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Zinier said it raised $22 million of Series B financing in an oversubscribed round led by existing investor Accel and joined by Founders Fund, Nokia-backed NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and existing investor Newfund.
Peter Thiel-backed FF Miruvor Management has raised $84.3 million for a venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
Investing dynamics appear to remain strong in seed and especially at the upper end of the market, despite the three-year decline in seed deals. Considerable competition still takes place to lead top seed deals, and the slack in deal volume across the United States is hard to see, investors said. Activity levels feel particularly strong […]
In the beginning, venture capital created the Series A. Now, young companies raise an expanding variety of early rounds; so many, it is hard to keep track. Seed, pre-seed, post seed, angel, seed prime, seed extension, A prime: The nomenclature for initial institutional, and non-institutional, capital has changed strikingly in a decade. Who even thinks […]
Former Mayfield Fund Partner Robin Vasan has raised a $40 million venture capital fund, according to a regulatory filing. The fund, Mango Capital 2018, attracted capital from 45 limited partners, the filing shows. The filing lists Mango Capital’s address as Los Altos, California. Vasan, also known as Robert, left Mayfield in December 2018, according to […]
In mid-February, Upfront Ventures investor and blogger Mark Suster took on one of venture’s most vexing questions: Why has seed investing tumbled? His conclusion: A growing maturity of the seed business and a static level of A-round activity. He is right on both accounts. But there may be more behind this multi-year nosedive, according to […]
Anitian said it raised an $11 million Series A from ForgePoint Capital. The cyber security company focuses on cloud security and compliance automation.
When the final tally came in, life science and technology IPO activity held relatively steady during the second half of 2018, despite raucous financial markets, but technology deals showed a surprising amount of insider buying. Of the 23 technology deals that took place on U.S. markets in the final six months of last year, 65 […]
Sorenson Ventures said it raised a more than $110 million first fund targeting early-stage investments in enterprise software and security startups. The fund is managed by Intel Capital veterans Ken Elefant and Rob Rueckert and will leverage the analytic and operational capabilities of Utah growth-equity and buyout firm Sorenson Capital. Sorenson Ventures said the fund […]
FirstMark Capital raised $30 million for its FirstMark Capital S1 fund, according to a filing with the SEC.