Tag Archives: venture capital


AI Evaluation Platform Arena Raised a $200 Million Series B at a $3.1 Billion Valuation:

HedgeCo.Net — Arena, the AI model evaluation platform that began as a UC Berkeley research project in 2023, has raised a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation. The roun… Continue reading →

Armadin Raised $255.5 Million Series B at a Valuation Above $2.5 Billion:

HedgeCo.Net — Armadin, the AI-native cybersecurity company led by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia, said on October 1, 2026 that it raised $255.5 million in Series B funding at a valu… Continue reading →

Flow Engineering Raised $50 Million Series B at a $750 Million Valuation:

HedgeCo.Net — San Francisco-based Flow Engineering on September 30, 2026 announced a $50 million Series B at a $750 million valuation for its agentic platform for hardware developm… Continue reading →

General Intuition Closed a $220 Million Round at a $6.2 Billion Valuation:

HedgeCo.Net — General Intuition Inc. on September 29, 2026 announced it raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation, according to SiliconANGLE and corroborating Dealroom and Ru… Continue reading →

EliseAI Raised $350 Million at a $4 Billion Valuation:

HedgeCo.Net — EliseAI on September 29, 2026 said it raised $350 million in a funding round that valued the housing- and healthcare-focused AI company at $4 billion, according to Re… Continue reading →

Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens

Reuters – Investors, encouraged by a growing number of acquisitions and public floats in the past few months, are keeping a close eye on a coterie of promising startups in Silicon Valley. An informal poll of venture capitalists and others […]

Abbott Capital Management closes $1bn private equity fund of funds

AltAssets – Abbott Capital Management, a US-based independent investment manager, announced today that it has met its target for the Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund VI, having raised over $1bn. Like Abbott’s previous funds, the investment strategy for ACE VI […]

John Rutledge

Forbes – John Rutledge is the chairman of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm that has invested more than $150 million in middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies. He is also member of the Advisory Boards of B.V. Group, […]

Buyout, Hedge-Fund Managers Could Pay $24 Billion More in Taxes

Bloomberg – Executives at buyout, venture-capital and hedge-fund firms will pay an estimated $24 billion more in taxes over nine years if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama’s 2010 budget proposal, released today, proposes raising taxes on the managers […]