Is Location Still Relevant for Success? How To Build A Business Outside Your Target Market
By Ariel Renous Until recently, when launching a company, the idea of “location, location, location” was just as important to founders as the product itself. But today, locatio
Coinbase Buys Deribit In Biggest Crypto Deal To Date
Crypto dealmaking is hot. Coinbase announced Thursday the biggest deal in the crypto industry to date when it said it would buy derivatives exchange Deribit in a $2.9 billion deal
Most-Active US Investors: Andreessen Horowitz Leads Slow Start To Spring
This is a monthly feature that runs down some of the most-active investors in U.S.-based companies, looks at some of their most interesting investments, and includes some odds and
Why Your Next Funding Round May Hinge On Well-Managed Human-Agentic AI Collaboration
By Imran Aftab Venture capitalists are investing heavily in autonomous systems powered by agentic AI, signaling a new era of technological innovation. In the first month and a half
Venture Pulls Back As Strategics Invest In Autonomous Vehicles
Uber made waves this week as it announced it would further invest in Chinese autonomous vehicle tech company WeRide. Venture investors have been more lukewarm this year on autonomo
Venture, Let’s Stop Belittling Venture
By Rohit Yadav It’s a cold, windy morning. I’m clutching my green tea like it’s a lifeline (yes, I’m that person with a tea routine — don’t judge). I unlock my phone fo
Decade Of Disruption: How Megarounds, Global Expansion And AI Doubled VC Investment In 10 Years
Startup investment has doubled over the past 10 years to roughly $300 billion globally per annum, Crunchbase data shows. Now the question remains: As the AI wave plays out, creatin
Navigating Supply Chain Volatility: Lessons From The Front Lines
By Bobby Cohen In early 2020, I found myself on a call at 3 a.m. with a supplier in a completely different time zone, trying to track down a shipment of face masks that had seeming
Identity Security Funding Soars Amid Rise Of AI Agents
Identity management is a hot area for investment of late. That was particularly obvious in the past few weeks, as two startups in the space secured over $300 million and a major ey
Reporter’s Notebook: Optimism Runs Wild At RSA Cybersecurity Confab
The RSA Conference in San Francisco has come and gone, and the main feeling from venture capitalists is one of optimism as talk of dealmaking, the IPO market and of course, AI domi
