Early-stage investor Plus VC plans to fund more than three dozen startups in 2026, with a view toward deals in Saudi Arabia as the country cements its position as a regional venture capital hub https://t.co/wtMOgfBwUr ...

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/HfLWVkEobE ...

November VC Monthly Report: November 2025 recorded 57 crypto VC deals, down 28% month-over-month, while total funding surged 219% to USD 14.54 billion, mainly due to Naver’s USD 10.3 billion acquisition of Upbit operator Dunamu. Other major deals included Kalshi (USD 1B), Ripple (USD 500M), Kraken (USD 200M), and DRW–Liberty City Ventures (USD 540M). Read more https://t.co/zmXLJOOtUd ...

LangChain — $1.3 billion: This agent engineering platform, founded in 2022, last raised a $125 million Series B giving it a $1.3 billion valuation, according to Pitchbook. It has raised around $160 million to date and counts Sequoia and Benchmark Capital as investors.Shop My — $1.5 billion: This marketing and affiliate platform, founded in 2020, last raised a $70 million Series B giving it a $1.5 billion valuation, according to Pitchbook. It has raised more than $160 million in funding to date and counts Ba ...

Normally I get up at like on this Sunday 8 am I get up 8:30 we we really start and I will spend at least till 5:00 pm doing 400 personal emails to those LPs that aren't in the fund. It's just because another reason why people fail to succeed in this business is because they run out of capital supply. They get a chance to do 100 million into open AI and they've got 12 hours for it and they don't have 100 million.My job is to make sure we never run out of money when great opportunities. ...

Selected by Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist and a research fellow at MIT’s Institute on the Digital Economy. https://t.co/l9WCbFCvLJ ...

avici refunded $31.5m of their $35m raise back to vcs and launched at $4.5m fdv. vcs who wanted in had to buy the community round like everyone else. no preferential pricing, no vesting cliffs, no guaranteed allocations. token did 20x to $90m because for once the dumpers had to become buyers. ...

Talent Migration - Talent will continue to leave the UK ecosystem due to global competition [1][2] - Founders and CEOs are departing for countries with more favorable tax policies [2] - The UK is competing with the US, Dubai, Switzerland, Monaco, Lisbon, and Milan in a global war for talent [2] Budget Impact - The budget is considered bland and uninspiring for entrepreneurial communities [3] - The budget is not perceived as a growth-oriented budget [3] - Changes to stamp duty for UK IPOs are viewed as insufficient to solve underlying problems [3][4] IPO Market Sentiment - Top founders are not inclined to list in London [4] - Stamp duty holiday for UK IPOs is seen as merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic [3][4]

I cause a lot of antagonism between us and the other firms in those days. >> Your filter is like you're going to get the deal or I'm going to get the deal. You die or I die. >> And they're not exactly shrinking ballots themselves. >> They hated that cover story. Look at him on the cover of the magazine. That's not supposed to be him. Not supposed to be the entrepreneur. What the hell? D. I mean, they just like we didn't have any entrepreneurs at the time. >> VC was like a big secret. And then actually build ...

Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’ https://t.co/iNCgUQmdRR ...