Venture Capital

Mississippi lawmakers are considering getting into the venture capital business, using your tax dollars to float startup businesses. What could go wrong? Well, if history is any guide — plenty....

The funds will be utilised to expand the team, build infrastructure and operations, and for validating the market. In-app merchandising platform Rucept has raised seed funding for an undisclosed amount....

GAM Investments said Tuesday it has tied up with Liberty Street Advisors to provide its clients access to investments in late-stage privately owned companies. Under the partnership, GAM plans to...

Buy now pay later (BNPL) platform Mintifi, which is backed by International Finance Corporation (IFC), on Tuesday said it has secured a Series C funding of $40 million led by...

E-Space has raised $50 million in a seed round led by Prime Movers Lab.The sustainability-focused startup is developing a mesh satellite network that can carry secure communication nodes for use...

Back in 2013, when venture investor Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, coined the term "unicorn" to describe VC-funded companies valued at $1 billion or more, just 14 still-private companies...

Advisors can expect to hear more about venture capital opportunities for their clients in the coming year. The movement to broaden access to this asset class is gathering steam through...

Weeds may be a fast-growing headache for farmers, but a startup building machinery powered by artificial intelligence to zap them is growing pretty quickly, too. Seattle-based Carbon Robotics unveiled its...

Hedge funds and other nontraditional investors are pumping more money than ever into venture capital deals — driving valuations to new heights, according to PitchBook. Early-stage valuations, which includes series A...

In 2020, the failure rate of startups was around 90%. Research showed that 21.5% of startups failed in the first year, 30% in the second year, 50% in the fifth...