Great to read Matthew Ball's latest nine-part framework for the metaverse.

The European Commission is being asked to set up a €3bn fund of funds to support women-led general partnerships.

There is plenty of debate about how covid-19 will impact the world of work and innovation capital.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) has done its main job over the past 70-plus years – protecting its now 30-strong list of national members through a mutual defence policy.

The Global Industry 4.0 Council is in development this year and will look to tackle the theme of sustainability.

Neo4j, a US-based provider of graph-centric database and related products, has raised $325m at a more than $2bn valuation in its series F round led by France-based private equity firm Eurazeo.

The equity market for UK-based private companies is taking off and while the golden triangle between London, Oxford and Cambridge is often seen as the heart of the country’s innovation and deeptech creativity, there are some exciting initiatives happening further west.

The number of venture deals in China rose 56% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the fourth consecutive quarter of rising activity, as startups pulled in RMB354bn ($55bn) in investment, according to data provider ITjuzi reported by the Financial Times.