Entrepreneurship
Employee Background Check Startup Yardstik Raises $30M
A Minneapolis company that screens workers has raised fresh growth capital, and Yardstik closed a $30 million round led by Harbert Growth Partners on August 27. The financing lifts...
Small Business Hiring Splits Sharply Across Industries
If your hiring feels harder than your neighbor’s, the numbers now back you up, because NFIB’s quarterly industry survey found optimism rising unevenly across four sectors. Construction, manufacturing, retail...
Seed Funding: 5 Signals Behind Transfyr’s $25M Round
A brand new company just walked out of stealth with a check most Series A founders would envy, because Transfyr launched with $25 million in seed funding led by...
Corporate Transparency Act: BOI Reporting Is Now Over
The reporting mandate that rattled millions of small business owners is finished, and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council confirmed the Corporate Transparency Act rollback in a statement on...
Startup Grants: NC Opens Public Voting on 17 Founders
North Carolina is about to turn a state accelerator into a public campaign, because voting on the inaugural SBCN Startup Showdown opens September 1. Seventeen founders will compete for...
Mapletree closes first round of emerging Asia logistics development fund at over US$500 million
It aims to raise an additional US$200 million for the second close by early next year[SINGAPORE] Mapletree Investments has secured more than US$500 million in equity commitments for the...
Singapore shares close lower amid mixed regional showing; STI down 0.8%
Published Tue, Sep 1, 2026 · 06:55 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Tuesday (Sep 1) amid a mixed regional showing from Asia markets.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI)...
Indonesia’s Destry wins parliament’s backing as central bank chief, to prioritise stability
Cooperation with state agencies would not compromise central bank independence, said Destry at her Aug 26 vettingPublished Tue, Sep 1, 2026 · 12:25 PM — Updated Tue, Sep 1,...
Why fast fashion giant Shein faces an uphill battle to regain its mojo
Its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange comes at a difficult time for the companyDURING the height of the Covid-19 pandemic six years ago, a little-known online retailer...
Donald Trump Jr’s venture capital firm leads US$1 billion funding round for Polymarket
Published Tue, Sep 1, 2026 · 09:49 AMDONALD Trump Jr’s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, is leading a new funding round in Polymarket that values the prediction market at...
