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| 15.05.2026 | David Beckham becomes Britain’s first billionaire sportsman | David Beckham has become Britain’s first billionaire sportsman after his wealth doubled in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
The former captain of the England football team and his wife, Victoria Beckham, are now estim... |
| 27.04.2026 | AI Infrastructure Fuels Tech Boom: VAST Data Hits $30 Billion, Apple Ramps Up AI Efforts | The artificial intelligence boom drives unprecedented investment. VAST Data secured $1 billion, tripling its valuation to $30 billion. The company provides critical AI infrastructure. Its platform supports massive datasets and millions of G... |
| 22.04.2026 | VAST Data valued at $30 billion in latest funding round | Synopsis
VAST Data has secured $1 billion in its latest funding round, boosting its valuation to $30 billion. This marks a significant growth from its 2023 valuation of $9.1 billion. The company's success is driven by the increasing demand ... |
| 22.04.2026 | VAST Data: $30 Billion Valuation Achieved In Series F As AI Infrastructure Demand Accelerates | VAST Data announced the close of its Series F financing at a $30 billion valuation, marking more than a threefold increase from its $9.1 billion valuation in 2023 and reflecting surging demand for next-generation AI infrastructure.
The roun... |
| 22.04.2026 | Nvidia backs AI company Vast Data at $30 billion valuation | Vast Data announced on Wednesday a $1 billion funding round that valued the company at $30 billion.
Drive Capital and Access Industries led the Series F, with participation from Nvidia, Fidelity Management and Research Co. and NEA.
Record f... |
| 22.04.2026 | Vast Data raises $1B at $30B valuation as AI infrastructure demand accelerates
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Cookies | Vast Data Inc. today said it has raised about $1 billion in a late-stage Series F funding round that values the company at $30 billion amid growing demand for infrastructure to support artificial intelligence workloads.
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| 19.03.2026 | Tech Titan's Dual Impact: Google's Wiz Acquisition and Israeli Media Shake-Up | Google acquired cloud security giant Wiz for $32 billion. This massive deal bolsters Google's AI-powered cyber defense across multicloud environments. Concurrently, Wiz co-founder Assaf Rappaport spearheaded a tech consortium's acquisition ... |
| 13.03.2026 | Tech group led by Wiz CEO acquires Channel 13: ‘Israel deserves an independent news channel’
Aulcie | Billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to sell control in Channel 13 to a foundation backed by a group of tech entrepreneurs, led by Wiz co-founder Assaf Rappaport.
The agreement came af... |
| 05.03.2026 | Agentic e-commerce startup ZyG gets $58M to help solo inventors compete with the biggest global brands
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Cookies | When it comes to product innovation, global brands have an enormous advantage over smaller companies thanks to their massive scale, extensive resources, marketing expertise and robust supply chains, so the little guy can barely compete. But... |
| 05.03.2026 | ZyG: $58 Million Seed Raised For Agentic Operating System To Scale Direct-To-Consumer Brands | ZyG announced the launch of its Agentic Operating System, an end-to-end platform designed to help direct-to-consumer (DTC) products scale into full brands. Alongside the launch, the company raised a $58 million seed round backed by investor... |
| 03.09.2025 | Treeline Biosciences: $200 Million Additional Funding Raised And First Clinical Trials Announced | Treeline Biosciences, a company at the forefront of innovative cancer research, recently announced significant progress in its clinical development. They have started Phase 1 trials for three promising programs, two of which are internally ... |
| 18.06.2025 | Draig Therapeutics Launches with $140 Million (£107 Million) Total Investment to Advance its Portfolio of Next-Generation Therapies for Major Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Cardiff, United Kingdom – 18 June 2025 – Draig Therapeutics (“Draig”), a clinical-stage company aiming to transform the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, today launches from stealth having raised a total of $140 million (£107 million)... |
| 26.04.2025 | The Future of Boxing: A Tale of Legacy and Economics | Boxing is at a crossroads. The sport, once a titan of entertainment, now finds itself grappling with identity and relevance. The recent Benn vs Eubank fight in London serves as a microcosm of this struggle. It’s a spectacle, yes, but is it ... |
| 25.04.2025 | TNT Sports loses almost £190m since BT Sport rebrand | TNT Sports, the broadcasting giant co-owned by BT and Warner Bros Discovery, lost almost £190m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed.
The business, which rebranded from BT Sport in 2023, has posted a pre-tax loss of £187.5m... |
| 04.04.2025 | Family offices pause dealmaking in March on trade war fears | Investment firms of the ultra-rich paused their deal-making in March, with a few notable exceptions, like Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries.
Family offices made only 40 direct deals in March, a drop of 45% year-over-year and 22% decline fro... |
| 03.04.2025 | The Rise of Dambe: A Cultural Combat Sport Takes Center Stage | In the world of sports, new trends emerge like wildflowers in spring. Some bloom brightly, capturing the attention of fans and media alike. Dambe, a traditional Nigerian combat sport, is one such flower. With its roots deeply embedded in We... |
| 02.04.2025 | DAZN secures exclusive rights to stream Nigeria’s Dambe sport | African Warriors Fighting Championship (AWFC) has secured an exclusive partnership with DAZN, the London-based sports streaming service, to bring Dambe, Nigeria’s centuries-old form of boxing, to a global audience. Through this collaboratio... |
| 23.12.2024 | News Corp Sells Foxtel to DAZN: A Strategic Shift in the Media Landscape | In a move that echoes the shifting tides of the media industry, News Corp has announced the sale of its Australian cable television unit, Foxtel, to the British sports streaming service DAZN for a staggering A$3.4 billion (approximately $2.... |
| 23.12.2024 | What does Len Blavatnik's streaming platform DAZN do? | What does Len Blavatnik's streaming platform DAZN do?
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| 23.12.2024 | Murdoch's News Corp to sell Foxtel to DAZN for $2.1 billion | Murdoch's News Corp to sell Foxtel to DAZN for $2.1 billion
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| 21.10.2024 | Numeric Raises $28M Series A For AI-Based Accounting Platform | Listen to this article
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AI accounting automation platform Numeric has raised a $28 million Series A round. It was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from new investors IVP and Socii Capital, and existing inv... |
| 11.10.2024 | Numeric Raises $28M in Series A Funding | Numeric, a San Francisco, CA- and NYC-based provider of an AI accounting automation platform, raised $28M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $38M, was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from new investo... |
| 23.09.2024 | The Belgrove, Autograph Collection to Debut in West Palm Beach This Fall | The Belgrove
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| 12.09.2024 | 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announced | A molecular biologist from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a chemical engineer from US Berkeley, and an earth scientist from Cornell University are this year's Laureates.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second time, the Blava... |
| 25.07.2024 | GRO Biosciences Secures $60 Million to Revolutionize Gout Treatment**
** | ** In the bustling world of biotechnology, innovation is the lifeblood. GRO Biosciences, or GRObio, has just taken a giant leap forward. The company recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $60.3 million Series B financing round.... |
| 19.07.2024 | GRO Biosciences Closes $60M Series B Financing Co-Led by Atlas Venture and Access Biotechnology | Proceeds to advance clinical development of lead program for gout, broaden the Company’s pipeline, and expand its genomically recoded organism platform
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 19, 2024–
GRO Biosciences Inc. (“GRObio”), a biotechnology c... |
| 14.02.2022 | Tripledot Studios levels up with $116 million round, now at $1.4 billion valuation | London-based makers of mobile games, Tripledot has raised $116 million in a Series B round, now providing the company with a valuation of $1.4 billion.
Slightly different from a traditional raise, rather than being used to fuel core busines... |
| 23.09.2021 | Access Technology Ventures' Position in Opendoor Tops $1 Billion | NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Technology Ventures, the venture capital and growth technology investment arm of privately held industrial group Access Industries, announced today an additional $300 million purchase of stock... |
| 14.05.2020 | DigitalOcean raises $50M more from Access Industries and a16z | - |
| 14.05.2020 | DigitalOcean raises $50M more from Access Industries and a16z | Earlier today, DigitalOcean announced that it raised $50 million more from prior investors Access Industries and Andreessen Horowitz. The capital comes after the SMB and developer-focused cloud infrastructure company raised nine-figures wor... |
| 24.04.2019 | Selina Raises $100M Series C Round | Selina, one of Fast Company’s 2019 Most Innovative Companies, today announced that it has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round, bringing the company’s total funding to $225 million to date. Led by Access Industries, with partic... |
| 16.05.2018 | EIP Pharma Secures $20.5 Million in Series B Financing | EIP Pharma, a therapeutics company focused on CNS diseases, today announced the successful completion of a $20.5 million Series B financing. The Series B financing was led by Access Industries. This new round follows a Series A financing in... |
| 08.03.2018 | Energy Capital Partners-led Group Acquire Calpine in Take-private Buyout | HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) today announced the completion of the acquisition of Calpine by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of other investors, including Access Industries Inc. and Canada... |
| 08.03.2018 | Energy Capital Partners-led Group Acquire Calpine in Take-private Buyout | HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) today announced the completion of the acquisition of Calpine by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of other investors, including Access Industries Inc. and Canada... |
| 18.01.2018 | CareDox raises $16M Series B to support expansion into care management | Kutscher said that CareDox currently provides its health IT services in 38 states. But last year marked a significant shift with an expansion into providing influenza vaccines as part of a partnership with HealthySchools, a Florida-based pu... |
| 31.10.2017 | Ada Health Raises $47M | Ada Health, the AI-driven personal health companion and telemedicine app, announced today a €40M ($47M) funding round led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik’s global investment group that invests in highly promising, transformative compani... |
| 10.08.2017 | Essential Products Raises $300m in Funding | Essential Products Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based recently formed smartphone maker, raised $300m in funding.
Access Technology Ventures, the venture capital and growth technology investment arm of privately held industrial group Access... |
| 24.07.2017 | NII Holdings Completes $50M Investment by AINMT | NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) and AINMT Holdings AB, an international telecommunications company and parent of the Norwegian operator ice, the fastest growing mobile network operator in Norway, announced today that AINMT completed its f... |
| 30.11.2016 | Online real estate service OpenDoor raises $210M Series D despite risky financing model | This afternoon, Norwest Venture Partners announced that it led a massive $210 million Series D investment round in OpenDoor. With the new capital, the startup is looking to expand the usage of its marketplace platform for buying and selling... |
| 25.08.2016 | Songkick Raises $15M in Funding | Songkick, a NYC-based artist-ticketing and concert discovery platform, closed a $15m additional funding round.
Access Industries made the investment.
Merged with CrowdSurge in 2015 and led by CEO Matt Jones, Songkick provides an independent... |
| 25.08.2016 | Songkick Raises $15 Million from Access Industries | Songkick, the world's leading artist-ticketing and concert discovery platform, announces the close of a $15 million additional round of funding by Access Industries. In addition, Songkick is announcing the expansion of its West Coast office... |
| 25.08.2016 | Songkick raises $15M to help artists sell more concert tickets and thwart scalpers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Songkick, the company behind the music-monitoring app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands and artists are playin... |
| 25.08.2016 | Songkick raises $15M to help artists sell more concert tickets and thwart scalpers | Songkick, the company behind the music-monitoring app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands and artists are playing live, has raised another $15 million in funding from Access Industries.
This latest funding comes eight... |
| 22.06.2016 | Battery Ventures Joins $20M Funding for LightCyber | LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioral Attack Detection solutions, today announced the completion of a $20 million financing round. The round was led by the US-based group, Access Industries, through its Israeli technology investments... |
| 22.06.2016 | Access Industries Leads $20M Funding for LightCyber | LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioral Attack Detection solutions, today announced the completion of a $20 million financing round. The round was led by the US-based group, Access Industries, through its Israeli technology investments... |
| 03.05.2016 | Payment startup Zooz raises $24 million as global fintech looks for standards | Dennis Mitzner Contributor
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| 06.01.2016 | Faltering Messaging App Unicorn Tango Gets A New CEO To Turn Things Around | Fresh from laying off 9 percent of its 200 staff and closing down its e-commerce service at the end of 2015, Tango has made a change at the top with CTO and co-founder Eric Setton (right in image above) stepping in to replace fellow co-foun... |
| 18.12.2015 | Songkick Raises $10M | Songkick, a London, UK-based artist ticketing platform and concert discovery service, raised $10m in funding.
Access Industries made the investment.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to increase growth efforts.
Led by CEO Ian... |
| 17.12.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Songkick raises $10 million
Songkick, the company behind the eponymous cross-platform app that lets you track when and where... |
| 17.12.2015 | Songkick raises $10 million to help thwart scalpers and sell concert tickets direct to fans | Songkick, the company behind the eponymous cross-platform app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands are playing live, has raised an additional $10 million in funding from Access Industries.
Founded in 2007, Songkick had... |
| 17.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 17, 2015 | Tastemade raised $40M; Rivigo secured $30M; Songkick raised $10M funding
Funnely, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform for e-commerce marketers to increase ROI by automating Facebook/Instagram ads, raised $988,000 in seed fundin... |
| 17.12.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 17.12.2015 | Songkick raises $10 million to help thwart scalpers and sell concert tickets direct to fans | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Songkick, the company behind the eponymous cross-platform app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands are playing li... |
| 30.10.2015 | Monclarity Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Monclarity, a Burlingame, CA-based provider of a comprehensive brain training application, raised $5m in seed funding.
Access Industries made the investment.
Formed by neuropsychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg and game crea... |
| 09.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 9, 2015 | DigitalOcean secured $83M; Influitive raised $30.5M; News In Shorts nabbed $20M
GitLab received $1.5 million in new financing. The financing comes from Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, Crunchfund, Sound Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures. The new... |
| 08.07.2015 | DigitalOcean Closes $83M Series B Funding | DigitalOcean, a New York City-based cloud infrastructure provider built for developers, closed an $83m Series B funding.
The round was led by Access Industries with participation from Andreessen Horowitz.
The company intends to use the fund... |
| 25.02.2015 | ironSource Raises $20M | ironSource, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based digital delivery company, an additional $20m investment.
The round was led by Access Industries. In conjunction with the funding, Daniel Shinar, Daniel Shinar, who led the deal for Access, will join iron... |
| 18.08.2014 | Exithera raising $9M, develops pill as next-gen anti-stroke medication | eXIthera Pharmaceuticals stroke prevention and antithrombosis drugs are based on the unique pathophysiological role of Factor XI in the initiation of intravascular thrombi without causing undue bleeding. Thrombosis prevention without bleedi... |
| 14.07.2014 | Linio Closes €58M Funding | Linio, a Mexico City-based e-commerce company focused on Latin America, closed a €58m funding round.
The investment was led by Northgate Capital and Access Industries, which joined Latin Idea, Tengelmann Group, JP Morgan Asset Management, I... |
| 04.12.2013 | Zalora Secures USD$112M | Zalora Group, Southeast Asian fashion and beauty online store, secured a USD$112m (approximately SGD139m) in funding.
Backers included Access Industries, funds managed by US-based asset management firm Scopia Capital Management LLC and othe... |
| 11.06.2013 | Lamoda Raises $130M in Funding | Lamoda, a Russian online fashion retailer, raised $130m in funding.
The round was led by Access Industries, with participation from Summit Partners and Tengelmann Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand in Russi... |
| 11.06.2013 | Samwer Brothers-backed e-commerce biz Lamoda nabs a staggering $130M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hot Russian e-commerce startup Lamoda has raised ... |
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| 08.10.2012 | Deezer confirms $130M investment rumors, c’est vrai | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
French music service Deezer has a confirmed $130 ... |
| 07.10.2012 | Deezer Closes €100M Funding | According to Le Figaro.fr (read here), Deezer, a French music streaming startup, has closed a €100m funding round.
The investment was led by Access Industries, which is the owner of Warner, with participation from existing backer Idinvest.
... |
| 16.02.2012 | Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals Secures $5.4M in Series A Financing | Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals, a Providence, Rhode Island-based biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, has secured $5.4m in a Series A financing.
The round was... |
| 21.12.2011 | Access Industries Launches Early-Stage Venture Investment Arm | Access Industries, a U.S.-based industrial group with long-term holdings worldwide, has established its early-stage venture investment arm focused on the therapeutics space.
Access BridgeGap Ventures will fund early-stage startups and creat... |
| 05.10.2010 | Acision swoops up $100M as mobile data gains speed | Notoriously well-connected Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik has decided to place a sizable bet on mobile data leader Acision, on Tuesday announcing he would lead the way in a $100 million funding infusion into the firm.
Blavatnik ... |
| - | CareDox raises $16M Series B to support expansion into care management | CareDox, a New York-based digital health company that started as a business providing electronic health records for schools, is expanding into care management this year, said CEO and founder Hesky Kutscher in a phone interview. The news fol... |
| - | Kevin Mayer talks about his disappointing departures at Disney and TikTok, and the long decline of pay TV | Kevin Mayer speaks about how he was disappointed when he didn’t get the Disney CEO job and how he got railroaded by the Trump administration when at TikTok.
He discusses TikTok’s greatest hurdle to staying relevant and why his new venture, ... |
| - | Hybrid gaming platform PortalOne scores $60 million in Tiger Global led round | Oslo-founded hybrid games platform, PortalOne has achieved a new high score via a $60 million oversubscribed Series A funding round. The next level funding will allow PortalOne to rapidly expand its content production, as well as further de... |
| - | Exithera raising $9M, develops pill as next-gen anti-stroke medication | Exithera Pharmaceuticals, a player in the anti-thrombosis and stroke prevention drug space, appears to be in the midst of a $9 million Series B round, according to regulatory filings. It has raised $3 million thus far, the filings said.
Las... |
| - | Tripledot Studios levels up with $116 million round, now at $1.4 billion valuation | London-based makers of mobile games, Tripledot has raised $116 million in a Series B round, now providing the company with a valuation of $1.4 billion.
Slightly different from a traditional raise, rather than being used to fuel core busines... |