VC Funding Into Cryptocurrency Startups Surges
<span font-size:="" helvetica="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Merriweather, ">While ICOs were supposed to disrupt venture capital, such funding in blockchain-based companies is surging, with startups raising $434 million since December, the most ever in a three-month period, according to CoinDesk data.</span>
Why Japan Regulation Shakeup Is A Game Changer For Banks
Japan's financial supervisor is laying the groundwork for a regulatory overhaul that could lead to a shakeup in the nation's $10 trillion banking industry.
How Long Will Money Flow Into Space Startups?
In the last few years, space startups have benefitted from a flow of private investment that has grown from a trickle to at least a steady stream. Venture capitalists and other institutional investors once reticent to invest in space companies, because of the market or other uncertainties, have opened their pocketbooks to fund a variety of companies. Here's why.
Cohen Leads Wave Of Hedge Fund Startups After Year Of Retreats
After a cohort of hedge fund veterans called it quits last year, a trio of established managers are prepping to fill their shoes in 2018 by starting firms with at least a billion dollars apiece.
Kleiner Perkins Welcomes Mamoon Hamid To Its Leadership Team
Kleiner Perkins today announced that Mamoon Hamid will be joining the firm as a general partner and managing member. Hamid has a proven track record of investing in many of the leading enterprise startups of the last decade - including early investments in Slack, Box, Yammer, Intercom and Netskope, where he also served on the board of directors. Hamid spent the last six years as the co-founder of Social Capital, where he led the firm's venture practice. Before that, he was a partner at USVP.
10 Most Important Reads Of The Week - Aug 25, 2017
It has been an eventful week, and it's easy to fall behind. Here are the 10 most important reads of the week.
This VC Partnership Brings Israeli Startups To Colorado
In a unique international partnership, the Israeli government and a Colorado-based venture capital fund will start a new program to bring to Colorado Israeli startups that focus on water, energy and transportation.
VCs Throwing Money At Trucking Tech Startups
Money is flowing into trucking tech startups, and it is showing no signs of slowing down. But the question remains, how much of this windfall of funds will end up in companies that truly make a difference in the trucking space?
A Chinese VC Fund Relies On Machine Learning To Find U.S. Deals
Machine learning is trickling over into venture capital thanks to a China-connected investor, Hone Capital, the Silicon Valley offshoot of large Chinese private equity player CSC Group. Can Hone Capital score top investments returns by using machine learning to pick U.S. startups?
How SoftBank's $100B Fund Is In A League Of Its Own
Like many large corporations, SoftBank invests its cash across a broad portfolio of asset classes. It also invests some of its substantial capital reserves in earlier-stage technology companies. So where does that cash go, and how is it doled out to startups across the globe?