Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is touting the success of the fintech’s new Ventures Fund I, which allows retail investors to invest in private tech companies like Stripe, Oura, Databricks, OpenAI, and others, through a publicly-traded fund listed on the NYSE. “We had something like over 150,000 retail investors participate in the IPO, so it’s quite…
Wegovy semaglutide tablets. Michael Siluk | Universal Images Group | Getty Images When the Wegovy pill launched in January, telehealth provider LifeMD said its business doubled almost overnight. LifeMD went from seeing between 300 and 400 new patients a day to 600 to 1,000 new patients a day, said CEO Justin Schreiber. He knew there…
A few months ago, Matt Bedsole got a call from two real estate developers asking for his help. Their plan to build a four-story apartment complex in Chattanooga, Tenn., had a financial hole that no backer seemed eager to fill. The developers needed $8 million. Would Mr. Bedsole be interested in stepping in? Mr. Bedsole…
Trinity Rodman #2 of Washington Spirit evades Sarah Schupansky #11 of Gotham FC during the NWSL Championship 2025 final between Washington Spirit and NJ/NY Gotham FC at PayPal Park on November 22, 2025 in San Jose, California. Lyndsay Radnedge/isi Photos | Isi Photos | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the…
Shorouk Express TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 7. As part of his working visit to Washington, D.C., President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with representatives of leading U.S. companies, investment funds, and financial institutions, the presidential press service said, Trend reports. President Mirziyoyev noted that over the past eight years, trade between Uzbekistan and the U.S. has…
Shorouk Express It could range from €3 billion to €5 billion, depending on how much investors contribute. The investors invited to meet with the Commission on Tuesday are Danish investment company Novo Holdings, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Spanish CriteriaCaixa and Santander, Italian Intesa Sanpaolo, Dutch pension fund APG Asset Management, Swedish Wallenberg…
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Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. Germany ranks among the top investors in Azerbaijan’s non-oil sector, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Head of Economic Cooperation Elmar Mammadov said at a reception in Baku, Trend reports. “Last year, trade turnover between our countries reached around $1.6 billion. In the first eight months of this year, it has already…
Shorouk Express Fact check: In December 2020, a group of big players in international finance launched the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. They committed their firms to “supporting the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or earlier, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C”. They planned to do this by…
Crypto scammers are leveraging AI-driven social engineering tactics to deceive unsuspecting users and swindle them out of their funds. Crypto exchange Bitget highlighted the rising crypto scams in its 2025 Anti-Scam Research Report, compiled with inputs from blockchain security firms SlowMist and Elliptic. The report claimed that an estimated $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 39,364 crore)…
