Kaitlyn Landgraf Bartley
In most of the the biggest investment sectors during March 2018, equity and deal count increased compared with the same period the year before, according to VCJ’s analysis of preliminary data from Thomson Reuters. During the month, there were 375 venture deals with U.S.-based companies totaling $7.5 billion. The largest swath of those deals were […]
Investors are discovering that as venture firms’ portfolio companies turn to token sales and initial coin offerings to raise funds, the path from making equity investments to holding tokens is not straightforward. Take, for example, cybersecurity company MetaCert, which previously raised a couple million dollars in seed funding and late this month plans a private utility-token […]
New York-based Swell Capital is raising a venture fund targeted at $10 million, according to a regulatory filing. The firm is led by Rusty Ralston and Jay Patil, according to its website. The filing lists no investors.
Unusual Ventures is launching a maiden fund targeting $160 million, according to a regulatory filing. The new firm is led by John Vrionis, who left his role as partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in December 2017 to launch his own seed-stage venture fund, according to his LinkedIn profile. The new firm does not appear to have a website, and Vrionis has not yet updated his LinkedIn profile with information on the new fund.
As federal and state agencies scrutinize the cryptocurrency landscape and take action against allegedly fraudulent issuers, some blockchain companies and projects are exercising an abundance of caution when it comes to regulatory compliance. Instead of issuing tokens to anyone who wishes to invest, more blockchain companies are offering digital tokens that comply with securities laws. […]
The number of venture deals in the biotechnology sector continued its downward decline in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in the three previous years. Meanwhile, the amount of equity raised by biotech companies continued to increase, according to VCJ’s analysis of Thomson Reuters data. In the first three months of […]
Tel Aviv-based iAngels is one of the most active angel investment firms in Israel, blending a venture fund model with elements of crowdfunding to allow accredited investors from around the world to participate in investments into Israeli technology companies. Launched in 2013 by Mor Assia and Shelly Hod Moyal, iAngels vets companies before its pool […]
The number of mergers and acquisitions of U.S.-based companies dropped in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in the two years before, while their total disclosed value jumped, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
Spotify’s unconventional direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange (SPOT) means that private investors can cash out without their shares being diluted, and with less of the offering proceeds going to underwriter fees. But it’s unclear whether benefits like those will outweigh the risk of price volatility and low trading volume when the company’s shares […]
Beijing-based ZhenFund is raising a fifth venture fund, Zhen Partners Fund V, targeted at $190 million, according to a regulatory filing.