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Virgin Orbit Says Space Startup in Talks With Potential Investors
Date: March 24, 2023
(Reuters) – Billionaire Richard Branson’s cash-strapped satellite launch company Virgin Orbit Holdings said on Thursday it is in talks with “interested parties” about an investment in the company. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Texas venture capital investor Matthew Brown was nearing a deal to invest $200 million in the space startup via a private share...
Britishvolt in Talks With Investors About Possible Sale
Date: January 9, 2023
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – UK battery startup Britishvolt said on Monday it is in talks with a consortium of investors about selling a majority stake in the company, but did not disclose any names. The company said back in November that it had received short-term financial backing to help it stay afloat. It...
Startups Spring From Ashes of Big Tech Purge
Date: January 3, 2023
By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just two months after joining full-time, falling victim to a sweeping 13% reduction of its workforce as the advertising market cratered. Days later he was back working, seeking investment for his own company Nulink, a...
With Recession on the Horizon, Planning Is the Only Certainty
Date: December 13, 2022
By Christina Ross, CEO, Cube With endless news of layoffs, rising inflation, and venture capital drying up, businesses are living in perpetual fear they won’t have enough runway to survive the nuclear winter. Without a doubt, 2021 did not represent “normal” times. It was a full-blown party. VC spending was through the roof, valuations were...
Tpg Carbon Credit Company Rubicon Carbon Raising $1 Billion
Date: November 29, 2022
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Rubicon Carbon, a carbon credit firm created by U.S. alternative asset manager TPG to help companies offset their emissions, launched as a separate company on Tuesday and said it expected to raise $1 billion in capital. Backed by an initial $300 million from TPG, Rubicon aims to source and...
Want to Create a Startup? Join Another First
Date: November 29, 2022
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – More than 1,000 technology startups were created in Europe and Israel by former employees of about 200 venture capital-backed unicorns in the region since the financial crisis of 2008, a report by VC firm Accel showed on Tuesday. After the boom in startups in the last two years, sentiment...