A new €76 million fund is targeting early-stage climate and DeepTech companies across Northern Europe. The fund, backed by major Nordic foundations, has already deployed capital into 20 startups. This move is part of a larger, nearly €800 million trend in European climate-focused venture capital.
London-based Synthesia has raised a $200 million Series E round, doubling its valuation to $4 billion in just over a year. The round was led by Google Ventures and will fuel a push into AI agents for corporate training.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is widely expected to leave its policy settings unchanged at its January review. This comes as the city-state’s economy grew 4.8% in 2025, outperforming forecasts.
A new program called LeapX is launching for European founders, promising to take them from idea to paying customer in just five weeks. The hybrid bootcamp blends AI tools with mentorship from veterans of Google, Microsoft, and Morgan Stanley.
Andreessen Horowitz has secured a colossal $15 billion across multiple new funds. The capital is earmarked for everything from AI infrastructure to biotech and, notably, American defense technology. This move cements the firm’s ambition to be a geopolitical and cultural force, not just a financial o
The Chinese AI startup MiniMax saw its shares jump as much as 90% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong on Friday, March 28. The company raised $620 million, significantly outpacing the debut of its rival Zhipu AI just one day earlier.
AI infrastructure company Nscale is aiming to raise a massive $2 billion in a pre-Series C round. This comes just days after closing its Series B funding, which was led by industrial investment giant Aker ASA.
Eir Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm, has closed its third fund at $1 billion, more than double its 2024 predecessor. The firm focuses on control and minority stakes in healthcare technology companies, from early-stage to mature businesses.
In a move to bolster its data center infrastructure offerings, Concentric LLC has acquired power and cooling specialist Critical Components. This follows Concentric’s own acquisition by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2023.
Bank of America has upgraded Coinbase to a buy rating, seeing a 38% upside to its $340 price target. The upgrade is driven by Coinbase’s aggressive expansion beyond crypto into stock trading and asset tokenization, aiming to become an “everything exchange.”
