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Seligman Investments Launches $500M Venture Capital Arm
MENLO PARK, Calif., February 12, 2026--Seligman Investments ("Seligman"), the Silicon Valley-based technology investor led by Chief Investment Officer Paul Wick, today announced the launch of Seligman Ventures, a new venture capital arm designed to invest across early-stage to pre-IPO technology companies in the AI and cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and modern data-center hardware verticals. The launch represents a strategic expansion of Seligman’s technology investing platform into ventur
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