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$25MM Funding Raise for Start-Up in Property Technology & Asset Optimizer Sector

This is a $25MM Series A funding raise for a start-up in the property technology and asset optimizer business led […]

Institutional Buyer Looking to Acquire Large-Size Physical Gold Bullions

We have a reputable institutional gold buyer looking to accumulate 500 metric tons of hallmarked gold bullions over a one-year […]

Protected: Acquisition Financing ($17.5MM-$26MM) or Equity JV Opportunity in a Metal Fabrication Company, South East USA

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Large Commodity Buyers Looking for Gold Bullions & PetCoke Supply

We have a large size buyer of Petroleum Coke (Petcoke).  The amounts are up to 100k metric tons per month […]

Rare Affordable NYC Residential Rental Development and Opportunity Zone Investment Opportunity ($21MM)

Projected capital structure: $106MM ($26MM equity, $80MM debt) 171k bsf (affordable residential 51k nsf (76 units) / free market residential […]

China’s ‘Rapid’ Debt Buildup May Portend A Looming Financial Crisis: New York Fed

China’s recent debt buildup following the Covid-19 pandemic has researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York wondering if the country […]

Three countries possess over 50% of Africa’s total wealth

More than half of Africa’s total wealth is controlled by only three nations according to this year’s Africa Wealth Report (pdf) published […]

Europe could see a devastating ‘Lehman Brothers’ event as power producers face $1.5 trillion in margin calls — here’s how governments across the region are stepping in

Wild swings in the price of natural gas — exacerbated by the halt of supply from the Russian Nord Stream […]

How fairy tales shape fighting spirit: Ukraine’s children hear bedtime stories of underdog heroes, while Russian children hear tales of magical success

Mia Bloom, Professor and Fellow at Evidence Based Cyber Security Program, Georgia State University and Sophia Moskalenko, Research Fellow in […]

A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe

Among the scientific community, it’s widely believed that so far humans have only discovered about 5% of the universe. Yet, despite […]