Finance Updates – Page 61 – Finance Updates

Massachusetts Startup Funding Slumps in 2025: Big Biotech & Tech Shakeup

Americas Firms Health Care and Social Assistance

Venture funding for Massachusetts startups, e...

This downturn follows a tentative 2024 recove...

Higher interest rates, federal funding and re...

State grants and tax incentives are increasin...

AI Investment in 2025 Is Becoming Riskier: Megadeals, Geography & What’s at Stake

Americas Risk Information

AI dominates 2025 venture funding, with a han...

North America, especially the Bay Area, captu...

Capital is concentrated in fewer, larger late...

Strategic and non-traditional investors power...

Penn Launches $10M Fund to Fuel Faculty Spinouts & Boost Philly Tech Growth

Americas Tech Information

Penn has launched a $10 million StartUP Fund,...

The fund offers up to $250,000 per startup vi...

It fills a pre-Series A funding gap for unive...

The fund enters a rebounding but still tight ...

University of Utah’s $500M Private Equity Deal Could Redefine Athletic Revenue Models

Americas M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The University of Utah is creating Utah Brand...

Utah keeps majority ownership and full contro...

Otro Capital holds a minority stake, shares i...

This first-of-its-kind public university priv...

Why Paramount’s $108B Bid Backed by Ellison, RedBird Faces Regulatory & Deal Risk

Americas M&A Information

Paramount and Skydance have launched a hostil...

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity ...

Foreign investors, including Saudi Arabia’s P...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is expected to...

J.P. Morgan PEG Closes $1.44B Fund GPE XII, Outpaces GPE XI with Strong Co-Investment Demand

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity...

GPE XII is about 12–13% larger than predecess...

The fund will be heavily U.S.-focused (around...

PEG now manages roughly US$36 billion in priv...

Stone Point’s New Evergreen Fund: Private Equity for Retail Investors with Trident X Edge

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Stone Point Capital is piloting a roughly $1 ...

The vehicle will feature lower minimums, quar...

Trident X, which closed in July 2025 at $11.5...

The move opens new retail distribution channe...

NYCEDC Launches $25M Catalyst Fund II to Boost Impact Investing & Diverse Private Equity in NYC

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

NYCEDC has launched NYC Catalyst Fund II with...

The fund targets managers backing diverse ent...

NYCEDC aims to leverage its $25 million commi...

NYC Catalyst Fund II builds on the first $40 ...

J.P. Morgan Launches $100M Tokenized MMF on Ethereum: Opportunities & Risks

Americas Tech Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launched MONY, a...

MONY is a conservative 506(c) private fund fo...

Investors can subscribe and redeem in cash or...

The fund rides a rapidly growing tokenized MM...

Stanley Black & Decker Target Raised to $78 by Goldman Sachs Amid Margin Gains

Americas Firms Manufacturing

Goldman Sachs nudged its Stanley Black & Deck...

Other brokers remain more optimistic, with se...

Operationally, SWK is improving margins via c...

Management is targeting adjusted gross margin...