A-Ventures, Inc.

Stripe in ‘no rush’ to go public as cash flow turns positive

...Many venture-backed companies have avoided going back to investors who gave them money as the market peaked in 2021, mindful that any fresh capital is likely to come at a lower valuation....

March 13, 2024

Inside BusinessRichard Waters

Meta’s gamble on chatbots opens new wave of tech competition

...Zuckerberg has a new pitch: “Creator AIs”, personalised chatbots and agents that he hopes will provide a much more engaging way to reach customers....

April 25, 2024

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Futures contracts

Goldman and Citadel Securities back Lutnick’s renewed tilt on futures market

...The 10 investment banks and proprietary traders are investing a combined $172mn for a 26 per cent stake in Lutnick’s venture, called FMX. The investment will give FMX a valuation of $667mn....

April 25, 2024

News in-depthTikTok Inc

TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington

...Yass, an avid poker player who got his start with horseracing, pushed the firm towards venture investing....

April 24, 2024

xAI

Sequoia commits to backing Musk’s xAI start-up

...Building and operating LLMs is a cost-intensive exercise....

April 26, 2024

LexTech start-ups

Venture capital dry powder has nowhere to go Premium

...Two years ago, US venture capital giant Sequoia issued a stark warning to tech start-ups. Recovery from the market downturn would be slow....

April 12, 2024

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News updates from March 27: Yen hits 34-year low; Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman dies

Amazon writes its largest venture cheque for AI start-up Anthropic

...The deal is Amazon’s largest ever venture investment and brings its total commitment to Anthropic to $4bn....

March 27, 2024

Markets InsightHenny Sender

India’s painful venture capital crunch

...While many markets had seen a drop in venture capital funding last year, the Indian market for such finance has been hit particularly hard....

March 19, 2024

Ireland

Enterprise Ireland hunts for hidden unicorns

...Enterprise Ireland is by far Europe’s most active venture capital fund by deal count, according to PitchBook, a VC and private equity platform....

January 14, 2024

Venture capital investment

Venture capital reckons with the end of ‘megafund’ era

...“Why has there been such a sustained slowdown? At the core of the issue is exits,” said Kaidi Gao, a venture capital analyst at PitchBook....

April 3, 2024

On Wall StreetTabby Kinder

Reddit IPO reveals the reality check for Silicon Valley

...Instead, they are a signal that rationality is slowly returning to venture capital....

March 16, 2024

Cryptofinance

Miners double down on bitcoin halving

...Data mining: Crypto venture capital opening the year strong This year the crypto market has welcomed the approval of spot bitcoin exchange traded funds and a fresh all-time high for bitcoin....

April 19, 2024

Streaming services

Disney, Warner and Fox join forces for sports streaming venture

...Each company will own one-third of the joint venture, have equal board representation and license their sports programming on a non-exclusive basis....

February 7, 2024

FirstFT

FirstFT: End of the ‘megafund’ era for venture capital

...Venture capitalists are struggling to raise money, signalling the end of an era of “megafunds” and a deepening slowdown in start-up dealmaking....

April 3, 2024

News updates from February 14: UK inflation holds steady, Uber debuts $7bn share buyback

BP forms joint venture in Egypt with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

...BP will form a joint venture in Egypt with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as the UK oil major looks to expand its international gas portfolio....

February 14, 2024

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Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture sparks venture capital interest

...“It’s a different way of thinking about the land,” says Mark Durno, agri-food managing partner at venture capital group Rockstart — and a former farmer....

January 25, 2024

News updates from February 6: US court denies Trump presidential immunity, Boeing jet in Alaska Airlines blowout was missing bolts

Disney, Warner and Fox plan sports streaming venture

...Each company will own one-third of the joint venture, have equal board representation and licence their sports programming on a non-exclusive basis....

February 6, 2024

News updates from February 7: Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire demand, Disney unveils $3bn buyback

Disney, Warner and Fox plan sports streaming venture

...Each company will own one-third of the joint venture, have equal board representation and license their sports programming on a non-exclusive basis. Read more here....

February 6, 2024

Venture capital investment

Silicon Valley investors build $300bn cash pile in start-up funding crunch

...Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of Silicon Valley’s biggest firms, is putting together a $1bn fund....

January 30, 2024

Ocado Group PLC

Ocado threatens M&S with legal action over joint venture payment

...Ocado has threatened legal action against Marks and Spencer as the two retailers clash over a final payment tied to their online joint venture....

February 29, 2024

BNP Paribas SA

BNP Paribas gets green light for fully owned Chinese securities venture

...It also has a wealth management joint venture with Agricultural Bank of China, in which it has a 51 per cent stake....

April 15, 2024

LexBasic resources

Nippon Steel/US Steel: Japan Inc must recall lessons of history Premium

...A Cleveland-Cliffs/US Steel combination would have created a US national champion....

December 18, 2023

Behind the Money podcast17 min listen

Baidu’s ‘do-or-die’ bet on AI

...Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...

February 7, 2024

Inside BusinessSujeet Indap

Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes

...Still, Delaware, Inc is going to have to decide whether its brand should be based on being an even-handed, dispassionate system or something more corporate-friendly, designed to keep up in a regulatory race...

April 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence

Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2bn and sets sights on AI start-ups

...limited partners.Andreessen Horowitz is one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture firms, building a reputation with early investments in Facebook and Airbnb....

April 16, 2024

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