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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Banks in turmoil
      ‘A devastating impact’: SVB’s collapse leaves start-ups with a funding hole

      Bank was pioneer and linchpin of venture debt market, a key alternative source of funding

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank’s LatAm fund co-head commits to further investments despite losses

      Alex Szapiro says he is confident about securing extra capital from Japanese technology conglomerate

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Growing investor interest nurtures Prague’s ambitions

      Advances in sectors including AI gather pace as capital inflows climb

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Banks in turmoil
      How Silicon Valley learnt to love the government

      After Washington came to the rescue of the tech sector’s favourite bank, some fear it will lead to tougher regulation

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Could pensions changes spell trouble for VCTs?

      Changing tax rules and the collapse of SVB have made this a stressful week for venture capital trust fund managers

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Peter Thiel had $50mn in Silicon Valley Bank when it went under

      Prominent investor’s Founders Fund among those that had warned about US bank’s risks ahead of its collapse

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Stripe Inc
      Stripe raises more than $6.5bn at $50bn valuation in fall from 2021 peak

      Payments processing company clinches sale after accepting valuation cut in tough fundraising environment

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      LexElaine Moore
      The Lex Newsletter: SVB was a bank run for the social media age Premium content

      It is unclear whether investors’ tweets spurred the lender’s decline or saved the sector by forcing action

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Tech start-ups assess damage caused by SVB collapse

      Groups prepare to deal with bigger banks after loss of institution that was a one-stop shop for their financing needs

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Special Report
      FT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

      The fourth annual ranking of growth champions in the region. Plus: Japan’s bid to spur innovation; webtoons success in South Korea; an Australian start-up takes on odd jobs; and why Bangalore is still India’s main tech hub

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Venture capitalists weigh SVB salvage operation

      Options include teaming up with a large buyout group to bid for portions of collapsed US lender’s business

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      News in-depthSilicon Valley Bank
      Recriminations fly as venture capitalists contemplate Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse

      VCs accused of betrayal after triggering a run on the bank that has left a gaping hole in the tech scene

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Instant InsightJohn Thornhill
      SVB shows that there are few libertarians in a financial foxhole

      Like banking titans in 2008, tech tycoons favour the privatisation of profits and the socialisation of losses

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The $42bn bank run that sunk Silicon Valley Bank Premium content

      How the tech world’s top banker buckled under pressure

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Robert Armstrong
      SVB’s collapse is not a harbinger of another 2008

      But the US bank favoured by tech start-ups will not be the last casualty of higher interest rates

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Private investing
      Private company valuations defy fall in listed stocks, adviser says

      Hamilton Lane warns venture capital-backed companies face downgrades

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      Female founders seek remedies to lack of backers

      New businesses set up by women meet old biases when raising funds. Some investors are trying to change that

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      News in-depthArtificial intelligence
      Sceptical investors worry whether advances in AI will make money

      Silicon Valley VCs fearing a repeat of falling crypto values warn against pouring cash into hype-fuelled start-ups

    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      MPs scrutinise investment tax breaks ahead of Budget

      ‘Reliefs shouldn’t just sit there forever’ says OTS tax chief

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Andreessen Horowitz
      Chatbot Character.ai valued at $1bn in Andreessen-led funding round

      Pioneering tech venture capital firm makes first big foray into generative artificial intelligence sector

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Sequoia Capital
      Sequoia walks away from crime app Citizen amid funding crunch

      Investor abandons start-up over fundraising that has massively diluted its shareholding, as Silicon Valley VCs re-evaluate deals

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      LexArtificial intelligence
      AI start-ups: funding buzz passes from Web3 to artificial intelligence Premium content

      Companies know that rushing to join the movement is already being rewarded in markets

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Technology sector
      Dollar funding for Chinese start-ups dries up

      The country’s newest crop of technology companies is more likely to list at home rather than in the US

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Indian business & finance
      India’s tech investors struggle to cash out as funding falls

      Foreign venture capital investment dropped 40% in 2022 and IPO pipeline has dried up

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      The mystery of the shapeshifting crypto-VC profit

      A mistake from a fund that lists Bill Ackman among its backers

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