Finance Updates – Page 3 – Finance Updates

AI Hardware and Semiconductors: $6.2B Startup Funding Surges with In-Memory, Power & Cooling Wins

Q4 2025 semiconductor and AI-hardware startup...

Largest rounds included Unconventional AI ($4...

For full-year 2025, U.S. semiconductor startu...

Investors and operators face rising headwinds...

Michigan’s 2025 VC Boom: Fewer Deals, Bigger AI Rounds Reshape Startup Landscape

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Michigan VC in 2025 shifted to fewer but much...

Q4 showed the contraction clearly, dropping t...

National and global VC mirrored this pattern ...

The trend favors later-stage, commercializati...

ClickHouse Scores $400M Series D, $15B Valuation – Expands into LLM Observability & Native Postgres

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

ClickHouse raised $400M in a Series D led by ...

The company says it has 3,000+ customers and ...

ClickHouse acquired Langfuse to add LLM obser...

A blue-chip syndicate (Bessemer, Index, GIC, ...

Key Shifts in LP Behavior: Public Pension Pullbacks, Soaring Secondaries & Exit Expectations

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

New Mexico SIC was the most active LP in 2025...

Rede Partners’ Liquidity Index rebounded to 5...

Secondaries hit a record $226bn in 2025 (+41%...

Even with improving sentiment, many LPs—espec...

What Investors Must Know About Gating & Liquidity Risks in Private Funds

Americas Risk Other Investment Pools and Funds

Private funds can impose “gates” that cap, de...

Recent private-credit stress has pushed some ...

Investor protections are in flux after the SE...

Investors should review offering documents fo...

Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Q4: Fee Growth, Wealth Management Strengths, Rising Risks

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley shares rose ...

Goldman posted Q4 net earnings of $4.62B (+12...

Morgan Stanley’s wealth business drove result...

Both banks showed improving profitability and...

BGFI and Renaprov IPOs Drive Capital Growth in Central Africa Amid Regulatory Approval

Global Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

BGFI Holding’s BVMAC IPO was approved by COSU...

The deal issues 1,573,536 new shares (10% of ...

A minority-shareholder lawsuit led by Christi...

Cameroon’s Renaprov Finance is launching a se...

UK Prospectus Rules Overhauled: What Firms Must Know Before 19 January 2026

Europe Policy Securities and Commodity Exchanges

From 19 January 2026, POATR 2024 and the FCA’...

Listed companies can issue up to 75% of exist...

Exemptions broaden via a £5 million de minimi...

Rules also adjust disclosure and liability, i...

Disney’s 2018 Fox Deal: Cost, Synergies, Strategy & Regulatory Challenges

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Disney agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox...

Consideration was roughly 50% cash and 50% Di...

Regulators approved the deal with conditions,...

Disney projected EPS accretion by the second ...

KeyBanc’s 2026 Industrial Sector Outlook: Oshkosh, Eaton & Top Picks Driving Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc sees U.S. industrials entering an ear...

Top picks include Oshkosh (2028 growth and ma...

ITT is highlighted for its planned $4.8B SPX ...

Key risks include interest-rate uncertainty, ...