The VC arms of Google and Nvidia have invested in Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable's $330 million Series B at a $6.6 billion valuation, the company announced on Thursday.The news confirms an earlier story from CNBC, which reported on Tuesday that Lovable had raised at that valuation, trebling its valuation from its previous round in July, and that the investors included U.S. VC firms Accel and Khosla Ventures. CapitalG, one of Google's VC divisions, and Menlo Ventures led the round. Alongside Accel and K ...

Core Viewpoint - Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has significantly increased its market capitalization to $3.8 trillion, driven by a nearly 70% rise in stock value, and its investment in SpaceX is poised to yield substantial returns in the near future [1][2]. Group 1: Investment Performance - Google invested approximately $900 million in SpaceX in 2015 for a 7% stake when SpaceX was valued at $12 billion [1][3]. - SpaceX is expected to go public next year with a valuation of $1.5 trillion, making Google's stake potentially worth around $111 billion [2]. - Earlier this year, Google reported an $8 billion gain from "non-marketable equity securities," attributed to SpaceX, which constituted 25% of its net income for Q1 2025 [2]. Group 2: Strategic Advantages - Google is one of the largest external investors in SpaceX, alongside Founders Fund and Fidelity [3]. - The investment, initially focused on Starlink, has proven to be a strategic advantage as SpaceX utilizes Google Cloud to power its Starlink service [5]. - Despite initial skepticism regarding the technical and financial challenges of the investment, many concerns have been addressed with the successful deployment of Starlink [4].

Investment Strategy - Great startup investors, founders, and researchers often prioritize making many small mistakes to achieve a few giant wins [1] - Many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot of small wins [1]

UK taxpayers have lost $547 million on a startup investment rescue fund launched by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the pandemic after hundreds of the companies went bust https://t.co/KP44GWAtji ...

Group 1 - Robinhood has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new publicly traded fund called "Robinhood Ventures Fund I," aimed at providing retail investors access to shares of startups before they go public [1] - The application is currently public, but lacks detailed information such as the number of shares to be sold and the management fee [2] - The fund is expected to invest in sectors including aerospace and defense, AI, fintech, robotics, and software for consumers and enterprises [2] Group 2 - The initiative addresses the gap where retail investors are often excluded from the gains made by startup investors like venture capitalists [3] - Accredited investors have more options for investing in startups, while non-accredited retail investors have limited choices [4] - Previous efforts by Robinhood, such as the launch of private "tokenized" stocks in the EU, faced controversy due to misleading implications about ownership of shares [5] Group 3 - The new "Ventures Fund I" represents a more traditional mutual fund approach compared to Robinhood's earlier initiatives [6]