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ServiceTitan’s stock jumped 42% in its trading debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO for the venture-backed company
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The stock popped 42% in its debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO.
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Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand
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Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand.
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Redesign Health has raised $175 million for a new venture fund and expects to help launch dozens of healthtech startups in the coming years
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The healthcare venture builder says it has helped founders start more than 60 businesses since 2018.
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Toyota’s strategic investment arm led a $19 million equity investment in WeaveGrid, a San Francisco-based startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging https://t.co/o0XWHKiCin
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Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand.
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“Digitization broadly is impacting every process from drug discovery to clinical development to manufacturing and commercialization,” says Adam Goulburn of Dimension
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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and life sciences as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial...
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Crypto startups are seeing a boost from President-elect Donald Trump’s win, and venture firm Cadenza has also seen more interest from limited partners for its blockchain fund following the election
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Venture firm Cadenza closed its first fund for early-stage artificial intelligence startups with $50 million last week. It is also raising its third blockchain-focused fund, according to Managing...
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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and biology as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial intelligence to biomedical research
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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and life sciences as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial...
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Venture firm Cadenza is pursuing AI and crypto deals as distinct strategies
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Venture firm Cadenza closed its first fund for early-stage artificial intelligence startups with $50 million last week. It is also raising its third blockchain-focused fund, according to Managing...
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Software startups are delaying IPOs. The need to adjust to the new age of AI is partly to blame.
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While adopting artificial intelligence can accelerate a business’s revenue growth, it is also a period of adjustment that can keep companies in the private markets longer.
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Venture capitalists made sizable contributions to political groups favoring friendlier crypto policies this election cycle
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The sector continued to lean Democratic and liberal in the 2024 election cycle, but Republican candidates and conservative groups gained.
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Venture-backed software companies are trying to get their "AI story" right. That might keep them on IPO sidelines for longer.
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While adopting artificial intelligence can accelerate a business’s revenue growth, it is also a period of adjustment that can keep companies in the private markets longer.
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Venture capitalists’ political donations this year dwarfed those of prior years, according to OpenSecrets, a group that tracks money in politics
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The sector continued to lean Democratic and liberal in the 2024 election cycle, but Republican candidates and conservative groups gained.
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Food-as-medicine startups could soon have champions in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, both picked to lead health agencies in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet
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President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services is a proponent of using healthful foods to fight disease.
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Accolade Partners raised $202 million for its third fund backing blockchain venture funds. This time around it boosted its secondary strategy, while continuing to buy direct interests in venture funds.
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When many investors stopped backing crypto venture funds, Accolade Partners saw an opportunity to keep deploying capital. Now it is riding new tailwinds thanks to Donald Trump’s election and the...
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FarmboxRx could never convince venture capitalists it had a winning business model. Then Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services is a proponent of using healthful foods to fight disease.
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Startups that know how to integrate AI into other companies’ systems are landing venture cash. Distyl AI, for instance, raised $20 million—in about a week.
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And cue the venture capital. Startups that help companies customize AI to their needs are scoring high-profile venture support.
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Former Coatue Management managing partner Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise a debut fund for his venture firm Verified Capital
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Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise capital for his firm Verified Capital.
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Lasse Louhento, who became a multimillionaire leading the team that made “Clash of Clans,” now runs his own studio after battling his own enemy—brain cancer
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Lasse Louhento, now chief of his own mobile-game studio, is looking to capture lightning in a bottle for a second time.
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The Trump administration is expected to take on policy matters important to healthcare entrepreneurs, like telemedicine, drug approvals and reimbursement of medical devices
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Investors and entrepreneurs will track decisions affecting drugs, medical devices and telehealth.
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Disillusioned by progressive politics in San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists spent big this election to pull it to the center, with mixed results
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The city’s board of supervisors tilted away from progressive candidates, but a former VC lost his mayoral bid.
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