# InvestTimes

> InvestTimes is an international, English language financial daily about the startup economy: large startups, venture capital and investing in startups, plus Big Tech, banking and finance, markets and cybersecurity. Every article is original analysis by the InvestTimes Editorial desk, built from public sources listed at its end, and closes with a clearly marked editorial opinion ("Our view"). Not investment advice.

## About
- [About InvestTimes](https://www.investtimes.com/about): what we cover, how we work, FAQ
- [Editorial standards](https://www.investtimes.com/editorial-standards): sources and fact checking, quotes, opinion, independence, corrections
- [InvestTimes Editorial](https://www.investtimes.com/author/investtimes-editorial): the desk that writes every article
- New analysis every other day. [RSS](https://www.investtimes.com/rss.xml), [Sitemap](https://www.investtimes.com/sitemap.xml)

## Sections
- [Startups](https://www.investtimes.com/section/startups): Founders, scale ups and the companies shaping the next decade.
- [Venture Capital](https://www.investtimes.com/section/venture-capital): Funds, rounds, valuations and the business of backing startups.
- [Big Tech](https://www.investtimes.com/section/big-tech): The largest technology companies, their strategy and their capital.
- [Banking & Finance](https://www.investtimes.com/section/banking-finance): Banks, fintech, regulation and the flow of money.
- [Markets](https://www.investtimes.com/section/markets): Equities, rates, IPOs and what public markets say about private ones.
- [Cybersecurity](https://www.investtimes.com/section/cybersecurity): Security companies, threats to business and how protection is bought and sold.

## Latest analysis
- [Datahorses moves the first line of cyber defence outside the company network](https://www.investtimes.com/article/datahorses-outside-in-cyber-defence-early-threat-detection) (2026-11-01, Cybersecurity): The Functu-backed security firm watches companies the way attackers see them, from the internet, with no software to install. Its model reflects a wider shift in how businesses buy protection.
- [Kalshi's $40bn round asks investors to price growth and a legal fight at the same time](https://www.investtimes.com/article/kalshi-40-billion-series-g-regulatory-discount) (2026-11-01, Venture Capital): The prediction market nearly doubled its valuation in five months, a day after Utah charged its founders. Its backers are betting that federal law, not state courts, will set its ceiling.
- [Big Tech's AI build-out now outruns its cash, and startups will feel the change](https://www.investtimes.com/article/big-tech-ai-buildout-outruns-cash-flow) (2026-11-01, Big Tech): Alphabet, Amazon and Meta burned cash in the third quarter and are funding AI with debt and new shares. That reshapes compute, capital and exits for startups.
- [OPay's aborted listing and two hawkish pauses show how narrow the exit window has become](https://www.investtimes.com/article/opay-ipo-collapse-hawkish-central-banks-test-exit-window) (2026-11-01, Markets): The Fed and the ECB held rates while signalling more tightening, and a $4bn fintech IPO died between pricing and its first trade. Late-stage startups should read both as one message.