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2026 will be a 'phenomenal' year for IPOs, says Tenacity's Ben Narasin
CNBC Television· 2025-12-19 13:47
Medline $6 billion IPO closing out a strong year for public listings. Joining us right now with what to come in 2026. Ben Narrison, founder of Tenacity Venture Capital.Good morning to you. Uh lot of excitement about a big year ahead. Lot of big IPOs maybe in the mix including SpaceX anthropic.I don't know whether you think Open AI is going to get there or not in at least in the next calendar year. But um where do you think we really are in these markets right now, Ben. Well, I think, you know, we talked abo ...
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Forbes· 2025-12-18 17:37
Here are four ways fintech meaningfully shaped the VC market this year, and why those changes matter heading into 2026: https://t.co/AIxdrppwV3 ...
The $9BN Venture Checklist
Tick, tick, insert $9 billion. >> All these leaders not IPOing is the greatest gift of venture in our lifetimes. It's playing the growth super cycle bet today.That's the winning play. >> There is nothing as terrifying as a high growth bet that slows down. This is the epicenter of the enterprise AI revolution right now.You got to make yourself cool cuz 30% growth. That's what's cool. I love it.What I realized is you have to factor in what I'm now going to refer to as the EOV, the Elon option value. You can't ...
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Forbes· 2025-12-18 06:00
While most VCs ignore them, Meridian Ventures (founded by two Harvard Business School students) is only backing founders with MBAs.It’s a contrarian take that’s paying off.Read more: https://t.co/dZpzhwqeXT #ForbesUnder30 (Photo: Sebastian Nevols for Forbes) https://t.co/6fNu3sJICR ...
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Forbes· 2025-12-17 12:42
"We really believe that there is a tectonic shift that is existing right now in the technology market that is going to provide the most value capture we've ever seen." Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney spoke to Forbes about the venture capital environment right now. #ForbesUnder30 https://t.co/RpLl9seszl ...
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Forbes· 2025-12-17 11:53
“We’re not pulling dollars from the others. We're actually bringing new dollars into the set and that's where real money can be made.”⁣⁣Troy Bonde and his cofounder raised nearly $22 million from VCs and are on track to make $15 million in revenue by the end of 2025. https://t.co/APEPRWdEJz ...
Austin's S3 Ventures Celebrates 20 Years and Announces $250M Fund VIII
Businesswire· 2025-12-16 16:07
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $ALKT #AustinTech--S3 Ventures celebrates 20th anniversary and announces close of $250 Million Fund VIII—bringing AUM to over $1 Billion from a single limited partner. ...
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TechCrunch· 2025-12-16 15:55
The best VCs don't try to run their portfolio companies, they clear the path for the next round and get out of your way.@fubini explains how @xyz_vc wins by bringing ecosystem expertise and network access while trusting founders to do what they do best...build.Listen to this week’s full episode of Build Mode, also featuring @lesliefeinzaig of @grahamandwalker: https://t.co/TQf6MzfrAn ...
2026 will be a very important year for venture capital, says Kindred Ventures' Kanyi Maqubela
CNBC Television· 2025-12-16 13:55
want to uh talk some tech right now. AI valuations. Kanye Nagella is managing partner at Kindred Ventures.Uh want to get into all of this uh with him this morning as we try to understand where this is all going. The venture business has been um an interesting one. This could be a huge year, huge year for some of the the vintage, but probably what two probably five, six, seven years ago for what's going to happen in 26.Yes, this is really an exciting year because you've got some of the biggest potential IPOs ...
Solo VC and Lovable investor Neil Murray raises third Nordic-focused fund
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-16 11:00
The Nordic red-hot startup movement continues. On Tuesday, Neil Murray, founder and general partner at Copenhagen-based firm The Nordic Web Ventures, announced the close of a $6 million Fund III to continue investing in early-stage founders in the region. The fund will focus on writing the first institutional checks to companies focused on robotics, AI-native companies, and deep tech founders. Murray, a solo GP, told TechCrunch that his first two funds were “test vehicles” to prove his ability to spot ...