Venture Capital

Private equity and venture capital firms have been increasingly acquiring restaurant franchises in recent years, with global investment in the sector doubling in 2025, according to an S&P Global report. The trend has drawn mounting criticism, as some argue that private equity ownership tends...

OpenVC has launched the NYSE OpenVC 500 Index, a new benchmark that bridges major U.S. public companies with large venture-backed firms that still trade privately. The company says the goal is to give investors a broader way to track where corporate value sits as more high-profile startups delay...

Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are attracting a disproportionate share of capital inflows compared with other private market sectors. More than 75% of limited partners (LPs) intend to allocate to AI in the next 12 months—more than four times that of blockchain—yet AI exit activity remains...

U.K.-based artificial intelligence startup Ineffable Intelligence raised $1.1 billion in new funding, putting the company's valuation at $5.1 billion. The AI lab, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, aims to build a "superlearner" using reinforcement learning. The system acquires...

Thrive Capital has bought a small stake in the San Francisco Giants through a new holding company called Thrive Eternal. Thrive Eternal is a permanent holding company that will focus on assets with “qualities that cannot be replicated by technology,” founder Josh Kushner wrote in a post...

Former Disney (NYSE:DIS) CEO Bob Iger is rejoining Josh Kushner‘s Thrive Capital as an advisor, a month after handing the reins to successor Josh D’Amaro. The Wall Street Journal reported that Iger will be working with Thrive's investment staff and portfolio founders, but it will likely...

Nexus NeroTech Ventures, a brain-health venture capital fund with $200 million in assets, has shut its doors as of March 31. "Through a recent acquisition, Nexus NeuroTech Ventures has concluded its operations. The firm was founded with a deep commitment to supporting solutions that hold the...

Blockchain Capital is looking to raise $700 million for two new funds, despite declines in the overall cryptocurrency market. The firm is raising funds for its seventh early-stage vehicle and a second growth fund. Both funds expect to close within the next five to six months, according to Bloomberg...

Venture Capital firm Accel has raised $5 billion in late-stage capital to allocate towards artificial intelligence startups. Of that $5 billion, $4 billion will be allocated towards 20-25 late-stage investments globally, while $640 million will be used as a sidecar fund for investors to allocate...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is alleging that Florida-based venture capital firm Backswing Ventures and its CEO Kyle Asman misled investors in a private fund over a multi-year period. The case was filed in the Middle District of Florida and covers conduct the SEC says lasted from at...

Venture investments saw "unprecedented spending" on AI compute and frontier labs, as investors poured $300 billion into 6,000 startups during the first quarter of this year. Notably, funding for startups in the first quarter of 2026 alone accounted for nearly 70% of the total venture capital...

Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins is reportedly raising $3.5 billion for artificial intelligence startups in the software, healthcare, transportation and autonomy sectors. The firm will invest $1 billion in its 22 early-stage funds and will focus on finding AI startups in, while the remaining $2...

Venture Capital firm General Catalyst is in discussions with investors to raise approximately $10 billion in new capital, a number that would set the firm’s size well above other venture firms in the U.S. The $10 billion would be allocated to various vehicles, including growth and early-stage...

Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Fusion Fund, spoke with Benzinga about growth in the startup space and artificial intelligence, as well as areas of the market she finds most attractive right now. • Microsoft stock is trading at depressed...

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo led a record-smashing surge in global startup funding in February, as venture investments reached $189 billion, Crunchbase reported. The company behind ChatGPT raised $110 billion, while rival Anthropic secured $30 billion, and Alphabet's self-driving vehicle division...