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Venture capitalists are doubling down on Render, a startup offering easy-to-use cloud infrastructure. On Tuesday it said it has raised $100 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate whose booming oratory and populist message propelled the Civil Rights Movement in the decades after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Tuesday

Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for a new fund— the largest fund it has ever raised and nearly double the size of its last fund.

Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’

SpendRule is a technology that ensures hospitals pay only what was negotiated in their contracts. It is integrated with and operates on top of a hospital system’s current enterprise resource

Mesh Optical Technologies, a Los Angeles startup that announced a $50 million Series A led by Thrive Capital on Tuesday.

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has appointed his daughters to senior leadership positions within the Dangote Group,

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have paid tribute to Robert Duvall, who died on Sunday at the age of 95.“It was an honor to have worked with Robert Duvall,” Pacino said

Burkina Faso’s transitional government, led by President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday adopted a sweeping decree requiring large companies operating in the country to build their headquarters domestically

For students aiming to study in Japan in 2027, these 10 universities that provide opportunities for fully funded or tuition-supported education are expanding.

India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors

China says it will implement zero-tariff treatment for imports from 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, starting May 1, 2026.