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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Generate Capital Goes Big Again, Kore.ai Nabs $150M
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here. Lots of big rounds this week, with none bigger than the whopping $1.5 billion raised by sustainability and infrastructure investment firm Generate Capital. On top of that, there were another five rounds of $100
CEO Jason Vedadi’s Vision for the Cannabis Market’s Future
Photos: Twinty Photography Numerous skills are necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur, and having experience and acumen in real estate and finance are certainly high on that list. Perhaps those are two of the reasons Jason Vedadi has become a veritable weed ninja over the past decade, building, buying, and selling companies with very few missteps along the way. Vedadi’s cannabis career had humble origins in 2008. His home state of Washington was one of the first to allow medical patients to grow a limited number of plants, and he
Follow these 4 tactics to close the world’s circularity gap, report says | GreenBiz
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Humans are devouring the world’s natural resources at an accelerated pace despite gains in the circular economy, according to a report from the Circle Economy Foundation and Deloitte, released Wednesday. "In just the past six years alone we have consumed over half a trillion tonnes of materials — nearly as much as the entirety of the 20th century," the report says.However, driving change across three sectors — food, the built environment and manufacturing — can slash by one-third the amount of raw materials needed from nature, according to the nonprofit’s
Top Funded Fintechs in Singapore 2024 – Fintech Singapore
by Fintech News Singapore February 1, 2024 Singapore is often considered fertile ground for startups and in particular fintechs to raise funds. In the first half of 2023, fintech companies in the country secured a total of US$934 million in funding across 84 deals, a far cry from the US$3.3 billion raised during the same period the prior year. Therefore it is not surprising that the top funded fintechs in Singapore in 2024 are also often the top funded fintechs in Southeast Asia. But despite the significant pullback, Singaporean fintech
SeaStar Medical Granted Canadian Patent with Broad Claims Covering the Selective Cytopheretic Device Technology | BioSpace
DENVER, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: ICU), a medical device company developing proprietary solutions to reduce the consequences of hyperinflammation on vital organs, announces the issuance by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office of Canadian Patent No. 2814586. This new patent has broad claims covering the Company’s Selective Cytopheretic Device (SCD) technology. Its issuance expands SeaStar Medical’s international patent rights and complements existing U.S. patent rights. “A significant opportunity exists to improve treatment of dysregulated hyperinflammatory response that can cause multiorgan damage and even death.
Zum Raises $140M At $1.3B Valuation To Help Kids Get to School Faster With AI
When one thinks of AI and its many uses, getting your kid to school faster is likely not the first thing that springs to mind. However, school bus startup Zum now has 1.3 billion reasons why you should. The Redwood City, California-based transportation company raised a $140 million Series E led by GIC at a $1.3 billion valuation. Others participating in the round include Climate Investment, and existing investors Sequoia Capital and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The new round is a significant jump in value for a company that last
Equity Crowdfunding Research & Education
Emmanuel Perrotin runs a fancy art gallery in Paris. Expensive art isn’t exactly a mass-market product. So to increase his revenues, he also sells things like prints and books. Still, I was surprised to learn that someone had offered to buy his business. And it’s not just anyone. It’s a big private equity (PE) investor. PE investors generally do buyouts of companies in huge industries — housing, for example, or hospital networks. They take control of a business, restructure it, and then try to resell it for a profit. Why
Seedrs Releases it’s 2024 Sector Report – Seedrs Insights
Read the thoughts of our Managing Director, John Lake There’s no escaping the fact that 2023 was a year of continued economic strain. While we saw some positive news in terms of inflation – specifically in the UK where falling energy and fuel prices brought the headline rate down from 4.6% in October to 3.9% in November – there was increased turmoil and pressure in other areas. In particular, geopolitical tensions have continued to escalate with conflict in the Middle East adding to existing global economic uncertainty caused by the
PE Firms Have Paid Richly For Software Startups. When Will They Resume Spending?
IPOs generate a lot of buzz. Acquisitions by private equity firms, not so much. After all, most founders don’t start out with the vision of selling their startup to a leveraged institutional buyer looking to profitably offload it again in a few years. It arguably lacks the narrative appeal of, say, a sale to a tech giant or a smash public debut. Nonetheless, for software companies in particular, acquisitions by private equity firms are statistically one of the more common kinds of exits. Over the past five years, the most-active
5 of the biggest education trends in 2024
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Key points: As we usher in the new year, educators and industry leaders are eagerly anticipating the top education trends for 2024. The education industry has witnessed a rapid evolution in recent years, marked by new ideas and emerging technologies. In 2024, this momentum will continue, bringing forth new edtech, innovative teaching approaches, and inspiring learning spaces. This year, schools are directing their energy towards supporting teacher well-being and reengaging students through innovative learning spaces and edtech. Consequently, we will see a shift in how edtech enhances learning and how