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(NYSE:MS) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced the global cohort of its Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures (MSISV). With founders from the Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the 2025 MSISV cohort will support 29 startups in its Lab and four emerging nonprofits in its Collaborative, two in-house accelerators that will run over the next five months. Selected from thousands of applications, the 33 organizations will engage in a tailored entrepreneurship

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #aiinfra--Scale Asia Ventures (SAV), a Silicon Valley-based early-stage fund focused on AI-native enterprise software, proudly announces that Founding Managing Partner Wally Wang has been named to Business Insider’s Seed 100 list of the world’s top early-stage investors. Business Insider ranked Wang at No. 95 on the 2025 Seed 100, citing his conviction-driven investments in Weaviate, Argilla, Array, CAST AI, Fiddler AI, and AppZen. The recognition reflects SAV’s differ

BFF recognized by The Global Banking & Finance Awards SINGAPORE, Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF), a leading early-stage venture capital firm backing blockchain and emerging technology startups, has been named "Venture Capital Firm of the Year Singapore 2025"...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Group 11 has been named among America's Top Venture Capital Firms of 2025 by TIME — an inaugural ranking published by TIME and Statista recognizing the most exceptional firms shaping the U.S. venture capital...

Six Women-Led Startups to Compete Live at Women's Venture Summit 2025 for $50K+ in Prizes SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stella Foundation has announced the semifinalists for its 12th Annual Women's Fast Pitch, a national pitch competition that champions visionary women...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, AXL, a new Canadian venture studio transforming world-class AI research into high-growth companies, has launched with a plan to build 50 AI-powered companies over the next five years to fuel Canada’s research-to-commercialization pipeline. This is enabled by an oversubscribed first closing of its venture fund of $15 million CAD. With this, AXL will form and scale homegrown innovation — and keep it here. Daniel Wigdor, one of Canada’s top innovators and AXL’s Co-

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seven Stars, a venture capital firm that partners with founders building the next generation of AI companies, today announced the launch of its inaugural $40 million pre-seed and seed-stage fund, oversubscribed in just five weeks. Founded and managed by Steven Lee, former Partner at SV Angel, Seven Stars will focus on partnering with early-stage AI startups with a sharp focus on applications across both consumer and enterprise technology. “While AI already benefi