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Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya has proposed a new business idea that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the software market. Palihapitiya plans to start an incubator called 8090, which will provide businesses

TLDR: Investcorp and Bessemer Venture Partners are selling a majority stake in their legacy portfolio company in India. Bessemer initially planned to sell less than a quarter of its holding, but is

TLDR: Investing in Humanity: How VCs Are Pioneering Social Change With Carry4Good’s Pledge Elena Gibson, partner at Ashoka Europe and Director of Carry4Good, has introduced the Carry4Good pledge, a community of general

TLDR: SEBI, the capital markets regulator in India, is proposing to provide flexibility to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), Venture Capital Funds (VCFs), and their investors to deal with unliquidated investments beyond the

TLDR: – Japanese bioplastic startup Bioworks has secured undisclosed funding through a third-party allotment of new shares. – Purpose Venture Capital, alongside Lavender Hill Capital, 18 Salisbury Capital, and Yagi & Co,

TLDR: London-based Thema has launched a venture fund platform to provide capital and support to investors looking to create a standalone VC fund. Thema will act as a cornerstone limited partner in

In this interview with Thaheer Mullins, a partner at Savant Venture Fund 1, he discusses the focus on deep-tech, science, and engineering investments in Africa. Savant has a specific investment thesis that

TLDR Health-focused venture capital firm, Cathay Innovations, is among the three new investors in Chinese krill-processing firm Function (Qingdao) Marine Technology. The other two investors are China Railway Construction Investment Group and

TLDR: Cyprus-based maritime services platform Columbia Group has launched a venture capital entity called Galactic Beacon Ventures to foster innovation in the maritime, logistics, energy and leisure sectors. The new firm aims

TLDR Thema, a London-based venture capital (VC) fund investor, has launched its venture fund platform to support first-time fund managers in starting their own VC business. The platform aims to reduce barriers