Investment

Sheikh Mansour builds $1B portfolio; N26's failed pivot; SoftBank lost billions on self-driving bets; Google invests $2B in Malaysia.
Business

Spear's 500: Wealth Shift for New Gen

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026
In 2018, Spear's Magazine published its annual Spear's 500 index and report, an assessment of the wealth management, legal and advisory sectors for affluent individuals. The report identified four forces...
Technology

GlobalFoundries opens $4B Singapore fab Sept 2023

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026
GlobalFoundries officially opened its new $4 billion semiconductor fabrication plant in Singapore on September 12, 2023. The facility is already operational and ramping production.Located on the firm's existing Woodlands campus,...
Technology

Epigenetic reprogramming firms raise $3B

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026
In January 2022, Altos Labs launched with $3 billion from Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner to pursue cellular reprogramming. That single round was larger than the cumulative venture capital spent...
Business

Sheikh Mansour builds $1B global portfolio

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Minister of Presidential Affairs, controls a global portfolio that stretches across football clubs, carmakers, space...