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Q: What changes are required to encourage more private investment? A: One of the first shifts that should take place is perceptual. There is a historic perception that emerging markets and developing

After three years of dampened dealmaking, we observed early in 2025 that the global private equity (PE) industry was “emerging from the fog.” Now, the fog has finally burned off. Dealmaking returned

Humanoid robots are approaching an inflection point, with advances in AI, hardware, and investment accelerating their path from prototypes to real-world deployment. Venture capital funding for robotics surged more than threefold between

What do top venture capitalists really think off the record? Here at Newcomer we’ve established an unusual level of trust with venture capitalists — we’re skeptical enough to write truthfully about the

The global picture The global venture capital (VC) market saw $227.4 billion in investment across 8,440 deals in Q2’26, making it the second-best quarter on record despite continuing geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic

Introduction Cryptocurrency venture capital activity rebounded in Q2 2026 after cooling in Q1. In total, VCs deployed ~$5.6 billion into privately held crypto and blockchain-related companies across 384 deals. Capital invested rose

Globally, AI was an incredibly hot sector for VC investment throughout 2025, attracting a record-level of funding by a large margin. Q4’25 was no exception. During the quarter, eight AI-focused companies in

Every once in a while, an individual redefines the landscape of their field through a combination of skill and perseverance. Li Lu stands as a shining beacon of such exceptionalism in the

Multiple tailwinds are helping to drive growth for the infrastructure category. From 2021 to 2024, the private infrastructure market grew at a pace of roughly 11.5% per year, based on data from

Driven by record commodity prices, the mining sector in 2025 recorded its strongest year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) since the 2010-2012 super-cycle, with 180 transactions totaling $89 billion (accounting only for