StrictlyVC at Disrupt 2025: Inside the LP Track

[ad_1] StrictlyVC is back at TechCrunch Disrupt in October, bringing together the insiders who shape the venture capital landscape, this time with a sharper focus on the market’s biggest challenge: liquidity. In an era of extended exit timelines, slowed distributions, and increasingly selective LPs, the conversations behind closed doors matter …

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EU gets 15% US tariff for cars, fails to secure wine reprieve

[ad_1] EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said the bloc got ‘the most favourable trade deal the US has extended to any partner’. Photo: Nicolas TUCAT / AFPSource: AFP Details of a US-EU trade deal published Thursday showed Brussels secured a tariff reduction for cars exported to the United States but …

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Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

[ad_1] Google is launching a global expansion of AI Mode, its experimental feature that allows users to ask complex questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search, the company announced on Thursday. The tech giant is also bringing new agentic and personalized capabilities to the feature. …

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Russian fuel prices surge after Ukraine hits refineries

[ad_1] Ukraine routinely targets Russian refineries and oil depots. Photo: Handout / Telegram / t.me/agproshunin/AFPSource: AFP Russian fuel prices are at near-record highs, stock exchange data showed Thursday, after a slew of Ukrainian attacks on refineries caused breakdowns during the travel season. Ukraine routinely targets Russian refineries and oil depots …

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Walmart lifts outlook for sales, earnings despite tariffs

[ad_1] US retailer Walmart reported revenues in the second quarter that beat estimates. Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP/FileSource: AFP Big-box retailer Walmart hiked its outlook for sales and some earnings in results released Thursday, even as costs of goods imported to the United States rose after President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging …

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