Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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FTX Venture Backers Look to Deflect Crypto Diligence Scrutiny
FTX Venture Backers Look to Deflect Crypto Diligence Scrutiny
January 13, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Blue chip investors’ relations with LPs and regulators have been strained by the FTX fiasco. They are now trying to save face and promising to...

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Resilient UK FinTech Investment Landscape Unfazed by 2022 Decline
Resilient UK FinTech Investment Landscape Unfazed by 2022 Decline
January 12, 2023  |  Fintech Investments

U.K. FinTechs received $12.5 billion in investment in 2022, 8% less than the year prior. According to research published by Innovate Finance, an independent industry...

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Arc Debuts ‘Hybrid Financing’ as Startups Scramble for Cash
Arc Debuts ‘Hybrid Financing’ as Startups Scramble for Cash
January 11, 2023  |  Startups

Finance company Arc has introduced what it calls a new form of financing for startups. Advance Plus, the company’s “hybrid financing” method announced Wednesday (Jan. 11),...

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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Valued at $29B
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Valued at $29B
January 05, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is reportedly considering a tender offer that would value it at $29 billion. The company is in talks with venture capital (VC)...

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FinTechs Attract 20% of All VC Investment in Bulgaria
FinTechs Attract 20% of All VC Investment in Bulgaria
December 29, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

Bulgarian FinTech firms have attracted nearly $6 million in investment this year. In fact, while the country’s FinTech industry may be young, with each passing...

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Startups Embrace Business Resilience Just as VCs Demand It
Startups Embrace Business Resilience Just as VCs Demand It
December 29, 2022  |  Startups

Global economic volatility and recession risk test the business resilience of startups. But for firms in emerging markets across Africa and the Middle East, the...

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Latin American Mergers and Acquisitions Expected to Grow in 2023 
Latin American Mergers and Acquisitions Expected to Grow in 2023 
December 27, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Investors are looking at Latin America for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other opportunities.  This is likely to increase the amount of M&A in the...

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Tech Startups Seek Alternative Funding as Venture Capital Dries Up
Tech Startups Seek Alternative Funding as Venture Capital Dries Up
December 20, 2022  |  Startups

With venture capital becoming scarce, tech startups are seeking new ways to finance themselves. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Dec. 20) by the Financial...

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VC Investors Eye European B2B Software Firms
VC Investors Eye European B2B Software Firms
December 08, 2022  |  Investments

In the past week, venture capital (VC) investors have been focused on European software developers. London-based VC firm One Peak announced on Tuesday (Dec. 6)...

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