Venture Capital

OpenAI On Cusp Of Raising Billions In New Venture Capital Round, Valuation Spikes To $100B: Report
Investor Confidence In Cannabis Is 'Amped Up' As VCs And Private Equity Firms Shift Perception, Expert Says
Jeff Bezos Brother Launches New VC Firm, Invests In Kylie Jenner Spirits Company
Investor Confidence In Cannabis Is 'Amped Up' As VCs And Private Equity Firms Shift Perception, Expert Says
Jeff Bezos Brother Launches New VC Firm, Invests In Kylie Jenner Spirits Company
Startup Spotlight: Overplay, VenHub, Xtrades, AJNA BioSciences Compete To Prove They're The Next Big Thing
Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla And Nearly 500 Venture Capitalists Back Kamala Harris In 2024 Election: 'Believe In Democracy As The Backbone Of Our Nation'

Venture Capital Recent News

Trump Picks Senator J.D. Vance As Running Mate: Musk Says 'Great Choice' For VP
Former President Donald Trump has announced Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice-presidential running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
JPMorgan, Standard Chartered-Backed Blockchain Fintech Partior Secures $60M In Venture Capital
Partior intends to use the new capital to enhance its ledger-based interbank rails for real-time clearing and settlement.
Palantir Co-Founders Thiel, Lonsdale Back Trump In 2024 Election: "I'd Rather Have Him...Than Biden'
Two Palantir co-founders are voting for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Peter Thiel previously was one of the largest donors to the Republican party.
CannPowerment, The Startup Behind ButACake, Takes Home Top Prize At Benzinga's Cannabis Market Spotlight
CannPowerment will move on to the Rooted In Good Cannabis Demo Day at Boston Cannabis Week on Sept. 19 and compete for a $25,000 prize.
2,000 Cans 'Smashd,' Mixoloshe Rebrands On Heels Of Wild Marketing Campaign
Smashd gets a running start on Instagram after a clever Mixoloshe intern led a viral ad campaign that inspired a complete rebranding.
Venture Capital Interest In Crypto Revives: $2.4B Poured Into Bitcoin And Crypto Firms In Q1 2024
The venture capital investment in cryptocurrency companies and Bitcoin has shown a significant increase, marking a potential resurgence in investor interest.
Blockchain-Focused Polychain Capital Fuels AI Firm Ritual's $25M Funding Round With Significant Investment
Polychain Capital invests in AI platform Ritual to counter centralized nature of AI systems. Interest in blockchain and AI convergence is rising.
Crypto VC Paradigm Looks To Raise $750M For Investments
Paradigm, a leading crypto-focused investment firm, is reportedly in discussions to secure a $750-850 million fund, signaling a rebound in VC activity.
Liquid Death Drinks In New Funding At $1.4B Valuation: Investor Anthony Pompliano Calls 'Putting Water In A Can' One Of His 'Best Investments'
Liquid Death is raising more money to help consumers murder their thirst. Here's a look at the new investors, including several celebrities, and what's next.
Cyber Fund Launches $100M Venture Initiative To Accelerate AI, Blockchain Products
Investment firm Cyber Fund has established a new venture capital division worth $100 million, to accelerate projects that merge blockchain technology and
JPMorgan Paints Challenging Picture For The Crypto Market in 2024: Will Spot ETFs, BTC Halving, ETH Updates Help Or Hinder?
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) expressed a cautious stance towards the cryptocurrency market heading into 2024.
OpenAI Rival Mistral AI Closes $415M Funding Round Led By Andreessen Horowitz
Less than six months ago, Mistral AI raised a $112 million seed round led by former employees of Google's DeepMind and Meta.
Binance Labs Backs Sleek, Web3 Social Network Valued At $50M After $5M Seed Round
Crypto social startup Sleek raised a fresh round of capital. What Happened The company announced a $5 million seed round, taking its total valuation to $50 million.
'Crack Should Be Available At 7-Eleven': How A Cold Email Landed This College Student A VC Job In Psychedelics
"Crack should be available at 7-Eleven, and I'm tired of pretending it shouldn't." This provocative statement, found within a bold email sent by a then-college senior, was more than just a shock factor: it was the intellectual hook that caught the eye of Jeremy Gardner, managing partner at
IPOs Were Crushed This Year — And Venture Capitalists Are Worried
Since 2021, initial public offerings have been a rollercoaster, with market volatility shaking the foundations of the traditional IPO landscape. 
EXCLUSIVE: Marshall Sandman's Journey From Goldman Sachs To Animal Capital Venture Fund - Teaming With Celebrities To Revive Woolly Mammoth
After several years of working at Goldman Sachs, fresh out of Cornell University, Marshall Sandman knew he wanted to do something else.
Former FTX Exec Nishad Singh Details Confrontation With Sam Bankman-Fried Over Millions In Spending
Nishad Singh on Monday testified about the extravagant expenditures he observed while working alongside FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, voicing his concerns over what he perceived as a wasteful $2
Crypto VC Funding Continues To Drop Sharply In Q3: Is the Crypto Winter Here To Stay?
Fresh data from the cryptocurrency sector has sounded alarms in investment circles, as crypto venture capital (VC) activity saw a sharp decline in the third quarter of 2023. Both capital invested and deal count in the crypto domain are now at their nadir since the fourth quarter of 2020, a period remembered for the prolific rise of several cryptocurrencies.
Cybersecurity Startup Nexusflow Raises $10.6M From Point72 Ventures, Fusion Fund
Nexusflow raised $10.6 million as part of a seed round led by Point72 Ventures, with participation from Fusion Fund and several artificial intelligence (AI) luminaries.
Jeff Bezos Makes $1.43 Million Per Hour — Here's What He's Been Spending It On
Amazon.com Inc. Founder Jeff Bezos ranks among the world's wealthiest people. Beginning as a niche online bookstore in 1994, his company has since evolved to become the world's most valuable online retailer.
Beta Bionics Secures $100M To Advance Diabetic Care With iLet Artificial Pancreas System
Y Combinator-Backed Apollo.io Secures $100 Million In Series D Funding, Valuing Startup At $1.6 Billion
These Companies Reached Unicorn Status in August 2023