It is an election year — and political uncertainty is top of mind for businesses. With the news Monday (July 15) that presidential candidate Donald Trump has picked Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), a former lawyer and venture capitalist, as his running mate, the potential implications...
Venture capital (VC) firm NEA has reportedly created a $540 million continuation vehicle that has drawn as investors Goldman Sachs Group’s alternatives unit, Industry Ventures, Pathway Capital Management and Goanna Capital. The transaction enables NEA to give its limited partners some liquidity at a time...
High interest rates usually spell trouble for venture capital (VC) firms. But with a hot hand to play like AI and cybersecurity, and a shrewd evaluation strategy for potential investments, VC companies can still find plenty of opportunity. It’s a formula that Geneva-based Forestay Capital...
Index Ventures has raised more than $2 billion for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The venture capital (VC) firm announced the fund Wednesday (July 10), saying it would divide the $2.3 billion it had raised into two funds: $800 million earmarked for early-stage startups and the remainder for latter-stage companies....
July 11, 2024
High interest rates usually spell trouble for venture capital (VC) firms. But with a hot hand to play like AI and cybersecurity, and a shrewd evaluation strategy for potential investments, VC companies can still find plenty of opportunity. It’s a formula that Geneva-based Forestay Capital has worked effectively recently. On Monday (July 8), it announced […]
April 03, 2024
In the venture capital (VC) world, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a hot sector to pour money into — it’s now an essential tool for making savvy investment...
March 26, 2024
With $48 million in funding, Zero Prime Ventures uses its connections within the data and artificial intelligence (AI) communities to identify emerging trends and promising startups in the industry. A significant...
March 21, 2024
Saudi Arabia aims to carve out a leadership role in the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) field with a proposed $40 billion investment fund, as The New York Times reported. The...
July 17, 2024
Anthropic and Menlo Ventures have launched a $100 million fund for artificial intelligence (AI) startups. “We created this fund to fuel the next generation of AI startups through the powerful combination of Menlo’s extensive company-building experience and Anthropic’s pioneering AI technology and deep research expertise,” Menlo said in a news release Wednesday (July 17). “Through […]
July 15, 2024
Venture capital (VC) firm NEA has reportedly created a $540 million continuation vehicle that has drawn as investors Goldman Sachs Group’s alternatives unit, Industry Ventures, Pathway Capital Management and Goanna...
July 10, 2024
Index Ventures has raised more than $2 billion for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The venture capital (VC) firm announced the fund Wednesday (July 10), saying it would divide the $2.3 billion it had...
July 03, 2024
A growing number of tech firms are reportedly cautioning investors about risks related to their efforts in artificial intelligence (AI). At least a dozen major tech companies have “quietly” issued...