The SPAC mania continues unabated, with new SPACs being filed with the SEC on an almost hourly basis at times.SoftBank, the Japanese telecom conglomerate which has also been running the gigantic Visio
Venture funds have historically counted on a few types of investors — or limited partners — for their investing capital. One of these groups is institutional investors — think pensio
Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here.These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, pr
The recent Databricks funding round, a $1 billion investment at a $28 billion valuation, was one of the year’s most notable private investments so far.For Databricks signaled its IPO readiness b
Zhang Zhao, one of China's most influential film moguls and Zhang Yimou's producer, died of cancer on Wednesday. He was 58.Zhang Zhao, a workaholic and respected film executive, had an outstan
Eyelash extensions have taken off in recent years — particularly in Asia — but the audience is only so broad. Getting extensions — semi-permanent fibers that are attached to one̵
Trades in the infamous Reddit-basket of stocks and trades are taking a pounding today, with GameStop down 52.7%, AMC Entertainment off 42.7%, the silver-squeeze flopping and more. CNBC has a longer li
Atlassian has made it clear for some time that it’s all in on the cloud, but now it’s official. The company stopped selling new on-prem licenses as of yesterday. Perhaps to take away the s
On the heels of private companies Robinhood and Databricks each raising $1 billion or more yesterday, Bumble is out with a new IPO filing this morning indicating that it wants to raise ten figures as
Yesterday, China flipped the switch on a nationwide carbon trading market, in what could be one of the most significant steps taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 — if the markets ca
(L-R) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden meet with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 29, 2021. /Getty Ed
FILE PHOTO: Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care speaks during a coronavirus press conference at Downing Street. /VCG Image 598,389 received their first coronavirus vacc
Earlier this week, Science Inc, the 10-year-old, L.A.-based incubator and venture firm, rolled out a blank-check company onto the Nasdaq, raising $270 million for what firm founders Peter Pham and Mik
Edtech is so widespread, we already need more consumer-friendly nomenclature to describe the products, services and tools it encompasses.I know someone who reads stories to their grandchildren on two
The Dyatlov Pass incident is the mother of all cold cases: 9 people found dead in 1959, deep in the Ural mountains, under circumstances no one has ever been able to satisfactorily explain. But new res
The Virunga National Park hopes to extend an electric fence to prevent elephants straying into farmland. /AFP Two stray elephants from the famed Virunga wildlife reserve in northeastern Democr
As a turbulent week in the capital world, we’re taking a look at something a bit slower-moving: venture capital trends in Africa during 2020.The Exchange has long explored quarterly and yearly d
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