Standards Australia became a venture capitalist
Standards Australia entered the venture capital market. It participated in the pre-Seed financing round for the engineering start-up CalcTree. The latter managed to raise $3.8 million to develop tools for engineering calculations. Foundamental, Suffolk Technologies, and Antler VC also invested in the company. Standards Australia invested in its subsidiary…
The U.S. government plays an important role in increasing the number of unicorns
The United States leads the world in the number of unicorns, or companies valued at over US$1 billion. The U.S. government facilitates the growth of such startups. It provides significant support for business development.
This trend indicates the state's growing role in…
KOMPAS VC has closed a new fund and is expanding its global presence
The KOMPAS VC firm has closed its second venture capital fund, raising a final total of €150 million. This result is all the more impressive given the current slowdown in venture capital activity in the sector. The new fund will continue the…
First Momentum focuses on helping the deeptech sector
The German venture capital firm First Momentum has closed its fund at €35 million. This achievement has opened up new investment opportunities.
The First Momentum fund focuses on the promising deeptech sector. This accounts for 44% of all investments in the technology sector. Despite the high level…
Lambda has raised venture capital investment in a Series D funding round
Cloud startup Lambda has raised US$480 million in venture capital investment in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Andra Capital and SGW, with participation from ARK Invest and Nvidia. The company specialises in providing access to GPUs for AI-related…
CVC Capital Partners expands operations
CVC Capital Partners has raised €4.6 billion for its third fund. The fund focuses on the management of long-term private equity strategies. The deal signals a resurgence of activity in the European market after a period of decline.
The size of the new CVC Strategic Opportunities III fund is similar…
S&P Global Commodity Insights: clean technology investment will increase
S&P Global Commodity Insights predicts that 2025 will be a period of transformation for the worldwide energy generation sector. The analysts predict that clean technology investment, particularly solar PV, will increase significantly.
Solar energy development
Solar energy is expected to account for around 50% of total…
Construction technology attracts US$24 billion in investment
Despite the decline in funding across a range of sectors, construction technology continues to attract investor interest. They have attracted US$24 billion of investment in 2024, overtaking sectors such as climate technology and fintech.
Noa presented a construction market analysis that showed high investor interest in innovation in…
Investment in cloud API technologies: Kong and its expansion plans
San Francisco-based startup Kong has raised US$175 million in funding. The funds were raised in a Series E funding round. The investors were interested in cloud-based API technologies based on artificial intelligence.
Kong is one of the leaders in the cloud API space. The Series…
The government investments for businesses in Germany
In recent years, Europe has experienced economic difficulties that have affected all market participants. In Germany, business investment has declined, particularly in the technology sector. The government has set aside €12 billion to support start-ups. As part of the initiative, representatives of the authorities, businesses, and KfW Bank…