Venture Capital

Berkshire Hathaway Reveals $7 Billion Investment to Swiss Insurer Chubb

Warren Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway divulged that it has recently made a $7 billion investment in Swiss insurer Chubb.


Anthropic Expands Claude AI Chatbot to Europe, Launches Fundraiser

Anthropic will expand its generative AI assistant Claude to Europe while continuing to get funding from the continent...

Apple Supplier Foxconn Sees Surge in April Sales, Thanks to Strong iPhone Demand

Foxconn reports its highest-ever April revenue surge, with a nearly one-fifth increase compared to last year, driven partly by strong iPhone demand and diversification efforts...

Tesla Has Already Figured Out Trade Strategies To Uber

Up with its never ending pursuit to expand and be in with modern business potentials, and this time it is with Uber...


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More early-stage venture capital firms close on capital in 2013- report
Despite a slowdown in venture capital fundraising last year, there were more venture firms that closed capital in 2013 compared to that of the previous year, according to the Wall Street Journal blog
OakTree's Brady says he is bearish on 2014
Ian Brady, chief investment officer of California-based firm Oak Tree Wealth Management Ltd, cautioned about taking risk in credit and property, saying performance in 2014 will be hard to come by.
Scaling Up Investment—Finance the Startup of Start-up Communities
Entrepreneurs raising money too often attempt to shape investor risk behavior to their investment opportunity. Instead, shape your business model to match the needs of not only your customers but inve
The Quest for Growth—the Startup of Start-up Communities
Brazil and China like Russia are large population countries with a growing middle class that is ripe for more consumer-facing clones, clonentrepreneurs and Clonentrepreneurship.
The Cultures of Risk—Financing the Startup of Start-up Communities
This part discusses the culture of risk in the developing countries and how it impacts the behavior of local investors and their willingness to finance seed and early stage tech business models.
UK private equity firm CVC invests $200M in Chinese education company EIC
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners will invest over $200 million for a stake in Chinese education company EIC Group. CVC will buy the stake from rival investment firm Actis Capital.
Apollo raises biggest private equity fund since US financial crisis
New York, US-based firm Apollo Global Management LLC announced on Thursday that it had raised $17.5 billion for the Apollo Investment Fund VIII, the largest private equity fund raised since the financ
Schaft Inc co-founder opens fund to invest in Japanese startups, universities
Schaft Inc Co-Founder Takashi Kato has launched 246 Capital, a fund that seeks to invest in technologies by Japanese startups and universities not noticed by investors, Bloomberg reported.
The Start-up of Russia. The Startup of Start-up Communities: The Power of Clones in Russia and beyond
2010 was a 'tipping point' for the start-up of Russia through two liquidity events and underlying forces in the country. First was the acquisition of the Russian Groupon clone called Darberry by Group
US blogging system Medium mulls raising $20M in venture capital -rumor
US-based online writing and reading system Medium by Evan Williams is considering raising $20 million from venture capitalists after basically thriving on angel investments, according to circulating r
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