Fintech companies pursing payments, lending, and wealth management have attracted the lion’s share of the fintech dollars over the past several years. Bitcoin and blockchain companies, too. So where are investors looking today? The answer is insurance, infrastructure, credit scoring and customer-facing apps, or services. Another emerging area of interest appears to be crowdfunding, where […]
What I learned about The House Fund from the IVP party, and my thoughts on the the VC-backed Stemcentrx getting acquired
Madrona’s Matt McIlwain chats about smart cloud applications, micro services and potential M&A
The performance of the 17 venture funds in the portfolio is in line with the post-dot-com era
In Q1, 76 VC-backed companies were acquired, with a disclosed value of $4.8 billion combined
A summary of recent fundraising closes from around the world, with Excel tables
Pure-play medtech funds are rare, but one firm has breezed to its first despite a leap in investment-stage focus
A new slew of companies focused on the individual real estate investor are raising cash; will the risks deter VCs?
A number of firms, many of them emerging managers, have filed regulatory documents indicating their intent to raise new funds or they have reported initial closes
LPs and GPs are optimistic when it comes to the value of their portfolios. But they remain cautious about the current venture climate, especially when it comes to the robust pace of recent firm fundraising. That was one of the takeaways from PartnerConnect East in Boston, which included VCJ‘s annual East Coast conference, Venture Alpha East, in […]