Finance Updates – Page 109

Adaptive Security Raises $81M Series B to Battle Deepfake Social Engineering Threats

Adaptive Security raised $81 million in a Ser...

The round follows a $55 million Series A and ...

Adaptive’s technology is already used by ente...

The deal underscores surging demand and inves...

Massachusetts Startup Funding Slumps in 2025: Big Biotech & Tech Shakeup

Americas Firms Health Care and Social Assistance

Venture funding for Massachusetts startups, e...

This downturn follows a tentative 2024 recove...

Higher interest rates, federal funding and re...

State grants and tax incentives are increasin...

AI Investment in 2025 Is Becoming Riskier: Megadeals, Geography & What’s at Stake

Americas Risk Information

AI dominates 2025 venture funding, with a han...

North America, especially the Bay Area, captu...

Capital is concentrated in fewer, larger late...

Strategic and non-traditional investors power...

Penn Launches $10M Fund to Fuel Faculty Spinouts & Boost Philly Tech Growth

Americas Tech Information

Penn has launched a $10 million StartUP Fund,...

The fund offers up to $250,000 per startup vi...

It fills a pre-Series A funding gap for unive...

The fund enters a rebounding but still tight ...

University of Utah’s $500M Private Equity Deal Could Redefine Athletic Revenue Models

Americas M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The University of Utah is creating Utah Brand...

Utah keeps majority ownership and full contro...

Otro Capital holds a minority stake, shares i...

This first-of-its-kind public university priv...

PAG’s High-Stakes Play in China’s Distressed Malls: Risky Move, Big Upside

Asia Risk Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

PAG has doubled down on China’s distressed co...

Starting from a $2.8 billion minority stake i...

In 2025, PAG spearheaded a roughly 45 billion...

The bet depends on a slow recovery in Chinese...

Why Private Equity Pros Are Fleeing Big Firms for Smaller, Specialized Funds

Global Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Mid-level professionals are increasingly leav...

Higher interest rates and weak exit activity ...

Smaller and specialist funds often offer fast...

Performance data showing smaller and sector-f...

Why Private Markets Are Surpassing Banks in Wealth, Power & Risk

Global Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity and alternative-asset executiv...

Private credit has surged to roughly $3–3.5 t...

Non-bank financial institutions now control o...

Banks, regulators, and investors are scrambli...

Why Paramount’s $108B Bid Backed by Ellison, RedBird Faces Regulatory & Deal Risk

Americas M&A Information

Paramount and Skydance have launched a hostil...

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity ...

Foreign investors, including Saudi Arabia’s P...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is expected to...

J.P. Morgan PEG Closes $1.44B Fund GPE XII, Outpaces GPE XI with Strong Co-Investment Demand

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity...

GPE XII is about 12–13% larger than predecess...

The fund will be heavily U.S.-focused (around...

PEG now manages roughly US$36 billion in priv...