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Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners hired social media creator Claire Zau to strengthen early-stage founder engagement and brand trust, joining a broader industry shift where VC firms acquire or hire creators to influence startup ecosystems before investment.
Aug 6, 2026
Venture capital’s current recovery is all IRR, no DPI - PitchBook
Venture capital fundraising and valuations are rebounding, but this recovery reflects inflated internal rates of return (IRR) rather than actual cash returns (DPI) distributed to investors.
Aug 5, 2026
Amex Ventures invests in SMB growth platform Pie
Amex Ventures invested in Pie, an AI-powered growth platform for small businesses, signaling corporate validation and strategic alignment with SMB financial services innovation.
Aug 4, 2026
Chinese VC firms are rushing to raise new funds after three years of record-low fundraising, amid renewed enthusiasm for China's tech, AI, and robotics sectors (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
Chinese venture capital firms are launching new fundraising efforts following three years of depressed activity, driven by renewed investor interest in China's AI, robotics, and broader tech sectors and a strategic push to hedge against US market exposure.
Aug 2, 2026
Open-source AI push could create troubles for venture capital
A Reddit post speculates that the rise of open-source AI models may undermine traditional venture capital funding models for AI startups, but provides no data, sources, or named stakeholders to substantiate the claim.
Jul 28, 2026
Dealroom: defense giants such as Lockheed Martin have participated in a record $4.1B worth of VC rounds YTD, as drones and autonomous systems transform warfare (Financial Times)
Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin have invested $4.1 billion in venture capital rounds so far this year — a record — as drone and autonomous systems reshape military operations and procurement strategies.
Jul 27, 2026
Fintech Funding Holds Strong in Q2 2026 as Valuations Hit New Peaks
Fintech venture funding reached $13.3B in Q2 2026, showing strong deal value growth despite fewer transactions and increased investor selectivity.
Jul 24, 2026
Physical AI Surges to the Forefront of Q2 2026 Venture Activity
Venture capital funding surged in Q2 2026 toward physical AI—especially industrial humanoid robots and robot foundation models—reflecting investor prioritization of embodied intelligence infrastructure.
Jul 23, 2026
Chinese open models are proper competition that should be welcomed, not something to ban or treat as a danger, and open-sourcing is an old business strategy (Bill Gurley/Washington Post)
A venture capitalist argues that Chinese open-source AI models represent legitimate market competition rather than security threats, urging policymakers not to ban or over-regulate them.
Jul 20, 2026
France’s Private Capital Ecosystem Delivers Uneven Results in Q2 2026
A report claims France's private capital ecosystem showed uneven performance in Q2 2026, with VC dealmaking declining and PE leveraged transactions modestly rebounding amid a fragile domestic economy.
Jul 20, 2026
Thira, an AI startup founded by Apptio co-founders to develop AI agents that handle back-office tasks such as IT support, raised a $21M seed led by Madrona (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
Thira, an AI startup founded by Apptio co-founders, secured $21M in seed funding led by Madrona Venture Group to build AI agents for enterprise back-office automation, notably IT support.
Jul 18, 2026
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
A prominent venture capitalist forecasts that the concentrated wealth generated by AI in Silicon Valley will be redistributed, either through voluntary action or external pressure.
Jul 18, 2026
Global Venture Capital News & Trends - PitchBook
A PitchBook-sourced news summary reports on global venture capital activity, including funding trends and investment patterns in AI and technology sectors.
Jul 18, 2026
Venture Capital Funding Trends - PitchBook
A PitchBook report on venture capital funding trends in AI, summarizing aggregate investment activity without specifying timeframes, sectors, or performance metrics.
Jul 17, 2026
E.Sun Venture Capital investment portfolio - PitchBook
The article is a metadata placeholder listing E.Sun Venture Capital’s investment portfolio on PitchBook, with no substantive reporting on specific investments, performance, or AI-related activity.
Jul 15, 2026
Global Venture Capital News & Trends - PitchBook
A PitchBook-sourced news summary reports on global venture capital activity, focusing on funding trends, deal volume, and sector-level investment shifts in AI and technology — but provides no specific data points, timelines, or attributable insights.
Jul 14, 2026
Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund to Back Frontier Technologies Across Crypto, AI, Robotics
Paradigm, a venture capital firm historically focused on cryptocurrency, raised $1.2 billion to expand investments into AI, robotics, and other frontier technologies — signaling strategic diversification beyond its original domain.
Jul 10, 2026
Zhejiang Haiyue Venture Capital investment portfolio - PitchBook
Zhejiang Haiyue Venture Capital's investment portfolio is listed on PitchBook, a private market data platform, with no substantive details about specific investments, performance, or AI/tech focus provided in the source material.
Jul 9, 2026
Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. Webrazzi Startup-1 Venture Capital Investment Fund: Performance - PitchBook
The article is a metadata stub referencing a Turkish venture capital fund's performance page on PitchBook, with no substantive reporting on AI, technology, or spin-worthy developments.
Jul 9, 2026
Marlinspike Partners Closes Oversubscribed $127 Million Fund II to Rearm & Rebuild America
Marlinspike Partners raised $127 million for Fund II to invest in early-stage dual-use technology startups aligned with U.S. national security and industrial revitalization goals.
Published Jul 3, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 6, 2026
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Published Jul 3, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 8, 2026
Global Venture Capital News & Trends - PitchBook
A PitchBook-sourced news summary reports on global venture capital activity, focusing on funding trends and investment patterns in AI and technology sectors.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 10, 2026
Kling AI, the Kuaishou AI video generator spin-off, raised $2B at a $15B pre-money valuation and says the round could extend to as much as $3B (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
Kling AI, a spin-off from Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou, secured $2B in venture funding at a $15B pre-money valuation, with potential to raise up to $3B, signaling aggressive scaling of its AI video generation capabilities amid global competition.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 4, 2026
Global Venture Capital News & Trends - PitchBook
A PitchBook-curated summary of global venture capital activity in AI, highlighting funding trends without reporting a specific event, transaction, or policy change.
Published Jun 26, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 21, 2026