Initial public offerings (IPO) were down in 2022 amid inflationary pressures and economic downturn, and experts don’t predict the market to improve in 2023.
Reddit aims for IPO in second half of 2023 – The Information
Social media platform Reddit Inc is looking to go public later this year, likely in the second half, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The top 100 biotech VCs: Who’s staying at the table and what do they want now?
As we all know only too well, the old playbook on biotech investing got thrown out the window with the end of the IPO boom at the beginning of 2022. We recently tracked VCs' performance last year and ...
Shionogi Advances Ensitrelvir Fumaric Acid COVID-19 Antiviral Clinical Program
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter "Shionogi") today announced progress on its comprehensive clinical development program for ...
SEC proposes rules that would change which crypto firms can custody customer assets
SEC chair Gary Gensler proposed amending federal custody requirements, expanding the rules to include assets like crypto, a change that would require crypto exchanges to gain further regulatory ...
Japan says 3 balloons that floated into its airspace years ago are ‘strongly presumed’ to have been Chinese spy balloons
An curved arrow pointing right. "As a result of further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects that have been confirmed in Japan's airspace in the past, including those in November 2019, ... ( read original story ...)
Former Lotte owner Ikuhiro Kiyota sued Lotte for the contents of the lawsuit and the photos of the affair.
On February 8, former Lotte player Ikuhiro Kiyota, 36, updated his Instagram page to announce that he had settled his lawsuit against Lotte over the termination of his contract. The baseball team ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has “full confidence” Japan will ban LGBTQ discrimination
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has "full confidence" that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people. Sexual ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto index platform Alongside raises $11M led by a16z
Alongside raised $11M led by a16z after launching a crypto index token which gives people broad exposure to the entire crypto asset market ...
Crypto Regulations Update: The SEC Goes After Unregistered Securities
The SEC intends to examine whether crypto companies meet appropriate standards of care when “making recommendations, referrals or providing investment advice.” This shouldn’t be surprising after the ...
SEC Chair Gensler proposes sweeping changes that would require crypto firms to register in order to custody assets
SEC chair Gary Gensler proposed sweeping reforms that would alter the nature of crypto exchanges' institutional and investor custody programs.
FTX bankruptcy judge rejects call for new investigation into crypto exchange’s collapse – court hearing
REUTERS/Marco Bello Feb 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday denied calls for a new, independent investigation into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, saying that the proposed ...
KDDI Uses Wind River Studio for Its Commercial Deployment of 5G Open vRAN Sites in Japan
Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that Wind River Studio is being used by KDDI for its O-RAN–compliant 5G virtualized base ...
Japan’s PM Kishida vows to boost child-rearing budget to 4% of GDP
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Wednesday to boost Japan's budget for child-rearing to 4 percent of the country's gross domestic ...
Japan’s Rapidus mulls building chip factory in Hokkaido -TV Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's state-backed microchip venture Rapidus, tasked to boost the country's competitiveness in advanced semiconductors, is considering building its first manufacturing plant in ... ( read original story ...)
Rimini Street Selects Tokyo for 2023 $50,000 RMNI LOVE Charitable Grant Program
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce ... ( read original story ...)