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TheBlaze said in an SEC filing today that it has raised just $6.4 million of a planned $40 million since it revealed its fundraising plans last year.
Firm has made nine investments combined in U.K., France, Germany and Ireland since its first close in late 2012
Confirming an earlier report by peHUB, Khosla Ventures has filed documents with the SEC stating that it plans to raise $1 billion for its fifth fund.
Confirming an earlier report by peHUB, Khosla Ventures has filed documents with the SEC stating that it plans to raise $1 billion for its fifth fund.
Theresa Sorrentino Hajer, Managing Director of Cambridge Associates, delivers a data-filled keynote presentation at Thomson Reuters’ Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York.
Theresa Sorrentino Hajer, Managing Director of Cambridge Associates, delivers a data-filled keynote presentation at Thomson Reuters’ Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York.
Greycroft Partners has raised $200 million for its first growth fund, following in the footsteps of Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital.
Led by the jumbo IPO of food delivery website GrubHub, 11 venture-backed companies went public in April, according to affiliate magazine Venture Capital Journal. While that was down from a 13-year high of 18 offerings in March, it was a substantial increase from April 2013.
Apigee, which makes software for companies to manage application programming interfaces (APIs), announced this morning that it has raised $60 million from new investors Pine River Capital Management and Wellington Management Co, as well as prior investors. The San Jose, Calif.-based company said it has raised $171 million to date. The valuation for the new round was undisclosed. Just four months ago Apigee raised $20.5 million at a post-money valuation of $414.03 million from Bay Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Third Point, according to Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB). Apigee's other investors include Accenture, BlackRock-managed funds, Focus Ventures and SAP Ventures.
March was the biggest month for venture-backed IPOs in more than 13 years. Since August 2000, to be exact. Venture Capital Journal, our affiliate magazine, explores the results.
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