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Category: Capital Flows & Deals
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Venture Capital & Startup Funding, groupthink boom what 3 top VCs really think, and more.
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Trends this week: At TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event, VCs Niko Bonatsos (Verdict Capital), Andreas Stavropoulos (Threshold Ventures); and Anthropic’s $65 billion Series H round, led by Altimeter Capital…
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Music & Entertainment Industry Deals, Versant Invests Microdrama Streaming, and more.
Music & Entertainment Industry Deals this week: Versant Media Group, owner of USA Network and Syfy, has taken a minority stake in GammaTime, a microdrama streaming; and Warner Music Italy has acquired the recorded music catalog of…
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AI & Tech Sector Investments and Deals, Ross Fubini wrote Anduril s first check Here, and more.
AI & Tech Sector Investments and Deals this week: Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check and leads XYZ Venture Capital, argues that most; and Scotch, an AI-native operating system for liquor retailers, raised a…
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Venture Capital, Funds & Major, They Saw Women Shut Out VC So PayPal, and more.
Venture Capital, Funds & Major Startup Rounds this week: Molly Huyck, a former PayPal executive, and Amie Konwinski, a Navy veteran, have launched Aequitas Invest (AQi), an; and The week’s largest venture rounds saw a concentration of…
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Music & Entertainment Catalog, Warner Music Italy acquires catalog indie label Asian, and more.
Music & Entertainment Catalog Acquisitions & Investments this week: Warner Music Italy has acquired the recorded music catalog of Milan-based independent label Asian Fake from its; and Universal Music Group has taken a minority stake in…
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Public Markets & Corporate Finance, Cerebras Shares Soar First Day Nasdaq, and more.
Public Markets & Corporate Finance this week: Cerebras Systems debuted on Nasdaq with shares closing up 68% at $311.
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Major Startup Funding Rounds & VC, Exclusive Capchase Affirm B2B, and more.
Major Startup Funding Rounds & VC Trends this week: Capchase, a vendor-financing technology platform, has secured $200 million in a combined debt and equity round led; and Chinese robotics funding in 2026 has already matched the full-year…
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Music & Entertainment Rights Deals, Chord Music Partners John, and more.
Music & Entertainment Rights Deals this week: John Chapman of Chord Music Partners identifies insurance capital as the next major force in music rights; and Shamrock Capital has closed its fourth Content Strategy fund at $813 million…
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VC Funds, Firm Moves & Market Trends, Digital Banking Startup Mercury, and more.
VC Funds, Firm Moves & Market Trends this week: Mercury, a digital banking platform for startups, raised $200M in a Series D round led by TCV at a $5; and April’s U.S. startup investment activity reveals a bifurcated market.
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Media, Music & Entertainment Deals, Chord Music Partners John, and more.
Media, Music & Entertainment Deals this week: This matters for Capital Flows & Deals because it gives a concrete current signal to track: John Chapman, who; and Shamrock Capital has closed its fourth content acquisition fund at $813…