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Hedge fund billionaire and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said he owns "very little" bitcoin, though he didn't specify its value. "My son is really into it, and he had me play around and try to figure out how to transact on Coinbase," Cohen told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday. Still, he appears to be following along with investors across the world who have been trying to understand how to value bitcoin and whether it belongs in a portfolio. BTC.CM= 1Y mountain Bitcoin (BTC) over the past year Cohen also made the point that bitcoin represents just a slice of the broader market of cryptocurrencies and the opportunities for their underlying blockchain technology. "Bitcoin is separate from crypto ... ultimately, it's about use case – will crypto develop use cases?"
Persons: Steve Cohen, Cohen, CNBC's, it's, There's Organizations: New York Mets, Point72 Asset Management, Point72 Ventures, SEC Locations: cryptocurrencies
Wall Street firms know the pains of having to satisfy regulators, and with advancements in artificial intelligence, there's a whole new level of scrutiny and complexity. It involves quality-and-assurance teams who test, verify, validate, and challenge the AI models before they go into production and report issues back to the engineering team to fix. In some cases, banks' technology teams are spending at least half their time documenting models for compliance, Jonas Jacobi, cofounder of fintech startup ValidMind, told Business Insider. AI models are often compared to a "black box" because it can be difficult to understand their decision-making or how the models arrive at their results. With the new injection of capital, ValidMind will build more features, like one aimed at automating the risk management of third-party vendor solutions.
Persons: Banks, Jonas Jacobi, Jacobi, ValidMind, Steve Cohen's, Mehdi Esmail, Andres Rodriguez Organizations: Business, Point72 Ventures, American Express, Third Prime Ventures, York Life, Jacobi, Technologists Locations: Palo Alto, Calif, Wall, ValidMind
AdvertisementAfter a period of "wild west" investing in AI, Blank believes activity will favor AI companies that respect artists' consent and compensation. It recently co-led a $1 million seed round in Conduiit, which centralizes entertainment companies' production finance operations. Endeavor Venture InvestmentsEndeavor Venture Investments is the venture arm of entertainment and sports behemoth Endeavor. SWaN & LegendThe Virginia-based VC firm has a broad consumer portfolio that includes a number of entertainment investments. With Hollywood in contraction, SWaN has largely hit pause on new entertainment investments to get its portfolio companies on a strong footing.
Persons: Michael Blank, Blank, Jon Miller, Miller, Slack, Garnet Heraman, BDMI, Urs Cete, Michael, TMRW, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Elysian Park Ventures Jay Adya, Grant Lamos, Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, Jay Adya, Morgan, Kushaan Ahuja, Drew Glover, Glover, Alex Harris, they've, Noah Doyle, Payback India, Jed Katz, Rich Greenfield, Rich, Ilya Pozin, Jamie Seltzer, LightShed, Steve Cohen's, it's, Sri Chandrasekar, Tripp Shriner, Ishan Sinha, That's, Wondery, Ian Doody, Raine, Gordon Rubenstein, Joe Ravitch, Jeff Sine, , Fred Schaufeld, SWaN, that's, Oscar, Jose, Schaufeld, Sam Wick, Alex J, Investcorp, Paul Yoo, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Daniel Leff, Waverley, Leff Organizations: Service, Creative Artists, Connect Ventures, Business, Hollywood, Veteran, TPG, Integrated Media Co, Advancit, CAA, Bertelsmann, Waverley, Octopus Ventures, Accel, Facebook, Venture, Aperture Venture, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Fremantle, Connect, CAA Connect Ventures, New Enterprises Associates, TMRW Sports, Disney, Universal, Elysian Park Ventures, Elysian, Sports, Endeavor Venture, Endeavor Venture Investments, behemoth Endeavor, Dapper Labs, Fiat Ventures, Fiat Ventures Fiat Ventures, Fiat, Payback, Rent, LightShed, Rich Greenfield Influential, LightShed Ventures, Pluto, Apple, Octopus Ventures Octopus Ventures, Investments, Corp, Etsy, Re, Point72 Ventures New York Mets, Range Media Partners, Point72 Ventures, Sri, Powerhouse, Athletic, The New York Times Co, Evolution Media, Creative Artists Agency, Astro, Rave Digital Media, Accel Entertainment, Jose Andrés Media, Berliner, UTA Talent, UTA, UTA Ventures, Ventures, VR, Amazon, PFL Locations: blockchain, , Conduiit, fintech, London, Australia, Papercup, Los Angeles, Virginia, UTA.VC
Billy Thalheimer (CEO) and Michael Klinker (CTO) of REGENT with a full-scale mockup of their first electric seaglider. Regent, a startup developing electric seagliders to transport people and cargo, has raised a $60 million round of venture funding and struck a partnership with Japan Airlines to figure out how to bring the company's flying electric ferries to the waterways of Japan. Venture fund 8090 Industries co-led Regent's series A round alongside Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, with Japan Airlines Innovation Fund and Point72 Ventures also participating among others. The commercial version of this battery powered 12-seater, named the Viceroy, will fly higher above the water at speeds of up to 180 mph, Thalheimer says. Thalheimer said, "You can build as many decks or pitches as you want but this is the experience that unlocks excitement."
Persons: Billy Thalheimer, Michael Klinker, REGENT, Peter Thiel's, Regent, seaglider, Thalheimer Organizations: Japan Airlines, Venture, Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, Point72 Ventures, CNBC Locations: Japan, Rhode, Narragansett
Washington-based startup Stoke Space raised $100 million in new funds, the company announced Thursday, as it aims to develop a fully reusable rocket called "Nova." Stoke's latest investment round was led by Industrious Ventures – with the firm's Steve Angel, chairman of chemicals giant Linde , joining the Stoke board of directors. While a number of U.S. companies are aiming to develop reusable rockets to compete with the success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Stoke is taking a different approach from its rivals. Stoke is developing Nova to be a "medium" class rocket that can deliver 5,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit. That puts Nova in the middle of the launch market, between Rocket Lab's "light" Electron and SpaceX's "heavy" Falcon 9 in terms of capability.
Persons: Steve Angel, fundraise, Bill Gates, Andy Lapsa, Elon, Lapsa, Nova Organizations: Stoke Space, Linde, Stoke, University of Michigan, Sparta Group, Breakthrough Energy, Point72 Ventures, MaC Ventures, Toyota Ventures, CNBC, SpaceX Locations: Washington, Stoke
Insider asked 34 top fintech investors to nominate the most promising startups. VCs highlighted startups that haven't raised more than a Series C.Behind-the-scenes firms, payment and compliance startups dominated this year's list. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Insider surveyed 34 early-stage investors — including Bain Capital Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Index Ventures — about the hottest fintechs to watch. There were also several sustainability-focused startups, offering everything from electric-vehicle financing to marketplaces for financing renewable-energy projects.
Persons: VCs, we'll, Mark Peter Davis Organizations: Service, Bain Capital Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Ventures, Interplay, Bank Locations: Wall, Silicon
Insider asked more than 30 top fintech investors to nominate the most promising startups. VCs highlighted startups that haven't raised more than a Series C.Here are the 54 most promising fintechs. Insider surveyed 34 early-stage investors — including Bain Capital Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Index Ventures — about the hottest fintechs to watch. As was the case last year, fintechs that sell to businesses, as opposed to those that serve consumers directly, dominated the list. Check out the 54 fintechs identified as most promising by top investors.
Persons: VCs, we'll, Mark Peter Davis Organizations: Bain Capital Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Ventures, Interplay
Champions Round, a startup that raised $10 million to disrupt fantasy sports, is winding down. In a June 14 all-hands meeting, company leaders told staffers that Champions Round would be laying off much of its staff and preparing to sell its assets, the two people said. Champions Round is the latest startup to fold in the current culling driven by changes in the funding environment. But Champions Round initially appeared to be bucking some of these market trends. Are you an employee at Champions Round or another sports startup?
Persons: Carter Russ, It's, , hadn't, Russ, Ashley Rodriguez, Margaret Fleming Organizations: Point72 Ventures, Goodwater, Twitter
Fintech funding has been on a decline from 2021's peak levels, but VCs see signs of a rebound. VCs are itching to get back to dealmaking as they see early signs of a rebound in the fintech industry. Cash-strapped founders who didn't want to fundraise in a down market and get valuations slashed are running out of options and time. They dominated the fintech market in the past several years, but the shine is wearing off, Shriner said. Fintech VCs will get to spend more time on due diligence, looking beyond so-called "vanity metrics," Fernandez said.
Persons: Cash, didn't, Mark Peter Davis, Davis, We're, Tripp Shriner, Robert Ruark, Ruark, B2C, VCs, Shriner, — crowdedness, Stephanie Choo, Marcos Fernandez, KPMG's Ruark, Fintech, Fernandez Organizations: Interplay, Investors, Point72 Ventures, KPMG, Tiger, Portage Ventures, Fiat Ventures Locations: dealmaking, VCs, overvaluations
Tripp Shriner is a managing partner at Point72 Ventures, the VC arm of Steve Cohen's hedge fund. Point72 Ventures is now actively looking for new fintech investments after what it said was "a quieter period"— it last invested in payment startup Pagos' $34 million Series A in February. "We're still early, getting toward the check-writing side of things," Tripp Shriner, managing partner and fintech investor at Point72 Ventures, told Insider. The investment themes lay the groundwork for where Point72 Ventures will spend its time and money in the coming months and years. Point72 Ventures' approach to AI is largely guided by how financial firms want to use the tech.
Persons: Tripp Shriner, Steve Cohen's, Fintechs, We're, Shriner, it's Organizations: Point72 Ventures, Point72, Mastercard Locations: fintech, KYC
Tripp Shriner is a partner at Point72 Ventures, the VC arm of Steve Cohen's hedge fund. "We're still early, getting toward the check-writing side of things," Tripp Shriner, partner and fintech investor at Point72 Ventures, told Insider. The investment themes lay the groundwork for where Point72 Ventures will spend its time and money in the coming months and years. Point72 Ventures' approach to AI is largely guided by how financial firms want to use the tech. However, success would depend on financial firms' willingness to adopt such a fundamental change.
Persons: Tripp Shriner, Steve Cohen's, Fintechs, We're, Shriner, it's Organizations: Point72 Ventures, Point72, Mastercard Locations: fintech, KYC
London-based Glyphic AI has raised $5.5 million from Point72 Ventures. A startup founded by former DeepMind staffers using AI to help sales teams just raised $5.5 million in fresh funds. London-based Glyphic AI, founded last year, has developed a "copilot" that automates an array of manual processes in the sales process. With the recent explosion of ChatGPT catapulting many AI startups into the spotlight, VCs are scrambling to invest in AI startups that enhance workplace productivity. With the fresh funds, Glyphic AI will build out its team, and hone in on its AI and software development.
Persons: Glyphic's, Adam Liska, Liska, Devang Agrawal, that's, Mehdi Ghissassi, Rushin Shah Organizations: London, Point72 Ventures, Creator, Dhyan Ventures, Google Locations: London
Champions Round is a social media platform for fantasy sports. Read the 13-page pitch deck Champions Round used to to fundraise. Champions Round also plans to introduce tools that would allow creators or brands to build their own games and earn a cut of the revenue generated from them. The company shared with Insider the exact deck used to pitch potential investors during its latest round. Here are 13 key slides from the pitch deck Champions Round used to raise its Series A round:
Stoke Space is developing a clean-fueled, rapidly reusable rocket that can deliver satellites into earth's orbit, while protecting the earth itself by creating fewer emissions. Stoke Space is still in the first stages of testing the rocket and is a long way off from taking satellites into space. But its plans are ambitious and built around the idea of launching more satellites to combat climate change. We started thinking many years ago around how do we deploy more satellites focused on climate problems? In addition to Breakthrough Energy, investors include Spark capital, Toyota Ventures, Point72 Ventures, MaC Venture Capital and NFX Ventures.
Many fintech companies — particularly those dealing directly with retail borrowers — will be forced to shut down or sell themselves next year as startups run out of funding, according to investors, founders and investment bankers. Other private companies with a reasonable path to profitability will typically get funding from existing investors. The frenzy peaked in 2021, when fintech companies raised more than $130 billion and minted more than 100 new unicorns, or companies with at least $1 billion in valuation. "20% of all VC dollars went into fintech in 2021," said Stuart Sopp, founder and CEO of digital bank Current. "The competitive landscape shifts the most during periods of fear, uncertainty and doubt," said Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge, a trading venue for private company stock.
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