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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has overtaken Singapore as the premier destination for venture capital funds across emerging markets after it secured $391 million in the first quarter of 2025. The 53 percent year-on-year

Windsurf, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported. If the deal happens, it would put OpenAI in

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TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Japanese electrical conglomerate TDK Corporation, has launched Fund 3, a $150m (£112m) commitment to catalysing the next generation of deep tech startups. Fund 3

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has overtaken Singapore as the premier destination for venture capital funds across emerging markets after it secured $391 million in the first quarter of 2025. The 53 percent year-on-year

Development Partners International has announced the launch of DPI Venture Capital, which will target investments in early-stage, growth-orientated technology businesses across Africa.  DPI is an Africa-focused, multi-strategy private investment firm with over

The Italian startup ecosystem faces a persistent funding gap, particularly in its early stages, with per capita venture capital investments significantly lagging behind other leading European countries. In 2023, Italian startups secured

Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC firm had acquired his Turpentine podcast, with him joining as a general partner. Torenberg’s podcast focuses mostly on

The Nigerian Capital Development Fund (NCDF), in collaboration with the National Board for Technology Incubation and the London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics, has announced a call for applications for

The Nigerian Capital Development Fund, NCDF, in collaboration with the National Board for Technology Incubation and the London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics has officially announced the Call for Applications