Start-up raises $3.5bn from Silicon Valley venture firms in race against OpenAI and DeepSeek
US payments start-up completes share sale as business rebounds after period of low customer spending
Fundraising for the tax-efficient assets is up 10 per cent this year — but they remain a niche choice
This is nuts. When’s the crash?
QIA will continue to invest most of its wealth outside the Gulf state but wants to make the country a regional hub for VC
Cambridge Innovation Capital’s fund counts Aviva Investors and an arm of British Business Bank as backers
Our annual survey of FT readers shows bonus payouts are on the rise, but so too are tax concerns and school fees
These days, political influence matters as much as metrics such as ‘daily active users’
The venture capital group’s long-serving partner reflects on how the continent’s start-up industry has evolved and discusses the AI boom
Big funding rounds for software developer Helsing and drone maker Tekever defy broader downturn in venture investing
From Gen Z urban Africans’ frustrated ambitions and development density disputes in Sydney to tackling ‘heat islands’ and community-splitting highways. Plus improving refugees’ lot; natural flood resilience; how the ‘15-minute city’ became politicised; and rethinking places of worship
Silicon Valley investor says it wants to refocus on US market with Donald Trump in office
Troubled Silicon Valley company also under pressure for investments in China
Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX and OpenAI further delay need for stock market debuts
VC funding into green technology is down but there’s more to the story
Niklas Zennström believes continent can thrive by developing applications on top of artificial intelligence models
Maker of the Claude AI chatbot nears fresh $2bn investment in the latest sign of how much money is pouring into the sector
Pursuit of entrepreneurs threatens start-up ecosystem as investors target personal assets to claw back funding
Risk-averse financial institutions concentrate money on biggest Silicon Valley VCs in trend that threatens smaller groups
Financial institutions rush to secure assurances their money is not being used to develop Chinese technology
The strategy of focusing money on larger deals comes at time of extreme indigestion for start-up investors
Data centre operator raises $333mn from investors in bet that companies will look for alternatives to Microsoft and Google
Investors in the AI and data analytics group include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Insight Partners
Lumina raises funds to bypass Hollywood studios and back actor-led projects
Neil Shen’s HongShan has struggled to invest its $9bn cash pile in a weak domestic market and tough US controls
