AvatarFrankflipped into Business Capital Raising These are the Top Venture Capital Firms of 2020 verified_publisherEntrepreneur - Aman JainWe ranked these 7 Venture Capital Firms on the basis of Investment to Exit Ratio only. Venture capital is a type of private equity that primarily invests in start-up and small companies exhibiting long-term...
David Pierceflipped into Source CodeAdam Neumann How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Charles DuhiggEven the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after another—hoping that its gamble would pay off before...
AvatarRick Timmerflipped into BusinessTrading An automated trading firm turns its machine learning expertise to venture capital investing verified_publisherQuartz - John DetrixheXTX Markets doesn’t have any human traders. But it does have human venture capitalists. XTX is well known in the financial industry as an automated trading firm—it buys and sells some $250 billion of from...
TechCrunchflipped into News about startups from TechCrunchVenture Capital Founders don't need to be full-time to start raising venture capital verified_publisherTechCrunch - Natasha Mascarenhas“More than 50% of our founders still are in their current jobs,” said John Vrionis, co-founder of seed-stage fund Unusual Ventures. The fund, which closed a $400 million investment vehicle in November...
Forbesflipped into InnovationCapital Raising 30 Under 30 In Venture Capital 2021: Meet The Young Investors Spotting Tech’s Next Breakouts Forbes - Alex KonradHailing from new funds, old firms and a game-changing diversity group, these standout investors represent venture capital’s next wave. Frederik Groce moved a lot growing up, living mostly in motels. A...
Addaflipped into FinanceDigital HealthInvestors just poured $5.8 billion into startups in the hottest part of healthcare. Here are the 5 top venture capital firms... verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Blake DodgeInvestors poured a record $18.1 billion into healthcare companies in the last quarter, according to a new industry report by CB Insights. Digital health startups, or those that use technology like smartphones...
Jamesflipped into StartUpStartups 8 Venture Capital And Technology Trends To Watch In 2021 Forbes - Chris Smith2020 was a stop, start year. Normal levels of activity until around March, a three to four-month pause, and then almost back to pre-pandemic levels. As we go into 2021, the funding market is experiencing...
Fortuneflipped into TechVenture Capital Twitter and a Supercell billionaire are backing a new A.I.-focused venture capital fund verified_publisherFortune - Jeremy Kahn Twitter and top executives from Google and video game company Supercell are among those backing a London venture capitalist’s new fund dedicated to …
TechCrunchflipped into News about startups from TechCrunchCapital Raising Mental health startups are raising spirits and venture capital verified_publisherTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmA spate of startups focused on mental health recently made enough noise as a group that they caught the eye of the Equity podcast crew. Sadly, the segment we’d planned to discuss this topic was swept by...
Unsecurityflipped into Free Speech, Disinformation & Media BalanceCEOs How Clubhouse brought the culture war to Silicon Valley’s venture capital community verified_publisherThe Verge - Zoe SchifferOn July 1st, a group of venture capitalists and well-known tech elites logged on to the invite-only social platform Clubhouse to discuss a pressing issue in Silicon Valley: journalists canceling CEOs....
GeekWireflipped into ScienceCapital Raising A SPAC called FLAC? Seattle venture capital firm to launch $100 million ‘blank check’ company geekwire.com - John Cook One of Seattle’s biggest and longest active venture capital firms is looking to jump into the SPAC arena. Frazier Healthcare Partners — which has …
CNBCflipped into World NewsCapital Raising Eric Schmidt is backing a new $111 million European venture capital fund verified_publisherCNBC - Sam Shead LONDON — Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is one of several tech executives backing a new early-stage European venture capital fund. The tech …
TechCrunchflipped into Top StoriesVenture Capital Scotts Miracle-Gro gets into the venture capital business with a $50 million fund, because it's 2020 verified_publisherTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberScotts Miracle-Gro, the lawn care and fertilizer giant that has opened up a secondary business as a pioneer in cannabis and hemp cultivation, is launching a $50 million corporate venture capital fund 1868...
The Globe and Mailflipped into BusinessCapital Raising Toronto venture capital firm ScaleUP changes mandate to become climate-technology financier verified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Sean SilcoffAn Ontario government-backed venture capital firm that aimed to connect Canada’s corporate giants with promising domestic software startups is transforming into a clean-technology financier. ScaleUP Ventures...
TechCrunchflipped into Top StoriesVenture Capital Santander spins out its $400M fintech venture capital arm, now called Mouro Capital verified_publisherTechCrunch - Steve O'HearSantander, the Spanish multinational banking giant, is announcing that its fintech venture arm is to be spun out and will be managed more autonomously going forward. Previously known as Santander InnoVentures...
CNBCflipped into MarketsVenture CapitalWhy the head of a top China-based venture capital firm says TikTok is a massive litmus test for the globalization of Chinese... verified_publisherCNBC Ben Harburg, managing partner of China-based venture capital firm MSA Capital, discusses the TikTok situation and the broader implications for …
MIT Technology Reviewflipped into MIT Technology ReviewVenture Capital Podcast: Lassoing the venture capital cowboys MIT Technology Review - Wade Roush Venture firms fuel untold innovation in the US, but still exclude women and people of color, and fail to fund many of the technologies we need …
TechCrunchflipped into Top StoriesTechnology 2 Kindred Capital partners discuss the firm's focus and equitable venture model verified_publisherTechCrunch - Steve O'HearKindred Capital, the London-based VC that backs early-stage founders in Europe and Israel, recently closed its second seed fund at £81 million. Out if its first fund raised in 2018, the firm has backed...
Bloombergflipped into BloombergCapital Raising Greylock Partners Raises $1 Billion for Venture Capital Fund verified_publisherBloomberg - Katie Roof Greylock Partners, an early investor in Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., has raised $1 billion for its its sixteenth fund. The veteran venture firm …