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  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Artificial intelligence pioneers back $550mn fund for AI start-ups

    Radical Ventures secures investment from leaders Fei-Fei Li and Geoffrey Hinton among others

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Lazard Ltd
    Lazard expands venture banking unit as part of private capital push

    The investment bank is seeking to grow beyond advising on large-scale mergers and acquisitions

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    Highland Europe raises €1bn fund for start-up investing despite slowdown

    New fundraising by tech investing firm bucks trend of slowdown across venture capital industry

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Shein
    Shein in talks on fundraising that would slash valuation from $100bn to $64bn

    Chinese fast-fashion retailer looking to raise up to $3bn at vastly reduced valuation in response to tech downturn

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    FTX boss invested in Paradigm fund that backed his crypto exchange

    Court documents shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried’s circular transactions

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    OpenAI
    ChatGPT developer OpenAI in talks to raise capital at almost $30bn valuation

    Deal would represent a big increase after newest form of software goes viral

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    US & Canadian companies
    The Fed needs to jack rates up by 10% right now

    This is nuts, we thought there was a crash?

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Markets InsightDaniel Rasmussen
    Venture capital’s reckoning looms closer

    Valuations on holdings will have to converge sooner rather than later with listed tech sector

  • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
    Agritech
    Agritech and foodtech sectors suffer funding slump

    Venture capital investments in the segments plunge 44% in 2022 as rising costs and interest rates bite

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    News in-depthTech start-ups
    Silicon Valley start-ups race for debt deals in funding crunch

    Tech founders seek creative financing solutions to sustain their businesses as venture capital dries up

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    News in-depth
    European tech groups lose $400bn in value following funding crunch

    Investor wariness creates first big test of continent’s tech scene since rise of start-ups Spotify and Revolut

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Venture capital trusts: overpriced or time to buy?

    More than £440mn has been raised by VCTs since the start of the tax year

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Technology sector
    Palmer Luckey’s defence start-up Anduril raises almost $1.5bn

    Second-biggest venture capital round of the year in the US values company at $7bn

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Behind the Money podcast17 min listen
    Best Of: Why VC funding is drying up

    Venture capital fundraising hit a record-high. Now, the bonanza is over. What does that mean for the future of start-ups?

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    Doesn’t anyone do due diligence any more?

    Theranos and FTX show a broad failure by investors to ask enough questions before handing over cash

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Dear JonathanJonathan Black
    How do I become an early stage VC investor?

    Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    UK state-owned venture fund valuations start to fall

    Fast-growing companies take a ‘down round’, reflecting wider slowdown in tech sector

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    VCTs: Would you back start-ups for a tax break?

    Tell us how your investments worked out

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Austria
    Austria’s start-up scene comes of age — but domestic VCs lag behind

    Networks and incubators have flourished yet local venture capital is slow to respond

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Bankman-Fried invested in venture capital backers of his FTX exchange

    Founder of struggling crypto businesses placed hundreds of millions with Sequoia and other firms

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    Technology sector
    Cathie Wood’s VC fund is doing LBOs

    Style drift FTW

  • Friday, 14 October, 2022
    Tech start-ups
    Most rapid grocery apps fail to deliver for investors

    Fewer than half the pandemic-era start-ups in the sector are still alive, with Gorillas the latest to come under threat

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    US venture capital market proves resilient this year

    Investors have poured $151bn into VC funds in the first nine months of 2022 despite market turmoil

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    Financial services
    Private capital party, interrupted

    But not over yet, says Preqin

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    Investments
    Claer Barrett scoops investment journalism award

    FT writer recognised for writing about the risks and rewards of Venture Capital Trusts

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