Baruch Future Ventures is the family office of venture capitalist Tom Baruch. Baruch has been an investor for more than three decades. At Exxon he managed investments and invested in early-stage companies like Supertex, which went public in 1982 and was bought by Microtech in 2014. Baruch collaborated with New Enterprise Associates to found CMEA Capital in 1988; some of its notable investments were Aclara Biosciences, now […]
Healthcare investing in the Midwest jumped last year with the enormous Outcome Health funding energizing activity in the digital health space. Whether the subsequent controversy surrounding Outcome Health will impact this year’s deal making is yet unknown. The region witnessed a 43 percent jump in healthcare investing in 2017, according to BioEnterprise, with a total […]
You eat what you are. That’s the thesis driving a group of startups that offer nutrition advice customized to individual consumers. After all, nutrition is getting highly personal. Advances in DNA technology are pushing the science from broad guidelines, such as eat less meat and sugar, more fruits and vegetables, to advice tailored to your […]
Venture investors are mulling a new use for special-purpose vehicles, as a way to increase their exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital tokens, while insulating the broader venture funds from the cryptoinvestments’ volatility and uncertainties. Investors and attorneys see advantages, and some serious downsides, to this novel niche in venture investing. But venture firms are reluctant to […]
The Department of Justice and the SEC rebuffed claims by the issuer of two allegedly fraudulent initial coin offerings that U.S. securities laws are “unconstitutionally vague” as applied to cryptocurrencies. Instead, the government argues, in dual filings submitted to a federal court on March 19, the ICOs in question “comfortably fit” within the parameters of existing […]
Funds from Battery Ventures and Viola Ventures lead a portfolio of 2008 vintage venture funds at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. The portfolio favors mid-sized funds with early and multi-stage approaches to investing. Three of the five funds are between $200 million and $350 million in size, and one is under $200 million. The […]
By Rohit Kulkarni, SharesPost With an estimated $750 million offering, Dropbox’s IPO might be the largest in 2018 so far. As we have written in our previous analyses, we continue to believe that Dropbox could become a leading cloud storage and enterprise software company. Dropbox is the only unicorn to generate free cash flow. It […]
Are inland states seeing more venture capital deals and dollars? Yes and no. More venture investors say they’re looking outside the tech hubs in California, New York, and Massachusetts for their next investments. They cite skyrocketing costs of living, increasing fatigue toward tech companies and perceived ideological homogeneity as reasons for them to consider parking their […]
The SEC has made headlines in recent weeks as it investigates token offerings that may be in violation of securities laws, but it is not the only regulator to probe potentially dishonest or fraudulent cryptocurrency projects. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates derivatives markets, is also asserting its jurisdiction in clamping down on […]
Whitney Rockley is that rare individual in Canada’s venture market: a female investment pro of more than two decades experience, 16 of those years spent in senior roles in VC firms on both sides of the Atlantic. She also happens to be the first woman chair of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. And her current position may be the most important of her career: managing partner of McRock Capital, a Toronto firm she co-founded with Scott MacDonald in 2012.