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  Weekend Analysis

  CVCs are spending more on less

  July 10, 2026

  Corporate venture capital arms focused on fewer, but larger investments in AI startups to gain preferred access to compute. “Frankly, the balance sheet growing is not the motivation.”

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  United Kingdom

  Why Wayve’s record Pisces trade could mean fewer IPOs, not more

  July 9, 2026

  The UK’s private stock market was pitched as a stepping stone to going public. Its biggest trade yet may be doing the opposite.

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  UK

  UK’s biggest pension fund pushes deeper into VC with $1.3B target

  July 8, 2026

  Workplace retirement accounts provider Nest initially allocates £200M with plans to increase exposure by 2030.

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  Energy

  Germany’s Proxima Fusion secures $2.7B valuation as Google backs Europe’s reactor race

  July 7, 2026

  The growing demands of AI and increasing pressure for sovereignty are fueling a wave of capital into cutting-edge fusion and fission power.

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  VC Fundraising

  Investors now put 72% more capital behind experienced European founders

  July 2, 2026

  In a tighter funding market, serial founders are pulling further ahead of first-timers in deal size and valuation.

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  Limited Partners

  Bending Spoons, owner of a collection of ailing internet brands, soars in Nasdaq IPO

  July 1, 2026

  The company’s stock closed 39.7% above its IPO price of $29 per share.

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  IPO

  Uber-backed Lime’s muted Nasdaq debut caps comeback ‘from death’

  July 1, 2026

  The company risked defaulting on its heavy debt load without a 2026 IPO.

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  IPO

  8 charts: SPACs, from boom to bust, and back again

  June 30, 2026

  They’re making a comeback, but much has changed since the heydays of the pandemic era.

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  PB Q&A

  More than just drones: AVP and Earlybird on where European defense tech money should go

  June 29, 2026

  The GPs behind the €500M E2D fund on dual-use hype, drone valuations, and why the continent’s fragmented market is an advantage.

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  APAC

  Liquidity is returning selectively to APAC private markets

  June 26, 2026

  Private capital in the Asia-Pacific region entered 2026 with one question top of mind: When would liquidity return?

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  Weekend Analysis

  From models to studios: how AI video investment is evolving

  June 26, 2026

  Increased competition in the sector is prompting investors to cast a wider net.

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  IPO

  SEC’s mailbox: Semiannual reporting is a bad idea, say investors

  June 25, 2026

  Pension funds, GPs and data firms say the real IPO barrier is the macro climate—and want more disclosure, not less.

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  VC Fundraising

  Seedcamp eyes physical AI with $320M raise

  June 22, 2026

  The Revolut-backer will spread the capital across its core seed strategy and a follow-on fund.

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  Regulation

  Australia’s CGT overhaul is splitting its VC ecosystem

  June 19, 2026

  Employee share schemes face a near-doubling of their effective tax rate under the proposal.

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  Defense Tech

  European defense VC grows, outside reliance holds

  June 19, 2026

  More capital from the continent is going into the sector, but 98% of deal value this year involved foreign investors.

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  VC

  When headline valuations aren’t what they seem

  June 18, 2026

  The high demand for hot AI startups has led to an uptick in different valuations for the same funding round.

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  Space

  PE shoots into space: EQT’s Exolaunch deal signals a sector shift

  June 18, 2026

  Swedish buyout giant’s purchase of Berlin-based satellite group marks a new phase for a sector long defined by VC money.

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  Corporates

  Tech giants close AI gap with big buys

  June 16, 2026

  Salesforce just acquired AI customer service startup Fin for $3.6 billion, and SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion.

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