Alastair Goldfisher
Darren Bechtel, founder and managing director of Brick & Mortar Ventures, gets at least one call a week from other VCs, who are wanting to co-invest in early-stage construction startups or are looking for a pipeline of such deals to invest in the later rounds.
San Francisco seed-stage fund Refactor Capital, founded David Lee of SV Angel and Zal Bilimoria of Andreessen Horowitz, announced earlier this week the close of its second fund at $30 million, according to a regulatory filing, which said the funding was raised by 37 backers.
As a preventative measure against igniting wildfires with its transmission lines, the utility Pacific Gas and Electric earlier this month shut off power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Northern California earlier this month. Prompted again by the weather conditions this week, PG&E warned 16 California counties that high winds and temperatures may bring […]
Catalyst Health Ventures has raised $60.5 million from 30 investors toward its $100 million fourth fund, according to a regulatory filing. this week. The first close comes a year after the Braintree, Massachusetts-based early-stage healthcare and life-sciences investor initially filed to raise Fund IV. The new fund is three times the $33 million the firm […]
Ilana Stern has a lot of advice for startups. And for the past year-and-a-half, Stern, founder of Weddington Way, has been coaching founders, working with entrepreneurs and making a small number of angel investments. She said advising startups is something she enjoys. A lot. And she found it to be something she would do if […]
Craft Ventures announced this afternoon it has raised $500 million for its second fund. The San Francisco-based firm raised $350 million for its inaugural effort when it launched last year. The firm was founded by David Sacks and Bill Lee. Sacks is the former Yammer CEO and onetime COO and product visionary at PayPal, while Lee […]
Jackson Square Ventures, which backed DocuSign, UpWork and Strava, announced it raised $193 million for its third and largest fund. The San Francisco-based firm was targeted $150 million, according to a regulatory filing in May. The latest fund is 60 percent more than the $120 million it raised for Fund II in 2016. As part of the new fund, Victor Echevarria was promoted to partner. The firm is led by Managing Directors Pete Solvik, Greg Gretsch and Josh Breinlinger.
What gift do you get a firm that celebrates a decade? Ten years ago, Marc Andreessen came to our old office on Market Street in San Francisco and told us about this new venture firm he was launching with Ben Horowitz. A decade later, Andreessen Horowitz has nearly 200 employees, raised more than $10 billion […]
Seattle-based Shujinko, a provider of cloud compliance software, announced it has raised a $7.5 million in Series A funding. Unusual Ventures led the round with participation from returning investor Defy as well as angel investors. Shujinko, originally incubated and spun out from Pioneer Square Labs, has raised $10.3 million in funding to date.
Investment platform 40 North takes to the venture capital stage with a cleantech fund, led by former DBL partner Marc van den Berg.