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Lightspeed Venture Partners is raising $250 million for a new India-focused fund that will zero in on early-stage AI investments, marking the first time the Silicon Valley firm has aligned its India fundraising cycle with its global funds. The move signals a strategic shift toward shorter investment periods and reflects growing confidence in India’s AI…

ARK Invest plans to put the ARK Venture Fund on a blockchain and list it on Ethereum, with Securitize Corp. carrying out the transition. The fund, a closed-end interval vehicle with $1.3 billion in assets that began in 2022, invests in both public and private names including Anthropic, Kalshi Inc., Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and Stripe…

ARK Invest has partnered with Securitize (NYSE: SECZ) to tokenize the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), bringing one of the investment manager’s flagship strategies onto blockchain-based infrastructure. The initiative will allow eligible investors to access the fund through Securitize, with tokenized ARKVX initially available on Ethereum. The fund invests across private and public companies developing disruptive…

Morocco has introduced a new government-backed financing mechanism aimed at strengthening investment in the country’s digital startup ecosystem by directing more capital toward venture capital funds that support technology companies. The Startup Catalytic Fund is designed to attract additional private investment and expand access to financing for Moroccan startups operating in the digital sector.