Finance Updates – Page 13 – Finance Updates

TSMC’s AI Surge, Jobless Claims Fall & Fed Faces Inflation Tug-of-War

Wall Street bounced as tech and banks rose on...

U.S. jobless claims fell to 198,000, reinforc...

Safe havens and energy eased, with gold and o...

Investors are weighing upbeat fundamentals ag...

Oregon’s Startup Surge: $950M in VC Fuels Robotics, AI, Security Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Oregon startups raised about $950 million in ...

Agility Robotics drove the surge with a rough...

Other notable raises included Hydrolix’s $80 ...

Despite bigger rounds, Oregon still faces tal...

What Investors Should Know About Superorganism’s Biodiversity VC Fund

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Superorganism closed a biodiversity-only debu...

It is deploying US$250k–US$500k pre-seed/seed...

The fund targets nature-loss drivers and clim...

Superorganism pledges 10% of profits to conse...

Massachusetts VC Rebounds in 2025: Big Deals Drive Growth Despite Biotech Softness

Americas Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

Massachusetts startups raised $16.7 billion i...

Biotech/life sciences, a key state strength, ...

Massachusetts-based VC firms raised just $3.1...

Investment is increasingly concentrated in fe...

Türkiye’s 2025 Startup Surge: Why Fintech & Gaming Captured 68% of Investment

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Tfcrkiye startups raised about $589 million a...

AI led deal count (~81 rounds, ~25%) but attr...

Late-stage funding effectively disappeared as...

Investment was highly concentrated as seven s...

Why CAPTCHA-Style Checks Disrupt Access: What Triggers Bloomberg’s Verification Barriers

Global FYI Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals

Bloomberg triggers a “unusual activity” block...

Users must pass a CAPTCHA-style check that re...

Common triggers include VPNs/proxies, shared ...

The system helps deter bots and scraping but ...

Is Social Leverage’s Reported $85M Seed Fund Real? Latest Verification

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

No credible public evidence confirms Social L...

The Substack claim is not corroborated by Soc...

If an $85M fund exists, it would be smaller t...

Key unknowns are the close date, LP roster, s...

New Mountain Capital Raises $1.2B for SEF II, Targets Minority Stakes in Defensive Growth

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

New Mountain Capital closed Strategic Equity ...

The fund includes over $150M of GP commitment...

SEF II targets minority, non-control stakes i...

The raise builds on 2020’s ~$640M SEF I and s...

Wall Street Q4 2025 Earnings: Morgan Stanley Shines as Regulatory Risks Mount

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Morgan Stanley beat Q4 estimates with EPS of ...

Goldman Sachs also topped expectations, posti...

Across big banks, dealmaking and equity marke...

A DOJ criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Po...

Goldman Sachs Q4 2025 Earnings Surge 12% Amid Strong Trading & Investment Banking

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Goldman Sachs Q4 2025 profit rose 12% to $4.6...

Investment-banking fees jumped 25% on stronge...

Full-year 2025 results strengthened across gl...

The bank raised its quarterly dividend to $4....