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An investor makes a case for funding sex, drugs and other socially taboo products

June 9, 2025
Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week: What if investors put aside societal prudence for profit?  Tooley was mainly referring to vice clauses, the restrictions that limited partners place on venture firms to guardrail their investments.  Some of these no-no sectors often include products […]

Meta reportedly in talks to invest billions of dollars in Scale AI

June 8, 2025
Meta is discussing a multi-billion dollar investment in Scale AI, according to Bloomberg. In fact, the deal value could reportedly exceed $10 billion, making it the largest external AI investment for the Facebook parent company and one of the largest funding events ever for a private company.