The St. Louis Cardinals are struggling. After their 6-1 loss in their series opener against the Cincinnati Reds, they fell to 60-59 and remained 7 1/2 games back of the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central. They sit just 2 1/2 games back of the third and final Wild Card spot but have […]
More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35B
The distance between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon just keeps getting smaller. As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups, they’re turning to a new hiring pool: veterans and ex-Department of Defense officials. Andreessen Horowitz hired Matt Shortal, an ex-fighter jet pilot, as its chief of staff; Lux Capital brought on Tony […]
Spanish startups reached €100 billion in aggregate value last year
If 11 figures is your attention threshold, you may be interested in learning that the combined enterprise value (EV) of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023, according to Dealroom’s latest report on the Spanish tech ecosystem. As we’ll see, venture investment into Spanish startups also held up quite well, with €2.2BN raised across some […]