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ServiceTitan’s stock jumped 42% in its trading debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO for the venture-backed company wsj.com/articles/pro-take-wh…

Pro Take: What ServiceTitan’s Listing Portends for VC-Backed IPOs

The stock popped 42% in its debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO.

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Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand wsj.com/articles/toyota-back…

Toyota Backs Charging Software Startup Amid EV Market Slowdown

Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand.

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Redesign Health has raised $175 million for a new venture fund and expects to help launch dozens of healthtech startups in the coming years wsj.com/articles/redesign-he…

Exclusive | Redesign Health Gathers $175 Million to Launch Healthtech Startups

The healthcare venture builder says it has helped founders start more than 60 businesses since 2018.

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Toyota’s strategic investment arm led a $19 million equity investment in WeaveGrid, a San Francisco-based startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging wsj.com/articles/toyota-back…

Toyota Backs Charging Software Startup Amid EV Market Slowdown

Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand.

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“Digitization broadly is impacting every process from drug discovery to clinical development to manufacturing and commercialization,” says Adam Goulburn of Dimension wsj.com/articles/dimension-b…

Dimension Books $500 Million for Second Life Sciences Venture Fund

Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and life sciences as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial...

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Crypto startups are seeing a boost from President-elect Donald Trump’s win, and venture firm Cadenza has also seen more interest from limited partners for its blockchain fund following the election wsj.com/articles/pro-take-do…

Pro Take: Do AI and Blockchain Go Together? One Venture Firm Backs Both

Venture firm Cadenza closed its first fund for early-stage artificial intelligence startups with $50 million last week. It is also raising its third blockchain-focused fund, according to Managing...

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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and biology as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial intelligence to biomedical research wsj.com/articles/dimension-b…

Dimension Books $500 Million for Second Life Sciences Venture Fund

Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and life sciences as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial...

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Venture firm Cadenza is pursuing AI and crypto deals as distinct strategies wsj.com/articles/pro-take-do…

Pro Take: Do AI and Blockchain Go Together? One Venture Firm Backs Both

Venture firm Cadenza closed its first fund for early-stage artificial intelligence startups with $50 million last week. It is also raising its third blockchain-focused fund, according to Managing...

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Software startups are delaying IPOs. The need to adjust to the new age of AI is partly to blame. wsj.com/articles/pro-take-pr…

Pro Take: Pre-IPO Startups Face a New Hurdle—Getting Their AI Story Right

While adopting artificial intelligence can accelerate a business’s revenue growth, it is also a period of adjustment that can keep companies in the private markets longer.

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Venture capitalists made sizable contributions to political groups favoring friendlier crypto policies this election cycle wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…

Venture Capitalists Set Industry Record for Political Donations

The sector continued to lean Democratic and liberal in the 2024 election cycle, but Republican candidates and conservative groups gained.

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Venture-backed software companies are trying to get their "AI story" right. That might keep them on IPO sidelines for longer. wsj.com/articles/pro-take-pr…

Pro Take: Pre-IPO Startups Face a New Hurdle—Getting Their AI Story Right

While adopting artificial intelligence can accelerate a business’s revenue growth, it is also a period of adjustment that can keep companies in the private markets longer.

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Venture capitalists’ political donations this year dwarfed those of prior years, according to OpenSecrets, a group that tracks money in politics wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…

Venture Capitalists Set Industry Record for Political Donations

The sector continued to lean Democratic and liberal in the 2024 election cycle, but Republican candidates and conservative groups gained.

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Food-as-medicine startups could soon have champions in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, both picked to lead health agencies in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet wsj.com/articles/food-as-med…

Food-as-Medicine Startups Could Get a New Champion in Washington: RFK Jr.

President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services is a proponent of using healthful foods to fight disease.

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Accolade Partners raised $202 million for its third fund backing blockchain venture funds. This time around it boosted its secondary strategy, while continuing to buy direct interests in venture funds. wsj.com/articles/accolade-ga…

Exclusive | Accolade Gathers $202 Million for New Blockchain Fund of Funds as Crypto Market Recovers

When many investors stopped backing crypto venture funds, Accolade Partners saw an opportunity to keep deploying capital. Now it is riding new tailwinds thanks to Donald Trump’s election and the...

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FarmboxRx could never convince venture capitalists it had a winning business model. Then Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. wsj.com/articles/food-as-med…

Food-as-Medicine Startups Could Get a New Champion in Washington: RFK Jr.

President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services is a proponent of using healthful foods to fight disease.

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Startups that know how to integrate AI into other companies’ systems are landing venture cash. Distyl AI, for instance, raised $20 million—in about a week. wsj.com/articles/companies-n…

Companies Need Help Using AI. Cue the Integration Startups.

And cue the venture capital. Startups that help companies customize AI to their needs are scoring high-profile venture support.

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Former Coatue Management managing partner Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise a debut fund for his venture firm Verified Capital wsj.com/articles/former-coat…

Exclusive | Former Coatue Investor Planning New Venture Fund

Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise capital for his firm Verified Capital.

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Lasse Louhento, who became a multimillionaire leading the team that made “Clash of Clans,” now runs his own studio after battling his own enemy—brain cancer wsj.com/articles/clash-of-cl…

‘Clash of Clans’ Creator Raises Money for New Game After Battle With Brain Cancer

Lasse Louhento, now chief of his own mobile-game studio, is looking to capture lightning in a bottle for a second time.

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The Trump administration is expected to take on policy matters important to healthcare entrepreneurs, like telemedicine, drug approvals and reimbursement of medical devices wsj.com/articles/trump-healt…

Healthcare Policies to Watch in the New Trump Administration

Investors and entrepreneurs will track decisions affecting drugs, medical devices and telehealth.

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Disillusioned by progressive politics in San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists spent big this election to pull it to the center, with mixed results wsj.com/articles/venture-cap…

Venture Capitalists Wanted to Give San Francisco a Moderate Makeover. The Results Were Mixed.

The city’s board of supervisors tilted away from progressive candidates, but a former VC lost his mayoral bid.

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