Kaitlyn Landgraf Bartley
An initiative to increase venture funding to companies founded by women is expanding to the East Coast after launching in San Francisco in November. NYC Female Founder Office Hours will be held at the headquarters of Union Square Ventures in January, after a group of female Bay Area investment partners launched the first office hours […]
Scrum Ventures has raised $19 million of a targeted $75 million third fund, according to a regulatory filing. The San Francisco-based firm is led by Tak Mitaya and makes early-stage investments in commerce, healthcare, Saas and IoT, according to its website. The filing lists four investors.
Venture investors have made fewer deals in the healthcare, information technology and cleantech sectors in November 2017 compared with the same month a year before, but the number of deals is up slightly in the cybersecurity sector. Meanwhile, equity invested increased in November 2017 compared with November 2016 in all sectors, except for IT, which […]
Allegations of sexual harassment rocked the venture community in 2017, prompting resignations by some of the industry’s most recognizable names and calls for consequences in response to sexist and boorish behavior in Silicon Valley. The scandals come amid a broader shift in public awareness of harassment and sexist behavior in media, politics, business and technology. […]
Venture firms usually display portfolio companies on their websites or issue news releases announcing new investments, but they are more taciturn when it comes to disclosing their fund investors. Entrepreneurs wondering who backs the funds investing in their companies often receive vague or no answers. Some partners are mulling ways to bring greater transparency to […]
Aspect Ventures announced that technology investor and software executive Chad Herrin has joined the San Francisco and Palo Alto-based firm, according to a press release. Herrin will serve on the firm’s investment team and advise Aspect’s portfolio companies, focusing on enterprise software and cloud-based services investing.
6 Dimensions Capital is raising a $26 million affiliates fund, according to a regulatory filing. The firm is based in Cambridge and Shanghai, and specializes in healthcare and life sciences investments in China and the United States, according to its website.
The problem with initial coin offerings is that venture capitalists aren’t around to separate out the promising business ideas. Or is that a key advantage for the decentralized fundraising mechanism? Speakers at the Future of Money and Technology Summit on Dec. 4 in San Francisco were divided on venture capital’s role in the face of […]
Initial Coin Offering Group is raising a fund targeted at an indefinite amount, according to a regulatory filing. The fund is managed by Gabriel Patterson and is based in Winnipeg. In addition to pooled investment fund interests, the fund will offer debt and convertible notes to acquire another security, according to the filing. No investors […]
Cannabis Growth Fund I has changed its name from dba Kush Fund and is aiming to raise $45 million, according to a regulatory filing. The fund is managed by Gabriel Patterson and is based in Toronto, Ontario. No investors are listed.