Alastair Goldfisher
CRV announced it has tapped two new additions to its enterprise team. Joining the firm are Anna Khan as general partner and Kristin Baker Spohn as venture partner.
San Francisco-based Altitude Networks, provider of a cloud collaboration security platform, announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Felicis Ventures. The Slack Fund is also participating in the round, along with previous investor Accomplice and individual investor Alex Stamos, former CSO at Facebook. As part of the funding, Aydin Senkut, founder and managing director of Felicis, will join the board.
The performance of venture funds worldwide soared in 2018, making the year the best on record. That’s according to a report by private equity financial software provider eFront, which said that venture funds last year far exceeded historical performance averages. VC returns, as measured by multiples on invested capital, reached 1.531x in in the first […]
San Francisco-based MindTickle, which provides a sales readiness platform, announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners. Also participating in the latest round is NewView Capital and returning investors Accel, Canaan Partners and Qualcomm Ventures. As part of the funding, Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest, will join the company's board.
For the last couple of years now, we covered the trend of more venture firms using data to source and evaluate deals. Just yesterday, I posted a story about EQT Ventures and how they’ve found four companies through its machine learning platform called Motherbrain. You can read the full story here and the interview with […]
Alastair “Ali” Mitchell is convinced there’s a place for data in venture capital when analyzing companies. Mitchell is a San Francisco-based partner at EQT Ventures, which is part of the Swedish private equity firm EQT and which raised a $630 million debut fund three years ago. The venture firm, which invests in European companies growing […]
San Mateo, California-based Tile, which operates as a smart location company, today announced the close of its $45 million Series C fundraising round, led by Francisco Partners. Existing investors GGV Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, as well as new investors Bryant Stibel and Silicon Valley Bank participated in the round. Tile said the funding will be used to grow internationally and expand into new products.
San Francisco-based Mixhalo, which provides a real-time audio platform for use at live events, has raised $10.7 million in a Series A funding round led by the Foundry Group. Other investors in the round included Sapphire Sport, Founders Fund, Defy Partners and Cowboy Ventures, as well as Red Light Management, Another Planet Entertainment, Rick Farman and Rich Goodstone of Superfly and Charlie Walker of C3.
San Francisco-based Builders VC announced it has tapped the longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Mark Goldstein as general partner. Goldstein joins the firm after having advised the emerging manager for the last several months, according to a blog post by founder and General Partner Jim Kim, who previously founded Formation 8. Builders VC makes […]
Connecticut Innovations, Y Combinator and New Enterprise Associates top the list of the most active venture investors in Q2, according to VCJ‘s analysis of data from Thomson Reuters. Seed-stage investor Connecticut Innovations put $20 million to work in 30 startups during the period. Investments include biotech company OncoSynergy, cybersecurity company Zorus, and mobile music app […]