venture capital

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress.

Chinese technology giants are trying to get in on the metaverse act. A collaboration with Nreal could help Alibaba expand its augmented reality capabilities.

Inflection AI, the start-up launched by LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has poached staff from Google and Meta.

Yokoy, a Swiss start-up helping companies manage their expenses, has raised $80 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he has Covid again, following an earlier bout in November 2020.

A venture capital fund backed by sanctioned Russian billionaire Abramovich appears to be trying to wipe any trace of its operations since he was sanctioned.

Grocery delivery start-up Gopuff has partnered with Morrisons in the U.K. to deliver goods from the retail giant in a matter of minutes.

Credit Kudos develops software that uses consumers’ banking data to make more informed credit checks on loan applications.

AstraZeneca has taken a roughly £25 million ($33 million) stake in U.K. health start-up Huma, according to a person familiar with the matter.

After a surprise departure from Andreessen Horowitz, crypto investor Katie Haun has raised $1.5 billion for her new firm, Haun Ventures.

Venture capitalist Ambar Bhattacharyya on digital health investment trends and predictions for 2022.

Nexii is manufacturing fire and water resilient wall panels for commercial and residential buildings with no carbon emissions.

The Routing Company raised $15 million in a series A funding round led by Galvanize Climate Solutions.

Lisa Skeete Tatum, founder and CEO of career development company LandIt, shares her secrets to success, including who’s on her dream team and self-advocacy.

Silicon Valley links between VCs, Russian founders and investors have created a range of issues as a result of the invasion of Ukraine and business retreat.

XPeng led the investment into Rockets Capital, a $200 million fund focused on investing in electric vehicles, clean energy and “frontier technology areas.”

ConsenSys has raised $450 million in a funding round backed by the likes of Microsoft, SoftBank and Temasek.

Members pledge to reduce gender pay gaps by 60% in the group’s first year of operation.

BlocPower is ‘greening’ buildings across America and promising big returns for major investors.

In 2015, Microsoft bought Christian Reber’s to-do list app, Wunderlist, for a sum that was reported to be between $100 million and $200 million.