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VELA Raises €40M to Build Wind-Powered Trimarans Aiming 99% Cut in Shipping Emissions

Europe Firms Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

French startup VELA raised 40m ($43m) to buil...

The 66.8 m aluminum-and-carbon trimaran, desi...

VELA plans FranceU.S. Atlantic crossings in u...

The concept targets a mid-market between air ...

How OYO’s F&B Expansion Drives Hotel Revenue & Exposes Operational Risks

Asia Firms Traveler Accommodation

OYO will add in-house kitchens and Townhouse ...

A 100-hotel pilot launched in January 2025 ac...

Management targets a 5 610% per-hotel revenue...

The rollout supports OYOs premiumisation push...

Goldman Sachs Elevates 638 MDs Globally — EMEA Class Mirrors Strategic Priorities Amid Diversity Slide

Global Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs promoted 638 executives to mana...

EMEA accounts for about 159 of these MDs, inc...

In Europe, at least 25 new investment-banking...

Diversity metrics slipped, with women at 27% ...

J.P. Morgan’s Swiss Push: Corporate Banking Growth Drivers, Regulatory Landscape & What’s Next

Europe Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

J.P. Morgan is moving Lutz Karl to Zurich on ...

The expansion targets openings created by Cre...

J.P. Morgan is scaling broadly in Switzerland...

Growth will be tested by tighter Swiss regula...

Apollo’s European Strategy: Shifting Leadership Toward Credit & Insurance, Scaling Back Private Equity

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Apollo is seeking a new head of Europe after ...

The firm is pivoting from leveraged buyouts t...

With about $900bn in assets and roughly $185b...

Europe is a priority market as underdeveloped...

a16z Raises $15B in Tough VC Year, Prediction Markets and Policy Take Center Stage

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

a16z closed over $15B across new funds, lifti...

The raise alone represented over 18% of all U...

a16z is framing its strategy around U.S.-led ...

Prediction markets (notably Polymarket and Ka...

A16z’s $15B Raise Shifts VC Power Toward AI, Defense & Infrastructure

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B across five n...

Capital is concentrated in growth, AI apps/in...

The funds represent over 18% of U.S. VC dolla...

Founders outside these priority theses or wit...

a16z Raises Massive Fund Amid Sluggish VC Year, Backing AI, Defense & Biotech Growth

Americas Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15 bi...

The raise spans growth, apps, infrastructure,...

The fundraising stands out amid a 2025 VC dow...

a16z now manages over $90 billion and frames ...

a16z’s $15B Raise: Signal of U.S. VC Power and Strategic Tech Competition

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15B a...

Capital is allocated to Growth ($6.75B), Apps...

The firm says the raise equals more than 18% ...

a16z frames the fundraising as backing startu...

Morgan Stanley Elevates 184 to Managing Director in 2026 with Surge in Institutional Securities

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Morgan Stanley promoted 184 employees to mana...

About 70% of the new MDs are in revenue-gener...

The class is concentrated in the Americas (67...

The larger MD slate follows strong 2025 deal ...