Selected coverage of venture capital, private equity and the wider market — reviewed and published by the HAWK team. Every headline links back to its publisher.
Certain Energy (previously known as RFC Power), a long-duration energy storage startup developing manganese flow battery technology, has raised €11.6 million (£10 million) in Series A funding to commercialise its technology and prepare i…
“We are not too late to change Europe’s trajectory, if we take the right steps today.” That is the promise of the newly launched Rhine Group – a forum pushing for a stronger response to the continent’s widening innovation and competitive…
AI has made it easier than ever to build. A small team can now prototype a product, write landing page copy, generate visuals, launch campaigns, create sales materials, and ship faster than many larger companies could a few years ago. Fo…
More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new.
Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265 million Fund V.
Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.
The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.
Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.
The AI opportunity is huge, but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline," Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.
AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by Iconiq, after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.
After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.
a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. "Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley" is an advantage, the firm believes.
At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments.
Year after year, investors who've explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and learned from peers have proven why you need to be on the ground at Disrupt this year.
Gaming specialist Makers Fund has closed its fourth flagship vehicle at $250m – half the size of the $500m Fund III it raised at the height of the last gaming investment cycle in 2022. The post Makers Fund closes $250m Fund IV raise, hal…
Nike, Starbucks and GM have lost ground in China as domestic rivals, geopolitics and changing consumer preferences reshape the market.
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.
Temasek-backed Azalea Investment Management has raised more than $1bn across three private equity products, with the launch of its first evergreen vehicle helping offset a substantial reduction in the size of its latest flagship fund-of-…
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of responsibility to community, doubts arise as to whether a sale will happen.
In an environment where emerging fund managers struggle to attract LP attention, FGV is betting that a different venture model can help it lure LPs.
The Pan-African venture firm has raised $84 million and plans to invest in startups beyond its home market of Nigeria.
