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In Q2 2025, global VC funding reached $91B, up from $82B in Q2 2024, driven largely by AI investments, but down from $114B in Q1 2025, the highest since Q3 2022 (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-funding-climbs-q2-…

Q2 Global Venture Funding Climbs In A Blockbuster Quarter For AI And As Capital Concentrates In Larger...
Global venture funding ticked up year over year in Q2 2025, reaching $91 billion, with a greater concentration of capital into the largest funding rounds compared to a year ago, Crunchbase data shows.

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07/08/masked-armed-and-forceful-finding-patterns-in-los-angeles-immigration-raids/

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

"Finding Flow"
8 instrumental compositions that helped me find my way back to F-L-O-W
#NowPlaying
https://muz4now.com/2020/finding-flow-nowplaying/…

Finding Flow #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Suit filed over funding plan for Browns' stadium https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45696466/class-action-lawsuit-filed-funding-plan-browns-stadium

ServiceUp, a vehicle repair process automation startup, raised a $55M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to nearly $70M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/transportation/autotech-startup-se…

Autotech Startup ServiceUp Lands $55M In Series B Funding 
ServiceUp, a platform that automates and manages the vehicle repair process, has raised $55 million in a Series B round of funding led by PeakSpan Capital.

A look at the tensions between the BBC and the UK Foreign Office over World Service funding; sources: the BBC wants funding to rise from ~£137M to £200M in 2026 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/eb141afe-1f86-4d43-95d2-82030efaeb39

BBC World Service faces Foreign Office funding cut
Executives argue broadcaster is key to efforts in countering Russian and Chinese propaganda

Everyday Beauty - Finding Music Everywhere
#inspiration #beauty
https://muz4now.com/2022/e…

Everyday Beauty - Finding Music Everywhere
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Sources: NFLPA, NFL concealed collusion findings https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45703132/nflpa-nfl-agreed-keep-collusion-findings-secret

Singapore-based investment app Syfe raised a $53M Series C extension, taking the round to $80M and total funding to $132M, and plans to expand into Hong Kong (Sam Phillips/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tec…

Fintech start-up Syfe bolsters Hong Kong expansion after new funding round
Singapore-based Syfe’s expansion plans reflect the city’s position as the largest hedge fund and cross-border wealth management hub in Asia.

Funding plan for new Cleveland Browns stadium is 'unconstitutional and unlawful,' lawsuit claims

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/funding