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Benchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/benchmark-hires-jack-altman-newe…

Benchmark Hires Jack Altman as Newest General Partner
Benchmark on Tuesday said it had hired Jack Altman , the founder of early-stage firm Alt Capital and HR software company Lattice, as its fifth general partner. Benchmark—known for backing Uber and Snap in its early years—has kept its fund sizes relatively small and continued to operate as an equal partnership , even as its Silicon Valley competitors have raised multi-billion dollar funds and

Culture Capital
Explores power, influence and the people moving Australia forward with courage, nuance and deep cultural grounding...
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Capitol Police's post-Jan. 6 recruitment blitz runs into retention problems (Katherine Tully-McManus/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/17/congress/capitol-polices-post-jan-6-recruitment-blitz-had-run-into-retention-problems-00832204
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p73#a260317p73

London mayor urged to reverse Met’s decision to hand capital to ‘Tommy Robinson’ on Nakba Day | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/london-mayor-urged-reverse-mets-decision-hand-capital-tommy-robinson-nakb…

Venture capitalist David Sacks has warned that continued escalation in the U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran could trigger far-reaching economic and humanitarian crises
Speaking on the All-In podcast on Friday, Sacks — who serves as President Donald Trump’s lead on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies — argued that Iran’s military capacity has been severely degraded and called this “a good time to declare victory and get out,” adding that markets would welcome a de-escalatory move…

David Sacks urges off-ramp in U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran, warning of catastrophic escalation
Venture capitalist David Sacks, serving as President Trump’s AI and crypto lead, cautions that prolonging the US–Israel war with Iran risks crippling energy infrastructure, water supplies and regional stability, urging a ceasefire or negotiated settlement.

It always starts with talk about millionaires and billionaires and ends with a 36% unrealized gains tax on the handful of assets you bought to try and get a stake in the economy and claw your way out of financial insecurity and maybe be able to retire some day. Meanwhile, the unfathomably rich remain forever unfathomably rich. These people are the allies of capital, and creators of a permanently dependent underclass. They do this to ensure there is always a job for them. If they really cared…

Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise outside capital for the first time, seeking at least $300M at a valuation of at least $10B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chinas-deepseek-raising-money-first-time-10-b…

China’s DeepSeek is Raising Money for First Time, At $10 Billion-Plus Valuation
DeepSeek is in talks to raise outside capital for the first time, seeking to beef up its financial war chest so it can better compete in the costly battle to develop leading AI models, according to four people familiar with the matter. DeepSeek is owned by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer Capital ...

Millionaires Are Overrepresented in the U.S. Senate -- By a Lot (Taylor Giorno/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/capitol-gains/senate-millionaires-financial-disclosures
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p37#a260317p37

Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a "mass extinction event"; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/dragonfly-fou…

Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.

Sources: top VC firms operating in India are expected to commit investments ranging from $300M to $500M each to India's AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indi…

Major VCs line up top dollars for coordinated AI capital push in India
Top venture capital firms in India are set to invest $300–500 million each into the country’s AI ecosystem, covering infrastructure, enterprise applications and sector-specific solutions. Global and domestic VCs, including Khosla Ventures, Accel India and Lightspeed, are participating. Combined, these commitments could exceed $1 billion, surpassing last year’s startup funding.