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Fintech Stocks Surge in 2025: SoFi Shines — What Investors Must Watch

Leave a Comment / Emerging Markets, Financial analysis, Fintech, Investment Strategies, Profitability Trends, Stock Market / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Fintechs are growing revenue around 21% annually and nearly 70% of...

Insider Monkey’s “14 most promising fintech stocks” highligh...

SoFi exemplifies the bull case with rapid member expansion, surgin...

Grab and other emerging-market fintechs show that decent growth is...

AI Spending Surge Raises Investor Alarms Over Valuation and Profit Risks

Leave a Comment / AI Investment, Capital Expenditures, Investor Strategies, Market Sentiment, Technology Finance, Valuation Risks / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Bridgewater’s Greg Jensen warns that AI spending, especially by ...

UBS estimates AI data center and project financing has exploded fr...

Oracle exemplifies the risk as it misses revenue expectations whil...

Markets are growing more skeptical, with Oracle’s stock and cred...

DIFC Scores Over 100 Hedge Funds, 81 with USD 1B+ AUM — Soaring Alt-Investment Hub

Leave a Comment / Alternative Investments, Asset Management, Dubai Finance, Financial Hubs, Hedge Funds, Investment Strategies / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Dubai International Financial Centre has doubled its hedge fund ma...

The hub now hosts a mix of major global players and new entrants, ...

Growth is driven by Dubai’s regulatory stability, tax advantages...

While DIFC is emerging as a top-five global hedge fund hub, it sti...

ADIC Lawsuit Puts EMG’s Ascent Deal in Limbo as Mason & Kimmeridge Pitch Higher Bids

Leave a Comment / Corporate Governance, Investment Strategies, Lawsuits, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity / By Owen A. Radcliffe

EMG is facing a Delaware lawsuit from Abu Dhabi Investment Council...

Mason Capital has made an all-cash offer for all Ascent units, pit...

Kimmeridge has submitted a competing ~$6 billion bid, exceeding EM...

Ascent’s strong cash flow, moderate leverage and ample liquidity...

AQR’s Bold Rebound: Near-Doubling Assets & Transparency Trade-Offs

Leave a Comment / Asset Management, Hedge Funds, Investment Strategies, Investor Behavior, Market Insights, Quantitative Investing / By Owen A. Radcliffe

AQR Capital has staged a major comeback, with assets rebounding to...

Flagship strategies like Apex, Delphi Long-Short Equity, and other...

Alongside this performance recovery, AQR is intentionally reducing...

This shift toward opacity aims to protect distinctive alpha but ra...

How Citadel Is Positioning in Energy Infrastructure & Commodities: Strategies & Risks

Leave a Comment / Commodities Trading, Energy Infrastructure, Financial Risks, Hedge Funds, Investment Strategies, Market Trends / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Big hedge funds are shifting from pure derivatives trading into ow...

Citadel is leading this push with billion‑dollar natural gas and...

Other firms including Jane Street, Qube, Jain Global, and Balyasny...

This strategy offers diversification and arbitrage opportunities b...

Healthtech VC Funding Surges: Ambience & OpenEvidence Set New AI Valuation Standards

Leave a Comment / Artificial Intelligence, Funding Trends, HealthTech, Market Analysis, Startup Valuations, Venture Capital / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Healthtech venture funding rebounded in 2025, with capital through...

Ambience Healthcare raised a $243 million Series C at a roughly $1...

OpenEvidence secured a $210 million Series B at a $3.5 billion val...

Investors are prioritizing “practical” workflow and administra...

Olympus Boosts MedTech Reach with $150M Fund II Aligned to Endoscopy Growth

Leave a Comment / Corporate Venture Capital, Digital Health, Endoscopy Technology, Healthcare Startups, MedTech Investment, Regulatory Compliance / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Olympus has launched a second medtech corporate venture fund (OIV ...

The fund targets early- to growth-stage startups globally in GI, u...

Olympus will pair capital with clinical, technical, regulatory, an...

The strategy spreads risk through deal sizes of up to about $10m w...

Mid-Dec NYC Startups Surge: AI Infrastructure & Biotech Fundings Lead the Pack

Leave a Comment / Artificial Intelligence, Biotech Investments, EdTech Funding, New York Startups, Startup Funding, Sustainability Ventures / By Owen A. Radcliffe

The specific AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report for 12/16/202...

Recent U.S. startup funding is concentrated in AI, generative medi...

Early- to mid-December deals also include Medra’s $52M Series A ...

NYC funding activity remains steady, highlighted by Parallel Learn...

Valerie Health Raises $39M to Power AI Platform for Independent Physician Practices

Leave a Comment / AI in Healthcare, Funding News, Healthcare Tech, Independent Practices, Market Analysis, Startup Growth / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Valerie Health, founded in 2024, raised $30 million in Series A fu...

The startup automates front-office tasks like referrals, schedulin...

Clients report 5–7% higher patient volumes, while Valerie’s re...

Valerie targets independent practices to support provider autonomy...