Finance Updates – Page 5 – Finance Updates

Asia’s Startup Surge: Deep Tech, Biotech & Blockchain Infrastructure Take the Lead

Asia Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Asian startups raised $179 million in Week 1,...

China’s Syneron Bio led the week with ~ $100M...

India’s CoreEL ($30M) and EtherealX (~$21M) h...

Smaller rounds in ETHGas, CollegeDekho, and T...

UK AI Startups Raise $2.4B in H1 2025: Key Sectors & Challenges Shaping the Ecosystem

Europe Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

UK AI startups raised $2.4 billion in H1 2025...

London still dominates with 68% of AI funding...

Investment is concentrating in AI drug discov...

Future growth hinges on talent and compute in...

How Private Equity Must Adapt in 2026: From Stalled Exits to Tech‐Driven Value Creation

Americas Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity enters 2026 in housecleaning m...

Deal values are recovering and dry powder is ...

With IPOs only partially rebounding, firms re...

Competitive edge is shifting toward operation...

Why Continuation Funds Are Reshaping Private Equity Exit Strategies

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity firms are using continuation v...

This surge is driven by a clogged exit enviro...

Because GPs act as both buyer and seller, con...

These dynamics may reshape PE fund terms and ...

Metalmark Capital’s Move into T. Parker Host: Maritime Infrastructure Gets a Boost

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Metalmark Capital made a strategic growth-equ...

The investment coincided with Host’s acquisit...

Host provides integrated maritime agency, ter...

The deal fits Metalmark’s infrastructure/indu...

H1 2025 Private Equity: Fundraising Surges, IPOs Stall, Trade Sales Rule Exit Routes

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Global private equity fundraising rebounded i...

Exit activity, especially IPOs, remains the m...

Capital is concentrating in large, establishe...

Future fundraising strength hinges on improve...

Perella Weinberg Acquires Devon Park Advisors to Lead Surge in Private Equity Secondaries

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Perella Weinberg Partners is acquiring Devon ...

Devon Park’s 15-person team, led by founder J...

The deal is a strategic bet that demand for c...

PWP’s revenue has recently fallen sharply and...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Rallies 33% in 2025 on AI, Equities & Strategic Shift

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha macro fund returned ...

Other Bridgewater strategies also posted stro...

Results were driven by US equity and AI-stock...

Bridgewater is capping Pure Alpha’s size, inv...

VC Outlook 2026: AI Surge, Late-Stage Grit & Early-Stage Decline

Global Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Global VC dollars are rising despite fewer de...

AI dominates venture funding, capturing over ...

Early-stage funding is contracting while grow...

With IPOs and M&A rebounding, investors in 20...

Global Surge in University Spinout Funding: Deep Tech, Equity, and Pre-seed Trends

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Universities worldwide are rapidly launching ...

These vehicles range from small internal fund...

Data from the UK and Europe show academic spi...

Universities are increasingly acting as both ...