One of Europe’s top venture capital (VC) firms is reportedly closing to external investors. Lakestar, which has backed tech giants like Revolut and Spotify, is now focusing on its existing deals, the Financial Times reported Thursday (Oct. 23). The VC firm, led by veteran investor...
Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures, a venture capital platform managing $7 billion. “Industry Ventures pioneered venture secondary investing and early-stage hybrid funds, areas that are rapidly expanding as companies stay private longer and investors seek new forms of liquidity,” said David Solomon, Goldman’s CEO,...
European tech founders are turning to the U.S. to find funding for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. That’s according to a report Saturday (Oct. 4) from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which said this trend is being driven by the heavier upfront costs of AI computing...
Venture capital has never been more one-sided. In 2025, investors funneled nearly $193 billion into AI startups, the first time since the dot-com bubble that more than half of global VC dollars went to a single sector, according to PitchBook via Bloomberg. The surge is...
June 06, 2023
New York and London — two of the world’s leading business-destination cities and top global financial centers — have a “strong two-way flow in terms of FinTech innovation,” say Innovate Finance CEO Janine Hirt and Stephen Feline, North America director at London & Partners. “When you look at our two ecosystems, we are world leaders […]
May 04, 2023
Total investment raised by startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) and broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area crossed the $3 billion mark in 2022 as investors...
April 17, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) helped pioneer venture debt as a critical source of alternative financing. After its untimely failure, many market observers are beginning to wonder — will that source of...
April 07, 2023
In a challenging macroeconomic market that has led to a sharpened focus on belt-tightening, FinTech firms are under mounting pressure from investors to pivot from growth to profitability. It’s a...
August 20, 2026
California is reportedly seeing an historic wave of investment due to Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Companies there have taken in around $366 billion in venture capital this year, with just two artificial intelligence (AI) firms—OpenAI and Anthropic—accounting for half that total, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing Pitchbook data. […]
October 23, 2025
One of Europe’s top venture capital (VC) firms is reportedly closing to external investors. Lakestar, which has backed tech giants like Revolut and Spotify, is now focusing on its existing...
October 15, 2025
Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures, a venture capital platform managing $7 billion. “Industry Ventures pioneered venture secondary investing and early-stage hybrid funds, areas that are rapidly expanding as companies...
October 05, 2025
European tech founders are turning to the U.S. to find funding for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. That’s according to a report Saturday (Oct. 4) from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ),...
