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Financing a New Business: How to Secure Investors Early

Starting a business requires more than just a great idea and hard work—it demands substantial financ...

5th May, 2025

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From Funding to Fame, Matteo Ferretti Shares How Spynn's Guaranteed PR Transforms Startup Visibility

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21st April, 2025

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Exclusive-Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins Frank McCourt’s bid for TikTok

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Frank McCourt announced on Monday that Alexis Ohanian, the co-founde...

3rd March, 2025

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Estonia's tech investors take defence into their own hands as Russian threat looms

By Michael Kahn PRAGUE (Reuters) - Estonia, a Baltic country of 1.4 million people that has long pun...

21st February, 2025

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Analysis-China regulatory easing hopes brighten outlook for offshore equity fundraising

By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese companies, mainly those in the tec...

21st February, 2025

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Former OpenAI tech chief Murati launches AI startup, poaching staff from ChatGPT maker

(Reuters) - Thinking Machines Lab, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer M...

18th February, 2025

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Climate-focused venture capital firm Junction Growth Investors raises 115 million euros

By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Junction Growth Investors, an investment firm that finances...

11th February, 2025

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SoftBank in talks to lead OpenAI funding round at $300 billion valuation, sources say

(Reuters) -OpenAI is in talks for an investment round to raise nearly $40 billion that would value t...

30th January, 2025

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Helion raises $425 million from SoftBank's venture arm, hits $5.4 billion valuation

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Helion, a startup working to generate electricity from nuclear fusion,...

28th January, 2025

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Workflow Raises $3M to make creative work faster using AI

Top-tier investors back London startup transforming the future of creative work with AI-driven colla...

26th November, 2024

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Perplexity AI in funding talks to more than double valuation to $8 billion, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity AI has begun fundraising talks in which it is looking to mor...

21st October, 2024

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Adyen co-founder’s new firm Tebi raises $22 million to expand

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The co-founder of payments giant Adyen has begun scaling up h...

17th October, 2024