Temasek, which is Singapore’s state-owned investment group and one of the world’s biggest investors, reportedly slashed its investments in early-stage companies by 88% over a three-year period. The group’s investments in these companies dropped from $4.4 billion in 2021 to $509 million in 2024 as...
Saudi Arabia’s new state-backed AI company plans to launch a $10 billion venture capital fund and seek investments from top U.S. tech companies as it strives to become the AI leader in the Middle East. According to a Financial Times report, Humain wants to become...
This year has seen three fledgling AI firms swallowed up by Big Tech companies. As the Financial Times (FT) notes in a report Wednesday (Aug. 14), it is a pattern that threatens to leave venture capitalists (VCs) on the outside looking in at the artificial intelligence (AI)...
Carlyle Group has reportedly raised $3.1 billion for a European tech fund that is targeting “pockets of life” in an economy hit by a pandemic, inflation and the war in Ukraine. The fund’s principals — Michael Wand and Vladimir Lasocki — told Reuters Monday (Nov....
July 05, 2019
This week, more than $187 million in new funding landed at B2B finance and tech startups, though not all of it was concerned. Investors diversified, with targets based in India, the U.S., Sweden, France and the U.K. — and with solutions ranging from cross-border payments to logistics to restaurant management. Below, PYMNTS breaks down the […]
August 25, 2017
The alternative lending sphere has fallen out of favor with venture capitalists, according to CNBC reports this week. BlueVine CEO Eyal Lifshitz told the publication that there has been a...
April 28, 2017
Good news emerged from the U.S. venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 billion, found a new report from KPMG. Analysts said...
September 02, 2016
With more than $83 million in venture capital and growth equity for B2B startups this week, the space is headed for a promising second half of the year. Investors spread...
June 06, 2025
The share of venture capital (VC) investors who expect VC funding to rise over the next year has fallen by 20 percentage points over the last six months, according to PitchBook. The share dropped from 58% in the second half of 2024 to 38% today, the capital market intelligence platform said in its H1 VC […]
June 04, 2025
Temasek, which is Singapore’s state-owned investment group and one of the world’s biggest investors, reportedly slashed its investments in early-stage companies by 88% over a three-year period. The group’s investments...
August 14, 2024
This year has seen three fledgling AI firms swallowed up by Big Tech companies. As the Financial Times (FT) notes in a report Wednesday (Aug. 14), it is a pattern that threatens...
November 28, 2022
Carlyle Group has reportedly raised $3.1 billion for a European tech fund that is targeting “pockets of life” in an economy hit by a pandemic, inflation and the war in...