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ServiceTitan’s stock jumped 42% in its trading debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO for the venture-backed company wsj.com/articles/pro-take-wh…
Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand wsj.com/articles/toyota-back…
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Redesign Health has raised $175 million for a new venture fund and expects to help launch dozens of healthtech startups in the coming years wsj.com/articles/redesign-he…
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Toyota’s strategic investment arm led a $19 million equity investment in WeaveGrid, a San Francisco-based startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging
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“Digitization broadly is impacting every process from drug discovery to clinical development to manufacturing and commercialization,” says Adam Goulburn of Dimension wsj.com/articles/dimension-b…
Crypto startups are seeing a boost from President-elect Donald Trump’s win, and venture firm Cadenza has also seen more interest from limited partners for its blockchain fund following the election wsj.com/articles/pro-take-do…
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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and biology as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial intelligence to biomedical research wsj.com/articles/dimension-b…
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Venture firm Cadenza is pursuing AI and crypto deals as distinct strategies wsj.com/articles/pro-take-do…
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Software startups are delaying IPOs. The need to adjust to the new age of AI is partly to blame. wsj.com/articles/pro-take-pr…
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Venture capitalists made sizable contributions to political groups favoring friendlier crypto policies this election cycle wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…
Venture-backed software companies are trying to get their "AI story" right. That might keep them on IPO sidelines for longer. wsj.com/articles/pro-take-pr…
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Venture capitalists’ political donations this year dwarfed those of prior years, according to OpenSecrets, a group that tracks money in politics wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…
Food-as-medicine startups could soon have champions in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, both picked to lead health agencies in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet wsj.com/articles/food-as-med…
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Startups that know how to integrate AI into other companies’ systems are landing venture cash. Distyl AI, for instance, raised $20 million—in about a week. wsj.com/articles/companies-n…
Former Coatue Management managing partner Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise a debut fund for his venture firm Verified Capital wsj.com/articles/former-coat…
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Lasse Louhento, who became a multimillionaire leading the team that made “Clash of Clans,” now runs his own studio after battling his own enemy—brain cancer wsj.com/articles/clash-of-cl…
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The Trump administration is expected to take on policy matters important to healthcare entrepreneurs, like telemedicine, drug approvals and reimbursement of medical devices wsj.com/articles/trump-healt…
Disillusioned by progressive politics in San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists spent big this election to pull it to the center, with mixed results wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…
Villi Iltchev, a former top partner at Two Sigma Ventures, is launching his own shop, Category Ventures, and seeking $156 million for its debut fund wsj.com/articles/villi-iltch…
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The presidential campaign sparked pitched political battles and opened up deep ideological divides. And that was just among venture capitalists. wsj.com/articles/venture-inv…
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