We previously shared this investor spotlight on our Linkedin Channel . Over the years, we have followed and admired this week’s investor...

We previously shared this investor spotlight on our Linkedin Channel. This week we are featuring Founders Circle Capital.  We have known...

Source: www.anduril.com From Silicon Valley to the Tactical Edge Anduril Industries is a U.S.-based defense technology company building AI-powered systems for national security. Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR), along with former Palantir and Founders Fund leadership, Anduril is redefining defense contracting by acting as a vertically integrated product company — building, funding, and fielding technology before  the government asks for it. Software-Defined Warfar

Image by Unsplash Enterprise-Grade AQ Is Here SandboxAQ represents a new strategic arc in deep tech: the convergence of AI and quantum technologies (AQ) to solve industrial-scale problems across cybersecurity, navigation, life sciences, and critical infrastructure. Spun out of Alphabet in 2022 and led by Jack Hidary (CEO) with Eric Schmidt as Chairman, the company applies quantum sensing and physics-based modeling to enterprise use cases, delivering commercial solutions rathe

Source: www.impulsespace.com In-Space Mobility as Infrastructure Impulse Space, founded in 2021 by Tom Mueller (founding SpaceX engineer behind the Merlin and Draco engines), is building the transportation layer for space — enabling precise, efficient payload movement across orbital environments. The company focuses on in-space logistics, addressing the critical gap between launch and final orbit. Impulse offers last-mile delivery for satellites, satellite hosting, and flexib

Source: www.groq.com Accelerating the Edge of AI Groq is a semiconductor company building the next generation of AI-specific compute infrastructure — not for training, but for real-time inference at scale. At the heart of its offering is the LPU™ Inference Engine, a proprietary chip architecture optimized for low-latency, deterministic execution across generative AI and large language model (LLM) workloads. Founded by Jonathan Ross, the inventor of Google's TPU, Groq is purpo

We previously shared this investor spotlight on our Linkedin Channel. Welcome to our 17th  #InvestorSpotlight feature! This week, we're...

We previously shared this investor spotlight on our Linkedin Channel. Kleiner Perkins, previously referred to as Kleiner Perkins...

A version of this was recently posted on our LinkedIn channels. Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) recently announced its...

We previously posted this on our Company Linkedin page True Ventures is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm renowned for its...

Some interesting news from PitchBook's 2023 Annual Global Private Markets Fundraising Report.  In 2023, Approximately $1,174.6 billion was raised across all global private capital strategies. The aggregate YoY change was down (20.5%). All strategies were down YoY with the exception of secondaries, though secondaries only accounted for $78.3 billion. Of note, Secondaries had a substantial increase (but from a smaller base). Venture capital, real estate, real assets, and fund o

For this week, we’re profiling Spark Capital. Focus Areas: Spark Capital, a venture capital firm, directs its investments across various...

There’s been an uptick in secondary market activity after a slowdown observed in 2022 and early 2023, Crunchbase  reports. In the last...

General Intelligence with a Mission xAI, founded by Elon Musk, is an AI research company with an explicit goal: to understand the true nature of the universe . The team includes veterans from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft, and Tesla, with contributions to foundational techniques like Adam, Transformer-XL, LayerNorm, and models such as GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and AlphaStar. The company’s thesis is grounded in a belief that artificial intelligence should advance science

We are sharing a recent milestone from Gupshup – a valued past client.   Serving over 45,000 brands globally, including Citibank,...

As we step into the heart of March, the financial landscape is pulsating with energy and possibilities, particularly within the dynamic...

February 16, 2024 The Latest 2023 Insights: A Recap of Last Year's Alternative Investments We drafted this blog post at the end of 2023,...

February 15, 2024 Thoughts on AI This post was initially drafted on December 15, 2023, but sat on the shelf before being posted to the...

November 29, 2023 The Latest What Happened to Convoy? When I first heard the news that Convoy was collapsing, it felt like a shock. The...

According to recent reports, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has chosen to keep its policy interest rate range at 5.25%-5.50% for the second...