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Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund’s Big AI Bets Include Mistral And Databricks  Forbes Middle Eastern funds are plowing billions of dollars into hottest AI start-ups  CNBC Why these Gulf states want to be AI superpowers  CNN Data Dynamics Archives  insideBIGDATA Sam Altman’s quest for cheap AI power will be fueled by Middle East billions. But the true cost goes […]

Point72 veteran targets $50M for Ukraine defense tech VC fund  PitchBook News & Analysis Defense Tech Valley: The First International Investment Summit in Ukraine by Brave1!  itukraine.org.ua MITS Graduates First Batch of its Acceleration Program and Opens Applications for Ukrainian Defense Tech Startups for Batch 2  PR Newswire 200 developments from Brave1 participants meet NATO standards, – Fedorov  Цензор.НЕТ

The dramatic decline of China’s innovative start-ups  Financial Times

The Funding: Crypto VCs are on a fundraising spree  The Block Crypto startups get small bump, $2.7bn funding in second quarter, study says  DLNews Top 5 Emerging Blockchain Startups in 2024  ICO Desk Blockchain Startups Continue to Draw VC Attention – The Future of Tech?  FinSMEs VCs raise $2.2bn in crypto funds this year as bullish vibes return  DLNews

Emerging manager Z21 Ventures makes fundraising look easy  Venture Capital Journal Early-stage VC z21 Ventures raises $20 million in first close of second fund  The Economic Times WestBridge Capital anchors first close of z21 Ventures’ second fund  VCCircle z21 Ventures Raises $20 Mn For Fund II Backed By WestBridge Capital  BW Disrupt z21 Ventures Announces $20M First Close of […]

Insight Partners closes in on $10bn fund as venture deals pick up  Financial Times Insight Partners Raises $10 Billion for Latest Fund  The Information Insight Partners closes in on new $10bln fund, FT reports  ZAWYA Insight Partners Prepares to Close $10 Billion Venture Capital Fund  PYMNTS.com Insight Partners selling $1B in startup stakes, including Wiz, to free up funds […]

Ex-BHP Ventures head Buzzo to lead parent firm’s strategy team –  Global Corporate Venturing

Schroders gets greenlight to launch third LTAF focused on UK venture capital  Professional Pensions Schroders receives approval for venture and growth LTAF  Pensions Age Schroders launches first UK venture capital LTAF  Portfolio Adviser Schroders launches UK VC fund to draw in pension assets  PitchBook News & Analysis Schroders adds UK venture capital long-term fund  Financial Planning Today

European tech investment group targets €600mn for debut fund  Financial Times

Munich-based Capmont Technology raises €100 million to invest in early-stage B2B tech founders  EU-Startups