Why A Recession Can Be Good Timing For Corporate Venture Capital
News headlines cite an increasing number of layoffs in the tech industry. Despite the negative environment, a recession may be a good time for corporate venture capital to thrive.
Investors Have Been Supporting Food Tech Long Before The ‘Boom’
Today, doomsday headlines are asserting that food tech’s big wave is over. But is it? And what fueled venture capital’s interest in taking on and investing in global challenges like food security, anyway?
Why A $3.5B Crypto Firm Is Going To Invest In Its Own Clients
While firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Paradigm Ventures make waves with headlines trumping their $2+ billion funds to invest in the next wave of Web 3.0 companies, leading crypto firms are starting to rewrite the rules of venture capital on their own terms.
Diversity In VC: In The U.S., It May Be Getting Worse
After all the terrible headlines about harassment in Silicon Valley, after all the #MeToo stories, after all the well-meaning efforts, like Reid Hoffman’s Decency Pledge, the percentage of funding to women-led companies by venture capitalists in 2018 actually fell.
Why The World’s CEOs Fear Paul Singer
Aggressive, tenacious and litigious to a fault, Paul Singer may be the most feared activist investor in the world—by hedge fund rivals, companies and even countries. Singer’s Elliott Management Corp., which manages $34 billion of assets, has rarely been out of the headlines the past 18 months. And there’s little indication that will change soon. Singer has targeted the world’s biggest mining company, taken on Warren Buffett in a battle for Texas’s largest electricity distributor, ousted chief executive officers on both sides of the Atlantic and set off a chain of events that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s...
Why The World’s CEOs Fear Paul Singer
Aggressive, tenacious and litigious to a fault, Paul Singer may be the most feared activist investor in the world—by hedge fund rivals, companies and even countries. Singer’s Elliott Management Corp., which manages $34 billion of assets, has rarely been out of the headlines the past 18 months. And there’s little indication that will change soon.
Robust Stand In Vietnam's Property Market
Vietnam has been making headlines boasting great economic growth, whether it's the success in securing millions worth of projects with foreign companies or being a vacation hotspot with luxury hotels fully booked by Q1, 2018, the country is presenting a promising future for investors.
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Changing The Dynamics Of The VC Industry
People are up in arms after the recent reporting that six women entrepreneurs were sexually harassed by the managing partner of a VC firm, and rightly so. While the news is making headlines globally, the more substantive questions remain — what will happen when the buzz fizzles out?
A Smart Way To Address Family Wealth Disputes
Money, power and pride weaken family ties. This has become more prevalent in recent years, manifesting in multi-billion dollar family disputes making headlines in the press. What is driving this phenomenon and is there a smart way to navigate high net-worth family disputes?