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Tilray: Interview With Chairman & CEO Irwin Simon About The Diversified CPG Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Google Backs Thryve.Earth Agroforestry Project For Carbon Removal In Indonesia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Google announced a long-term agreement with Thryve.Earth to purchase 260,000 tons of carbon removal from an agroforestry project in Sulawesi, Indonesia, marking the first agroforestry initiative included in Google’s carbon removal portfolio. The deal is structured through the Symbiosis Coalition, a collaborative platform that helps climate buyers support nature-based carbon projects.

TIFF Expands Private Equity Secondaries Platform With Senior Hires

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

TIFF Investment Management has named Andrew Murray as Managing Director, Head of Secondary Investing, and Stephen Grau as Executive Director, Secondary Investing, to lead a dedicated private equity Secondaries practice within its broader alternatives platform. The move formalizes TIFF’s activity in the growing secondaries market and is aimed at giving clients more flexible ways to manage liquidity, pacing, and private equity exposure.

Meta Breaks Ground On C$13 Billion AI-Optimized Data Center In Alberta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Meta is breaking ground on its first data center in Canada, a 1‑gigawatt, AI‑optimized facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta that will serve as a major hub for the company’s expanding artificial intelligence and core product infrastructure. The site is Meta’s 33rd data center globally and represents an investment of more than C$13 billion (about US$9.2 billion), making it one of the company’s largest projects outside the United States.

Vendelux Raises $50 Million Series B To Scale AI-Powered B2B Event Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Vendelux has raised a $50 million Series B round to expand its AI-powered platform that helps B2B companies identify, prioritize, and measure in‑person event opportunities. The round was led by Tribeca Venture Partners with participation from S3, Pelion Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, FirstMark, and Cervin Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $71 million.

Amazon Taps US Bond Market Again With $25 Billion Sale To Fund AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Amazon has returned to the US bond market with a new offering of at least $25 billion, adding another jumbo deal to a growing wave of AI‑linked corporate debt. The sale, structured in as many as eight tranches with maturities ranging from three to 40 years, is intended to support Amazon’s massive capital spending plans as it builds out data center and AI infrastructure for itself and its AWS cloud customers, according to Bloomberg.

Susquehanna Offers Up To $500 Million In World Cup Hedging Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Susquehanna announced it is prepared to facilitate up to $500 million in hedging transactions tied to the ongoing World Cup, targeting businesses whose commercial exposure depends on tournament outcomes. The initiative is aimed at sponsors, media and broadcast partners, hospitality firms, consumer brands, and other enterprises that face event-driven financial obligations based on how teams perform.

Cursor Integrates SpaceXAI’s New Grok 4.5 Model For Coding And Agentic Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Cursor has rolled out support for Grok 4.5, SpaceXAI’s latest large language model optimized for coding, agentic tasks, and complex knowledge work. Grok 4.5 is now available as a core engine inside Cursor’s AI coding environment, giving developers access to a high‑capacity model directly within their editor and workflows.

Andera Expansion Raises Record €430 Million For Fourth Growth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Andera Partners has closed its fourth Andera Expansion fund (AE IV) at €430 million, setting a new fundraising record for the growth-focused strategy and coming in well above its original €350 million hard cap. The cap was raised twice to accommodate strong investor demand, following the €250 million AE III fund, which was also oversubscribed and closed within 12 months.

Ballast Rock Asset Management Names Michael Welch Head Of Investor Relations And Capital Formation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Ballast Rock Asset Management has appointed Michael G. Welch, CFA, as Head of Investor Relations and Capital Formation, a newly created role focused on expanding the firm’s capital base and investor relationships. Welch will lead outreach across accredited individual investors, RIAs, family offices, and institutional investors as Ballast Rock scales its real estate, venture capital, and private credit platforms.