Mark Boslet
Corporate investors continued to pour into venture capital last year, as 264 new corporate-backed venture groups invested for the first time and helped push global activity to a new high. The number of new corporates rose sharply and suggested an acceleration of interest in startup innovation. In 2017, 195 new groups set up shop and […]
Bill Maris' Section 32 has raised $199.4 million for a second venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
Presented here is performance data for Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada‘s vintage 2012 venture capital funds. The figures from the Nevada LP are current as of June 2018. An expanded spreadsheet with additional data is attached. To download the full version of the spreadsheet below with additional data, click here: Nevada PERS venture portfolio (2012) Nevada PERS venture portfolio […]
Jerusalem Venture Partners has raised a $220 million eighth venture-capital fund, according to a tweet.
Fintech investing leaped to a new global record in 2018, with equity capital doubling to $53.8 billion, according to a study from FT Partners. The towering year included the largest-ever financing in the space, Ant Financial’s $14 billion Series C, but also 68 other deals over $100 million, the most on record. In 2017, there […]
Cie Digital Labs said it has struck a partnership with Wavemaker Partners. The deal will commit venture firm Wavemaker to invest in Cie Digital Labs' accelerator companies.
Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures for the Founders Fund, according to a Founders Fund tweet. Rabois joined Khosla in 2013 and is listed on the website as an investment partner, focusing on consumer internet, education, enterprise, financial services and digital health. He led the firm’s investment in Stripe. Earlier in his career he was […]
Menlo Ventures unveiled on Wednesday a $500 million Inflection Fund that will allow it to make Series B and C deals at early-growth-stage companies. The new fund, which had a target of $450 million and was oversubscribed, will look to support portfolio companies and new investments in promising areas of technology. It will complement the […]
HiHello said it raised $2.5 million of seed capital in a round led by August Capital and joined by K9 Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures. HiHello had previously raised $250,000 in pre-seed financing from K9.
IA Capital Group has raised $43.5 million toward a $100 million venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.