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Toncoin (TON), the native token of the Telegram-adjacent TON blockchain, spiked on Thursday as ecosystem organization The Open Network Foundation said several venture capital firms invested $400 million in the token. Investors

Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC

(Bloomberg) — Venture capital and other private equity funds that raised money to invest in China during a tech boom a few years ago are increasingly facing a quandary. Some are running

Yango Group, a global technology company based in Dubai, has launched a $20 million corporate venture fund aimed at early-stage startups in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP), Sub-Saharan Africa,

Venture investments in Central Asia grew to $96m in 2024 – a 7 per cent increase compared to 2023, according to RISE Research data. With limited local markets, startups from the region

Chancellor launches landmark review to boost investment, increase pension pots and tackle waste in the pensions system. New Pensions Bill confirmed in King’s Speech could boost pension pots by over £11,000, with

Anduril Industries made headlines earlier this month when it raised another $1.5 billion — matching its own record for the largest defense tech round ever and catapulting total funding numbers to likely

Total committed funds under management in Malaysia’s private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) industry stood at RM24.7 billion at the end of 2024, according to the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Annual

The exuberant decade, from 2011 to 2021, was marked by all kinds of incoherence in venture capital. Practices to increase capital velocity and fee income were disguised as good practices for generating

Ayala Corp.’s Active Fund, managed by Kickstart Ventures, has invested in Featherless.ai to help make AI more accessible and affordable. Featherless.ai is a serverless AI inference platform that allows businesses and