Marina Temkin
Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, California-based venture firm, is seeking $225 million for its second fund, according to a regulatory filing. The document states that the firm already raised $77.5 million from 21 LPs. The second fund is nearly twice as big as the firm’s debut $120 million fund, which was closed during summer 2017. […]
Last year, John Vrionis, who was previously a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, launched Unusual Ventures together with Joyti Bansal, the founder of Lightspeed-backed AppDynamics, which was sold to Cisco for $3.7 billion in 2017. Vrionis has an impressive track record leading investments in enterprise technologies. Besides AppDynamics, he led deals in Nicira, which sold […]
SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, a Virginia-based firm that backs companies in the area and whose partners have their hands in the region’s sports teams, has raised less than half of its latest fund, which is also its largest to date. The firm raised $109.8 million from 97 LPs towards its $250 million fourth venture […]
The trend in 2018 was larger, but fewer M&A deals, according to the annual M&A Report from PitchBook. North American M&A activity hit $2 trillion for the fourth year in a row, the report said. The number of deals, however, steadily dropped to 11,208 from 14,452 in 2015, implying that deal sizes have inched up […]
Rosecliff Ventures, a New York City-based venture firm, is seeking to raise $150 million for its fourth fund according to a regulatory filing. A first sale was not reported. Launched in 2016, the firm was initially focused on early-stage seed deals. Since then, Rosecliff has expanded to provide ongoing support for each of its portfolio […]
BlueRun Ventures Asia, the China and Korea-based division of BlueRun Ventures, is raising $350 million for BRV Aster Fund III and $150 million for BRV Aster Fund Opportunity Fund II, according to regulatory filings. First sale is yet to occur. The Asian division is led by General Partners Jui Tan in China and Kwan Yoon […]
Last week, Unusual Partners, a venture firm focusing on early-stage startups, announced that it hired Andrew Johns, former president of Wealthfront, as a consumer technology-focused investment partner. The Menlo Park, California-based firm was started in early 2018 by John Vrionis, a former partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Jyoti Bansal, the founder of the Lightspeed-backed AppDynamics, […]
Chinese venture firm Qiming Venture Partners has set out to raise $250 million for its second U.S.-based healthcare venture fund, according to a regulatory filing. Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund II will focus on early-stage healthcare opportunities in the United States and Europe. The firm’s first U.S. healthcare fund raised $120 million in 2017. The firm operates […]
Leawood Venture Capital, a Leawood, Kansas-based firm, is raising $75 million for its second fund. The firm will invest in 20 to 25 startups, writing checks from $1 million to $3 million to early-stage and growth-stage tech companies, Founding Partner Brendan Fallis told VCJ. The firm has so far raised about $5.1 million towards Leawood […]
Austin, Texas-based legal tech company Disco just announced an $83 million Series E round led by Georgian Partners, bringing total investment to $135 million. Bessemer Venture Partners, LiveOak Venture Partners, the Stephens Group and Comerica also participated in the latest round. The company uses artificial intelligence to help lawyers and other legal professionals with e-discovery […]