Venture Capital (VC) News     Fulcrum  Raises $25M Seed and Series A led by  CRV   VC Daily   Fiddler AI Scores $30M Series C  Round led by  RPS Ventures   VC Daily   Brickanta  Raises  $8 Million in Seed Round   The Saas News   SpotDraft  raised $8 million  from  Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series B extension   VC Daily    Barnwell Bio  raised $6 million in  seed funding led by Twelve Below   VC Daily   Paraglide  Raises $5M Seed Funding  From  Bessemer and DN Capital  

Amazon is quietly walking away from its most futuristic retail experiment, shutting down Go and Fresh stores as Big Tech sobers up on what actually scales in the real world. Zoom, once written off as a post-pandemic relic, is suddenly back in the spotlight after a stealth AI bet on Anthropic may be worth billions. Microsoft is escalating the AI arms race with a new in-house chip designed to loosen Nvidia’s grip on data centers and outmuscle cloud rivals. And in the rapidly cr

Venture Capital (VC) News     AI inference startup Inferact raised a  $150M  seed round at an $800M valuation led by  a16z and  Lightspeed TechCrunch     LiveKit , an open-source agent for AI agents, raised a $100M  round at a  $1B  valuation  led by Index Ventures Bloomberg     Crypto social media startup Merkle Manufactory  will return investor money to backers after its flagship product was acquired; the firm last raised a $150M  round at a $1B  valuation led by Paradigm  

Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A)    IonQ Agrees to Buy Chipmaker SkyWater  in $1.8 Billion Deal Bloomberg   Italy Fiber Group Retelit  Mulls €700 Million Data Unit Sale Bloomberg   China’s Zijin  to Buy  Allied Gold  for C$5.5 Billion in Growth Push Bloomberg   Mini-Grid Firms  Need $46 Billion for World Bank Power Plan   Bloomberg   Blackstone, Yanmar Are Said to Consider Bids for VW’s Everllence   Bloomberg   Merger Arbs  See Wide-Open Deal Window With Biotech Top of List

The artificial intelligence boom is no longer just reshaping Silicon Valley, it’s rewriting balance sheets, trade alliances, and even national development stories. Anguilla’s .ai  domain crosses one million registrations, turning a digital suffix into a powerful economic engine for a small island nation.  Nvidia doubles down on AI infrastructure with a fresh $2 billion investment in CoreWeave , highlighting how the race for computers is becoming as critical as the race for ch

Markets are flashing stress signals and strategic pivots all at once. Gold  and silver  smash historic milestones as investors flee uncertainty, piling into hard assets amid geopolitical tension, tariff anxiety, and questions around the Fed’s independence. Saudi Arabia  quietly redraws its NEOM  ambitions as fiscal reality collides with megaproject  dreams, while Intel’s  turnaround narrative takes a hit after manufacturing bottlenecks overshadow an earnings beat. Meanwhile,

Zarminali Pediatrics Raises  $110M Series A led by Healthier Capital   VC Daily Datarails Inks  $70M Series C led   by  One Peak   VC Daily Duetti Secures  $50 Million Series C led by  Raine Partners   VC Daily  PraxisPro Grabs  $6M Seed Round led by  AlleyCorp   VC Daily Renterra Banks  $9M Series A Funding led by  Avenue Growth Partners   VC Daily  Benepass Nets  $40M Series B Funding led by  Centana Growth Partners   VC Daily  OpenEvidence Raises  $250M in Series  D led by

Crypto Firm BitGo, Backers Raise $212.8 Million in US IPO. Bloomberg Tokyo Looks to Rev Up IPO Market by Luring Startups Across Asia Bloomberg OpenAI’s Altman Meets Mideast Investors for $50 Billion Round Bloomberg  Blackstone Backs Startup Applecart at $700 Million Valuation Bloomberg  AI Startup SambaNova Seeks Up to $500 Million Funding After Intel Talks Stall Bloomberg Deutsche Borse Group to Acquire Allfunds for $6.19 Billion Wall Street Journal  Eaton Considers a Sale o

21st January 2025 Warren Buffett’s long-awaited successor, Greg Abel, is already making waves as he steps into the spotlight with a potential shake-up of Berkshire Hathaway’s prized Kraft Heinz stake, signaling that the post-Buffett era may be far less sentimental. In the UK, central London house prices are sliding at their fastest pace since the financial crisis, raising a once-unthinkable question: is the capital finally becoming affordable again for buyers priced out for a

The Differences between Dice, Deals & Dividends;     "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” John Maynard Keynes I commonly get consulted for investment proposals, whereby people are asking of me where I believe is best for them to deploy their capital in order to get a financial return, and the first thing that I ask [after strongly indicating that I am not a financial advisor, and the entire conversation isn’t financial advice] what their time

New World Seeks Asset Sale by June to Create Positive Cash Flow. Bloomberg AirAsia Seeks To Start Bahrain Hub This Year, Deputy CEO Says Bloomberg Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros to keep Paramount at bay Reuters  Citi Sees Record Taiwan Client Revenue as Rivals Spar for Deals. Bloomberg  KKR’s Sale of Biggest Philippine Hospital Chain Metro Pacific Is Said to Falter Bloomberg GSK makes $2.2 billion swoop for RAPT Therapeutics' food allergy drug     Reuters  Grub

XBuild  Announces $19M Series A Round  led by N47   VC Daily Statusphere Nabs $18M Series A  Financing led by Volition Capital   VC Daily Think Bioscience  Raises $55M Series A  led by Regeneron Ventures , Innovation Endeavors , and Janus Henderson Investors   VC Daily  BrightInsight Secures $13M Funding Round  led by Hearstlab  and  Seae Ventures   VC Daily DealHub.io  Scoops Up  $100M  led by Riverwood Capital   VC Daily  Ethernovia Completes $90M+   Series B Round  led by

21st January 2025 U.S. stocks wiped out their gains for 2026 in a sharp selloff as fears of an escalating trade war with Europe collided with a global bond rout that pushed Treasury yields higher. In geopolitics, the UK approved China’s controversial plan to build a “mega” embassy in London despite security and espionage concerns, while in Davos, attendees were warned about fake VIP passes circulating around the USA House at the World Economic Forum. And in finance, hedge fun

20th January 2025 Global politics, macro data, Big Tech monetisation, and deal-making collide in today’s major stories. Donald Trump escalates his push to acquire Greenland by threatening sweeping tariffs on key European allies, raising tensions across the Arctic and transatlantic trade. China, meanwhile, posts 5% GDP growth for 2025, meeting Beijing’s target as booming exports mask deeper domestic weaknesses. In tech, OpenAI makes a pivotal shift, announcing plans to test ad

AI coding startup Replit  is in talks to raise a $400M round at a $9B valuation led by Georgian   Bloomberg Self-driving car startup Tensor is in talks to raise $300M-$400M in funding ahead of a potential IPO   MSN German AI customer service agents startup Parloa  raised a $350M Series D at a $3B valuation led by  General Catalyst TechStartup Merge Labs , Sam Altman's rival to Musk's Neuralink, raised a $250M seed round at an $850M valuation led by Bain Capital and OpenAI   A

Patrick Drahi Is Said to Near Launch of €9 Billion XpFibre Sale Bloomberg Henkel in Talks With Wendel to Acquire Chemical Maker Stahl Bloomberg Shionogi Invests $2.1 Billion to Raise ViiV Healthcare Stake Bloomberg Jiangxi Copper Plans $3.6 Billion Bond Sales to Fund Expansion Bloomberg Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley Bloomberg Mol to Buy Gazprom Stake in Sanctioned Refinery, Serbia Says Bloomberg CSG Said to Eye Friday Trading Debut at €25 Billion

16th January 2026 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is signaling renewed confidence in AI-driven growth, announcing record capital spending of $56 billion and reporting a 35% rise in net profits that underscores strong demand for high-performance chips. In media, the BBC is taking a historic step by launching programmes specifically for YouTube, blending public service content with new digital monetisation opportunities to reach younger audiences. On the geopolitical fro

Worthington Steel to buy Kloeckner & Co in $2.4 billion deal  Reuters Mitsubishi to Buy Aethon US Gas Assets in $5.2 Billion Deal Bloomberg OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs. Techcrunch ‘Dune’ Studio Sells Stake to Japan’s TBS at $4 Billion Valuation   Bloomberg Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock. Wall Street Journal Wall Street bankers shift focus to busy 2026 after cashing in on big deals Reuters BMO-Led

GovDash Pulls In $30M Series B Round  led by Mucker Capital and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)  VC Daily  Higgsfield Raises $80M Series A Extension .     VC Daily  Mytra Announces $120M Series C Round led by Avenir Growth      VC Daily  Novo Nordisk Foundation commits $850M+ to European life sciences and deep tech   Pitch Book Meld Raises $7 Million Strategic Round led by Lightspeed Faction      VC Daily Renewa Lands $502M  VC Daily Quadric Snares $3

Keensight Capital-backed Inherent Group acquired French IT services provider Inovacom  Keensight   Whitevision, a Dutch document processing provider backed by Main Capital Partners, acquired the UK's Document Logistix. Business Cloud   CVC Capital Partners-backed Teneo is purchasing Clarity Partners, a Nordic-based consulting firm, and PwC New Zealand's restructuring services unit Bloomberg   Summa Equity bought Peoplesafe, a UK-based workforce safety software and services pr