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TLDR: Aviva Ventures has joined Aviva Investors to support UK pension VC investment reform. Ben Luckett, the head of Aviva Ventures, is now managing director of the VC and strategic capital division

TLDR: In August 2024, global venture funding dropped to $18 billion, the lowest monthly amount so far in the year. North American companies raised 66% of total global funding, with AI-related companies

TLDR: Magnetar Capital is offering AI start-ups hours of pre-paid access to high-performance compute GPUs in data centers operated by CoreWeave. This novel strategy involves providing compute time for equity rather than

TLDR: Alan Howard’s son, Daniel Howard, along with colleague Bhavin Vaid, has launched a new venture-capital fund called Halo Capital with a focus on the digital-asset sector. They raised $25 million for

Article Summary TLDR: Key Points: Bloomberg article discussing unusual activity detected on the computer network. Request for users to verify they are not robots by enabling JavaScript and cookies. Article Summary: The

TLDR: Madeling Lawrence, CBO of Aikido Security, discusses the company’s approach to simplifying security for developers. Aikido recently raised €15 million to deliver no-nonsense security solutions to developers. In a recent episode

TLDR: Raven Indigenous Capital Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investing in Indigenous and Native businesses in Canada and the U.S. They look beyond commercial metrics and consider impact and

TLDR: Key Points: Venture capital firms are facing legal challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as they make investment decisions. The pressures around diversity are increasing, with both pro-diversity advocates

TLDR: – General Catalyst’s CEO, Hemant Taneja, cofounded the healthcare startup Commure in 2017 with over $1 billion in funding from investors. – Commure has undergone significant growth through acquisitions but has

TLDR: Baird Capital has exited Ecube, an end-of-life aircraft services provider, to Platinum Equity-backed Unical Aviation. This deal marks the end of Baird Capital’s investment in Ecube, allowing them to move on