Few dispute venture capital is an industry with an embarrassing gender imbalance. One problem is many GPs don’t know what steps to take to change it. An obvious start is to begin actively recruiting, at least for associate-level and entry-level positions, something a number of firms have begun to do. This requires expanding networks of […]
The number of women entrepreneurs has grown considerably in the past four years. By 2013, 18 percent of venture-funded companies in the United States had a woman on the executive team, according to a Diana Report study. That is double the 9 percent of 2011. Many factors explain the rise. For one, the frothy investment […]
Nauta Capital’s latest business software fund will maintain the firm’s focus on the U.K. and U.S. and Spanish markets.
Venture-backed acquisitions rise in quarter, led by EMC’s $1.2 billion purchase of Virtustream.
Scott Maxwell talks about building unique services and new initiatives at OpenView Venture Partners
Startups and IPO-bound companies are cooking up plenty of VC interest with convenient, fresh meals
Georgian Partners will soon realize two software investments it made seven years ago, just when the Toronto-based growth equity firm was getting started. E-signature solutions provider Silanis Technology and big data software company Syncsort, the earliest deals of Georgian Partners’ first applied analytics fund, both entered into sales agreements in October.
Wellington Financial, a Toronto-based specialty finance firm, has raised nearly all of its target of $300 million for its fifth innovation-focused private debt fund. Wellington President and CEO Mark McQueen told PE Hub Canada that Wellington Financial Fund V has so far secured $285 million of committed capital. That’s 95 percent of the way to the fund’s hard-cap target.
VCs should be worried that entrepreneurs are hurting themselves with the stampede to join the Unicorn Club
Market volatility hasn’t dampened investor enthusiasm or chased away crossovers, but company creation is slow