Kaitlyn Landgraf Bartley
Mobius Network announced it has received a $500,000 investment from Camp One Ventures days before its digital token sale is scheduled to begin on Nov. 22. The San Francisco company is aiming to raise $39 million through an initial coin offering of its MOBI token to fund operations and hiring. The blockchain company provides a […]
Intel Capital launched an office in Berlin on Nov. 6th as it continues its international investment focus on Western Europe, China and Israel. Marcin Hejka, who served as the firm’s managing director for greater Europe, recently left after nearly 20 years at Intel Capital. He did not immediately respond via a message on LinkedIn asking for […]
TechU Ventures is raising a $25 million first fund, according to a regulatory filing. The firm is managed by Natanel Barookhian, founder of TechU Angels, and based in Great Neck, New York. The filing lists no investors.
Mountain View, California-based Health IQ Insurance Services announced it has raised $34.6 million in Series C funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total funding to $81 million. Other investors include CRV, First Round Capital, Ribbit Capital, Felicis Ventures, Foundation Capital and Western Technology Investments. The company, which offers life insurance at […]
Base10 Partners has raised $83.8 million toward a $125 million target for its first fund, according to a regulatory filing. The fund, Base10 Partners I, was previously known as Urizen Early Stage Ventures II, and has secured commitments from 12 investors, according to the filing. The San Francisco firm is led by Adeyemi Ajao and TJ Nahigian. Base10 focuses on investing in companies working with automation and intelligent software, according to its website.
Robotics company Bossa Nova today announced it has raised $17.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Paxion Capital Partners, as the company deploys a fleet of its autonomous robots in Walmart stores nationwide. The new round brings the company’s total funding to $41.7 million, with Intel Capital and Cota Capital joining Paxion as […]
Venture investors largely poured more money into fewer deals in the healthcare, information technology, security, and cleantech sectors in October 2017 compared to the same month last year. That’s according to VCJ’s analysis of preliminary Thomson Reuters data. The number of healthcare deals dropped to 41 in October 2017 compared to 53 the year before. […]
The Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner addressed the revelation that Kremlin-controlled institutions funded his firm’s investments into Facebook and Twitter. The connection was revealed as part of the Paradise Papers, millions of files leaked from the Bermudan law firm Appleby and made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Milner founded the Mail.ru […]
The number of venture deals going to robotics companies held steady in the third quarter of 2017, but the amount of equity invested dropped by more than half, according to VCJ’s analysis of preliminary Thomson Reuters data. Seven robotics companies raised $40.84 million in the third quarter, compared to the $82.55 million raised by the […]
OpenView Partners, the Boston-based expansion-stage investor, is partnering with Athena Alliance, a Half Moon Bay, California-based nonprofit that promotes women on company boards, to expand the alliance’s reach and to bring greater gender diversity to the venture firm’s own portfolio companies. OpenView has committed to raising more than $500,000 for Athena Alliance’s operations and has opened […]