Global News 6 05.04.2026
Unpacking Peter Thiel's big bet on solar-powered cow collars

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?...

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: reports

Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer....

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II

Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II....

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Diverse teams start with diverse VCs, with Leah Solivan, Taskrabbit

If one thing has become clear this season, it’s that finding the right talent for your team isn’t as easy as picking from a pile of résumés. This week’s Build Mode guest is Leah Solivan, the founder of Taskrabbit and now an early-stage investor who has seen that the power to change a homogenous startup ecosystem […]...

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Startup funding shatters all records in Q1

The record quarterly fundraise largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market....

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Why private wealth is cutting out the VC middleman

The VC middleman is getting cut out faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are going direct: writing checks, taking board seats, even incubating companies from scratch. And more founders are starting to notice. In February alone, family offices made 41 direct investments, including one Midwest-based firm that led a $230 million Series B into an AI chip startup.  On th...

Global News 6 05.04.2026
The new competition for your cap table

The VC middleman is getting cut out faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are going direct: writing checks, taking board seats, even incubating companies from scratch. And more founders are starting to notice. In February alone, family offices made 41 direct investments, including one Midwest-based firm that led a $230 million Series B into an AI chip startup.  On th...

Global News 6 05.04.2026
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try

The firm says it can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half....