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Middle East VC Soars in 2025: Saudi & UAE Lead Fintech-Fueled Rise in Mega-Rounds

Middle East VC funding rebounded in 2025 to a...

Cross-border participation hit a record, with...

Fintech drew the most funding (~US$1.15B acro...

Early-stage rounds still dominate volume, but...

MENA Surges Past Africa in VC Growth 2025: Fintech, AI, Mega-Rounds Fuel Momentum

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

MENA led emerging-market venture growth in 20...

Africa’s VC rose to $3.24B (+44.6%) but deal ...

Fintech stayed dominant in both regions, whil...

MENA’s rebound was reinforced by regulatory r...

Why Bloomberg’s “Unusual Activity” Alert Hits Finance Pros—and How to Prevent It

Global Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Bloomberg’s “unusual activity” interstitial i...

Users must complete a CAPTCHA and enable stan...

Common causes include VPNs/proxies/shared IPs...

For institutional or high-volume users, mitig...

US Startup Funding 2026: Mega-Rounds, AI & Stablecoin Infrastructure Lead Valuation Surge

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Weekly US startup funding hit $20.9B across ~...

xAI’s $20B Series E highlights a surge of cap...

Rain’s $250M Series C (valued near $1.95B) si...

Despite higher totals, falling deal counts po...

Arkansas Faces Early-Stage Funding Collapse: New Programs & Strategic Gaps Revealed

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Arkansas early-stage startup funding plunged ...

New initiatives like StartupNWA's Onward FX a...

State and philanthropic support is expanding ...

Key gaps remain in follow-on capital, exits, ...

Elevate Capital Invests $1.6M in Five Oregon Startups via SSBCI Venture Direct

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Elevate Capital invested $1.6 million in five...

Funded companies include Overwatch Imaging, C...

Each investment requires at least a 1:1 priva...

The program aims to strengthen Oregon’s early...

How JPMorgan’s 18-Month Rule Is Reshaping PE & IB Hiring Timelines

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Major U.S. private equity firms ran a condens...

JPMorgan’s policy threatens to fire analysts ...

Firms including Apollo, General Atlantic and ...

The shift appears somewhat more tempered than...

Why Bloomberg CAPTCHA Claims May Be Fraudulent — Spot, Protect, Respond

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Bloomberg may block access with an “unusual a...

Common triggers include VPNs/proxies or share...

Legitimate CAPTCHAs stay in the browser and n...

Reduce repeat blocks by using a clean, consis...

Private Equity Secondaries Surge Past $200B: Continuation Vehicles Redefine Liquidity

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

In 2025, LP-led secondary sales of private eq...

Including GP-led continuation deals, total se...

Secondaries fundraising also set records (~$1...

The surge makes secondaries a core portfolio-...

Golden Goose LBO: €2.5B Deal Led by HSG with Temasek Backing & High‐Yield Debt

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and UBS are arrangin...

Golden Goose has roughly doubled revenue sinc...

Permira will partially exit but keep a minori...

The deal leans on leverage and a delayed IPO ...