Funding Highlights: Expansions in Pension Management and Asset Financing

This week we talked about media, startup rounds and some Big Money Moves:

• Stocks are mostly up to start the week while crypto remains within the bounds of its recent trading range. Again.
• Vice has filed for bankruptcy, again highlighting how hard the media game can be. The company's eventual selling price looks like it will be a fraction's fraction of its once great worth.
• Foxconn is investing more in India, underscoring how critical it is for major electronics supply chain companies to diversify out of China — and the immense costs involved.
• Brex took a shot at buying part of SVB's portfolio, TechCrunch reports.
• Startup rounds: Smart raised $95 million at a slight discount to its 2021-era valuation and M-KOPA secured a pile of equity and debt fundraising.
• And we closed with the interesting sale of Forbes.

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