Kaitlyn Landgraf Bartley
Los Angeles-based Macro Ventures is aiming to raise a $50 million maiden venture fund, according to a regulatory filing. The Macro Ventures Fund I is run by Mike Palank. His bio says he a former hedge fund equity analyst. No investor commitments were yet reported on the filing.
Investors increasingly recognize that doing good is simply good for business. But work remains to be done before the ranks of venture capitalists include a proportionate number of women and minorities. Those were some of the overarching themes at the Emerging Manager Connect West conference on May 11 at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel in […]
Partners Innovation Fund has closed its funding at slightly more than $64 million, according to a regulatory filing. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based fund is the venture arm of Partners HealthCare, and is led by Carl Berke, Meredith Fisher, Roger Kitterman and Julius Knowles. The fund raised $64.085 million from 13 investors, according to the filing.
Los Angeles-based Archer Venture Capital has closed its second fund, Archer Venture Capital II, at $80 million, according to a regulatory filing. Two investors committed to the fund. The firm is led by Gregory Martin and John Hadl.
Afore Capital announced it has closed on $45.875 million in funding, slightly less than its targeted $46 million, according to a regulatory filing. The San Francisco-based firm is led by Anamitra Banerji, formerly a partner at Foundation Capital, and Gaurav Jain, formerly a principal at Founder Collective. The firm announced in August that it was targeting a $40 million fund. To date, 41 investors have committed to the fund.
GV Partner Lo Toney said he plans to spinoff an independent fund, called Plexo Capital, in the coming months after incubating it at Google Ventures. Toney spoke at the Emerging Manager Connect West conference in San Francisco on Thursday. The new fund size will be between $50 million and a $100 million and will focus […]
Venture capitalists hunt for ideas that will disrupt, disintermediate or democratize other industries, but the field’s fundraising model rarely undergoes any of the D words itself. Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco venture firm focused on the still-arcane world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency startups, is aiming to change that. In April, the firm raised a […]
San Francisco-based Mya Systems, formerly known as FirstJob, announced Wednesday that it has raised $11.4 million in Series A funding to develop its AI-powered recruiter chatbot Mya. Enterprise-focused Emergence Capital was the sole investor in the round. Mya, an intelligent assistant, uses natural language processing and machine learning to streamline the application and hiring experience […]
Phoenix-based startup studio Coplex LLC has launched its first $5 million venture fund. Coplex Ventures Fund I will provide investments of up to $200,000 in software startup ideas, according to Partner and Chief Executive Zach Ferres. With offices in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Seattle, the firm will focus on working with teams to create early-stage […]
Benchmark said Tuesday that Sarah Tavel has joined the firm as its first female general partner.