Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Startups
People who take the long way home even when they’re tired may not be wasting time, the drive between work and the front door can be the only stretch of the day that belongs entirely to them
The journey home can be one of the last relatively unstructured spaces in a working adult’s day. For some people,...
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The habit of buying slightly too much food whenever family visits isn’t overpreparation, for many people it’s a quiet inheritance from a household where abundance on the table was how love got expressed when words weren’t available
The extra loaf of bread nobody will eat, the second lasagna cooling on the counter, the three kinds of dessert...
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The generation that grew up with rotary phones, party lines, and having to knock on a neighbour’s door isn’t nostalgic for inconvenience, they remember when reaching another person required just enough effort to make the contact feel intentional
People who grew up dialing rotary phones tend to describe the act the same way: the slow drag of the...
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How to Build a Community-Led Growth Strategy That Actually Works
Most “communities” launched by startups are dead within a year. Not because community-led growth doesn’t work, but because of how...
Read moreDetailsHow Small Businesses Can Increase Website Conversions Without Increasing Ad Spend
Your ads are doing their job. People are clicking, visiting your website, and even adding products to their cart, but...
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NYC Startup Raise $8.88B in Q2 2026 – Best Capital Quarter Since 2021 – as AI and Fintech Megadeals Reshape the Market – AlleyWatch
New York City startups raised $8.88 billion across 233 deals in Q2 2026 — a 46% year-over-year surge in capital...
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South Korea approved single-stock leveraged ETFs, then banned new ones two months later — inside the margin unwind that pushed forced selling to seven times last year’s pace
South Korea’s financial regulators announced on July 16 that they would ban new listings of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds and...
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York IE Portfolio Momentum: A Look at the First Half of 2026
At York IE, we believe venture capital should be measured by more than fundraising announcements. Capital is important, but it’s...
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The 24 Largest US Funding Rounds of June 2026
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest US startup funding rounds from June...
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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement wins final approval, leaving AI fair-use ruling intact
A U.S. federal judge has granted final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers, resolving the class...
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