/ Trump’s second term will have major implications for the tech industry through tariffs, immigration policy, and more. By Lauren Feiner, a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Share… Continue reading Donald Trump is officially president again
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The Vast Majority of Trump’s Net Worth Is Now in His Meme Coin
Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Meme Streak President-elect Donald Trump may have spent his career playing the role of a wheeler-dealer businessman, but his actual financial track record has always been dodgy — he inherited a vast sum, declared bankruptcy at ventures ranging from a hotel to a casino, and estimates of his wealth have… Continue reading The Vast Majority of Trump’s Net Worth Is Now in His Meme Coin
Early-stage VC Foothill Ventures closes oversubscribed Fund III at over $110mThe firm makes pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in startups acros…
Foothill Ventures, a Los Altos, California-based technology venture fund that invests in seed and Series A rounds, has closed its oversubscribed third fund at over $110 million, according to a company executive. An early investor in the now Nasdaq-listed Chinese self-driving firm WeRide and the US-based popular speech-to-text app Otter.ai, Foothill Ventures held the final… Continue reading Early-stage VC Foothill Ventures closes oversubscribed Fund III at over $110mThe firm makes pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in startups acros…
Indonesia’s East Ventures closes maiden continuation fund with Coller CapitalThe GP-led transaction was designed for East Venture’s fifth seed fund.
Indonesian venture capital firm East Ventures has closed its inaugural continuation fund underwritten by secondary specialist Coller Capital, per a statement. The GP-led transaction was designed for East Venture’s fifth seed fund, bringing the total distributions-to-paid in capital (DPI) of the fund to approximately 2x, the company said. It was structured with a component of… Continue reading Indonesia’s East Ventures closes maiden continuation fund with Coller CapitalThe GP-led transaction was designed for East Venture’s fifth seed fund.
India Digest: Veteran investors launch new VC firm; Oyo revives IPO plansThe firm is eyeing the first close of its debut fund by March this year.
PE-VC veterans have joined hands to launch SamVed VC to back early-stage startups in India. Separately, hospitality giant Oyo is said to be reviving its IPO plans. SamVed VC targets $50m corpus for debut fund PE-VC veterans from Bridgewater Associates, LetsVenture, and Info Edge, among others, have joined hands to launch SamVed VC to back… Continue reading India Digest: Veteran investors launch new VC firm; Oyo revives IPO plansThe firm is eyeing the first close of its debut fund by March this year.
Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation
Our tech overlords all have problems, and they want to buy the solutions. By Elizabeth Lopatto, a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. President Donald Trump is being sworn in today, and we are about to… Continue reading Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation
The best ereaders for 2025
There are really two types of ereaders: Dedicated ebook/audiobook devices or slabs that are more akin to small tablets with E Ink screens. In the first category, the competition is really between Amazon’s Kindle devices and Rakuten’s Kobo readers. Ereaders in the latter group include entries from Onyx Boox, PocketBook and a couple of smaller… Continue reading The best ereaders for 2025
Indian PE firm Multiples eyes $300-400m for continuation fund: ReportThe firm closed its fourth fund at around $800 million early last year.
India’s Multiples Alternate Asset Management, led by former ICICI Venture veteran Renuka Ramnath, is eyeing a continuation fund with a target corpus of $300-400 million, Mint reported. The fund, which will include assets such as Vastu Housing Finance, APAC Financial Services Private Limited, and Quantiphi, is expected to roll out in the next few weeks,… Continue reading Indian PE firm Multiples eyes $300-400m for continuation fund: ReportThe firm closed its fourth fund at around $800 million early last year.
Clean Technica: What Is Actually Going On With Elon Musk?003808
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I just had a long chat with a good friend who was basically an OG in Tesla world. We talked about all kinds of Tesla topics trying to understand where Tesla would be going in 2025 and beyond. We… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Is Actually Going On With Elon Musk?003808
Bluesky’s 2024 moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew as new users flocked in
Bluesky experienced explosive growth last year, particularly toward the end, necessitating that the platform ramp up its moderation efforts. In its recently released moderation report for 2024, Bluesky said it grew by about 23 million users, jumping from 2.9 million users to nearly 26 million. And, its moderators received 17 times the number of user… Continue reading Bluesky’s 2024 moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew as new users flocked in