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GIC anchors a sovereign presence in frontier AI

13th February, 2026

Anthropic’s US$30 billion Series G financing, valuing the company at approximately US$380 billion post-money, represents one of the largest private capital raises in the technology sector to date. The round was led by GIC alongside Coatue, with MGX participating as a co-lead and a broad syndicate of institutional and strategic investors completing the allocation. Earlier, in September 2025, Anthropic had raised US$13 billion in a Series F round that included both GIC and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), embedding sovereign capital in the company before the most recent step-change in valuation.

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Mubadala and Getir: From emergency recapitalisation to an engineered exit

12th February, 2026

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company has agreed to sell Getir’s Turkish delivery operations to Uber Technologies, bringing to a close one of the most visible sovereign interventions in the post-pandemic technology correction.

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xAI’s $20bn round draws sovereign capital deeper into the AI stack

8th January, 2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised US$20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, underscoring how state-owned investors are increasingly treating AI not as a single venture bet, but as a strategic asset class spanning models, data and the physical infrastructure that runs them.

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Temasek Tightens Its Asset Management Platform Model with Pavilion-Seviora Integration

26th November, 2025

Singapore state investor Temasek is tightening the lines between its in-house investment arms, folding private equity specialist Pavilion Capital into asset manager Seviora Group in a move that underlines its push to build a larger, more coherent Asian private-markets business.

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OMERS Ventures’ Strategic Shift: Data, Decisions, and the Canadian Pivot

30th July, 2025

The recent exit of Michael Yang from OMERS Ventures is a signal that the Canadian pension-backed venture capital arm is undergoing a major realignment.

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KWAP’s Masterstroke: Building Local Capacity Through Global Co-Investment Models

30th June, 2025

Malaysia’s state pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) has finalized the appointment of 12 global General Partners (GPs) under its Dana Pemacu initiative, deploying MYR6 billion (US$1.42 billion) of capital.

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Pensions, Startups, and the British Business Bank’s Big Gamble

8th May, 2025

A low-profile regulatory approval this week may trigger one of the UK government’s boldest economic experiments of the past decade.

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Deflating Unicorns and Tech Turmoil: How Mubadala is Steering a Sinking Ship

20th January, 2025

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company is in the thick of two high-profile battles to salvage its investments in once-billion-dollar tech darlings: Turkish grocery delivery startup Getir and Berlin-based insurtech Wefox.

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OIA Gears Up With Planned Record-Breaking IPO and Investment in Tech Start-Ups

4th October, 2024

The Oman Investment Authority has announced the IPO of a 25% stake in OQ Exploration & Production, a subsidiary of OQ Group, while at the same time is pouring US$150 million into a tech-focused fund to support start-ups in the GCC region.

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Malaysia’s Bold Green Growth Ambitions Backed by KWAP, EPF and Khazanah

22nd August, 2024

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has bold visions for his country, set out in a slew of policies under the Madani Economy Framework, which was launched in July 2023, as well as the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

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India's NIIF Prepares Second Fund-of-Funds With US$1bn Target

18th April, 2024

India’s quasi-sovereign wealth fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd (NIIF), is planning to raise a second Private Markets Fund after it closes its first one later this year, which was set to deploy US$600 million in Indian private equity funds.

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ADIA Leads Excitement Over New Indian Unicorn

22nd March, 2024

In a sign that venture capital is rebounding from a dismal 2023, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is reportedly in talks to back a late stage funding round by India’s Pocket FM as it seeks to advance its audio streaming service into new markets.

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