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Over the past decade, Texas has emerged as the world’s 10th-largest economy and the second largest in the U.S. behind California. But Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory, an Austin startup accelerator complete with collaborative workspace, thinks the Lone Star State can do even better. The veteran investor has launched what he calls the Texas […]

By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent In the past few years several European VC firms have experimented with alternatives to traditional limited-partner structures, pushing into co-investments and more unusual strategies like a royalty-based model. Perhaps the biggest divergence, though, was last year’s IPO of London-based Draper Esprit, which shifted the firm from a fund-based model to investing […]

Funds from Battery Ventures, DFJ and GGV Capital are at the front of a portfolio of newly minted venture funds at the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System. The portfolio is made up of 14 funds with 2016 and 2017 vintages and reflects a diversified investment focus. Four of the funds do early-stage investing, four do […]

What does a venture capital school have to teach Janet Bannister, general partner at Real Ventures, a former eBay executive, and founder of popular internet brand Kijiji? Plenty, Bannister tells PE Hub Canada. Last week, Bannister joined other investment pros in Vancouver at GP Academy, a program BDC Capital developed in consultation with Silicon Valley VC educator Kauffman Fellows. Launched in May, it provides a boot-camp-style learning environment that aims to buff up investors’ skills.

What does a venture capital school have to teach Janet Bannister, general partner at Real Ventures, a former eBay executive, and founder of popular internet brand Kijiji? Plenty, Bannister tells Venture Capital Journal. Last week, Bannister joined other investment pros in Vancouver, British Columbia at GP Academy, a program BDC Capital developed in consultation with Silicon Valley VC educator Kauffman Fellows. Launched in May, it […]

Steve Jurvetson announced Monday that he would leave the firm he co-founded, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, to focus on personal matters. Those matters included “taking legal action against those whose false statements have defamed me,” according to a tweet he posted. The departure comes as Jurvetson is being investigated by his firm for harassment. DFJ issued […]

Sherpa Capital Managing Director Shervin Pishevar has filed suit against a Republican opposition research firm, alleging it spread false stories about him, according to several news reports. The firm, Definers Public Affairs, denies the claims, the reports said. The suit claims Definers, its founder Matthew Rhoades and President Joe Pounder were retained by competitors or […]

Funds from New Enterprise Associates and Softbank China lead a portfolio of 2015 vintage venture funds at the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System. The portfolio is made up of 10 funds with a focus on mid-tier and larger capital pools. Investment strategies vary from early to multi stage. Half of the funds are between $350 […]

By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent While Berlin is famous as a startup hub, questions about its output of blockbuster exits have lingered. Some of those questions were answered this summer following the the IPO of Delivery Hero, a restaurant delivery service that raised roughly $1.1 billion on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Berlin-based Target Global was […]

The French-born Jeff Clavier got on the phone and said, “Hello. This is Jeff from Uncork.” It was the first time he ever said that. Clavier is announcing today that the firm he founded in 2004 has rebranded and is now known as Uncork Capital as it aims to create an identity for the firm […]