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Coatue leads $4.5bn investment in secure browser startup Island

Private Equity Insights

In 2024, cybersecurity startups raised $9.5bnan almost 10% increase from the previous year, according to data from Pinpoint Search Group. The company is headquartered in both Dallas and Tel Aviv and has previously raised nearly $500m from major investors, including Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, and Israeli VC firm Cyberstarts.

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OpenAI appoints Adebayo Ogunlesi to board, highlighting AI infrastructure focus

Private Equity Insights

Ogunlesi will help the company secure the infrastructure needed to advance artificial intelligence development. The company warned that $175bn in global AI investment funds could flow to China-backed projects without action. OpenAI has added Adebayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, to its board.

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Buenavista Equity Partners launches €100m healthcare fund

Private Equity Wire

Spanish private equity firm Buenavista Equity Partners, which specialises in investments in the lower- and mid-market segments, has unveiled a new healthcare-focused fund, BV Healthcare Growth Innvierte I, with an initial closing of 100m. Together, the two firms bring experience from 45 prior investments in the healthcare sector.

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European Startup Funding Weakens as Investors Favor Bonds

The Motley Fool

But the aggressive bid for safety has hurt funding for riskier ventures, including the European market for financing start-ups. For example, Austrian digital-education company GoStudent cut more than 10% of its workforce and pulled out of the US, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Ligero Raises $4M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs

Ligero, a NYC-based crypto startup focused on zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology for data privacy and security, raised $4M in Seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. […] The post Ligero Raises $4M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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How to Objectively Measure the "Fundability" of Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

The decision to fund a company is a combination of a lot of human factors—an assessment of one group of humans by another group of humans, fraught with apples-to-oranges comparisons. Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. ( You sold your last company? Sorry, you can’t.

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3 Ways to Secure Funding for Your Small Business

The Motley Fool

Image source: Getty Images Starting a small business or launching a startup is an adventure filled with excitement and challenges, one of which is securing the necessary funding to turn your big ideas into reality. Venture capital: The big-league booster Venture capital (VC) isn't just for tech giants and Silicon Valley startups.