Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...
An activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war
Paramount (PARA, PARAA) is reportedly in advanced talks for its potential merger with Skydance, while the media company's CEO Bob Bakish is planning his departure. Third Bridge Group Sector Analyst Jamie Lumley joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss the outlook for this deal. Lumley highlights that the timing of the CEO transition "could potentially weigh on" whether the deal will go through. Examining Paramount's fundamental operations, Lumley notes that the company is trying to find the...
The Rugby Football Union, RFU, and Premiership Rugby have finally agreed a new Premiership Game Partnership, worth £264m, which will shape the English game for the next eight years. It is understood that legal details are all that remain between now and the new deal being signed, with the Telegraph suggesting the central policy will []
FTSE 250 asset manager Jupiter is set to keep nearly £500m of the funds run by the departing fund manager Ben Whitmore.
Hamas has not yet responded to the latest proposal, which reportedly includes a 40-day ceasefire.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is talking up an Israeli offer to Hamas – does this mean Israel and Hamas are on the verge of a new deal to pause hostilities? We also hear about the perils of being a journalist in Gaza.Also in the programme: Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he'll stay on, despite allegations about his family; and Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on competing freedoms and the dangers of neoliberalism.(IMAGE: US Secretary of State Antony...
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz held out the prospect of postponing a planned offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah in the event of a hostage agreement with the Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia. "The release of the hostages is our top priority," Katz told Israel's Channel 12 on Saturday. Also citing the minister, the Kan channel reported that Israel was prepared to postpone the military operation if a hostage deal was reached. Hamas said it is currently examining an Israeli proposal for a...
British Patient Capital, a venture capital investment subsidiary of the UK government-owned British Business Bank, has committed £40.6m to a new cybersecurity fund. The Sheffield-based investor will supply the funds to the Evolution Technology Fund III, the third iteration of Evolution Equity Partner’s enterprise software and cybersecurity fund. Previous investments from Evolution funds included Quantexa, […]
Remarks before the US Senate. M. President, The Senate will soon vote on a $95 billion supplemental spending package. $95 billion. That’s a lot of money – especially at a time when many Americans are unable to afford their rent or pay their mortgages, pay their bills, afford healthcare, are struggling with student debt or More
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid package, ending months of bitter fighting over $61 billion for the war in Ukraine that had deeply divided the Republican Party. The measure passed by a vote of 79 to 18 and now goes to President Biden for his signature. The package also includes []
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid package, ending months of bitter fighting over $61 billion for the war in Ukraine that had deeply divided the Republican Party. The measure passed by a vote of 79 to 18 and now goes to President Biden for his signature. The package also includes []