Exclusive research by Venture Capital Journal found a total of 102 women-led firms have raised a combined $5bn since the start of 2022.
"Sequoia Capital wouldn't be what it is today without Michael," Roelof Botha, who leads Sequoia, wrote to limited partners in a letter viewed by Venture Capital Journal.
The fund will incubate and build-early stage next-generation biotechnology companies in the Los Angeles region and beyond.
CoinFund, a crypto-focused venture capital firm, announced that it has closed on $158 million for CoinFund Seed IV Fund LP, beating its $125 million target.
Industry Ventures has beaten the initial target for its latest flagship secondaries fund and appears to have also increased the total amount of capital it is seeking.
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The climate-focused impact investor’s portfolio is already made up of almost 33% underrepresented founders, and it wants to double that with its sophomore effort.
Using Michael Sonnenfeldt's TIGER 21 network, the New York-based VC firm is introducing start-ups to additional investors and strategic industry contacts who can support their go-to-market efforts.
Richard Blakesley is using AI to vet investments for the Boost Fund, noting that 'the early-stage fundraising process is plagued by bias of all sorts: expert bias, pattern-recognition bias, network bias and so forth.'
Maximilian Winter began investing from the Winter family office and launched Harmonix in 2017.