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Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Nationwide to invest more than $100 mln of venture capital, on the site PE Hub 1 day, 17 hours ago

Nationwide said it will invest more than $100 million of venture capital in startups transforming the insurance and financial services industries, and working to protect data and digital assets, according to a […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Calif senator to introduce legislation addressing sexual harassment from investors: report, on the site PE Hub 1 day, 17 hours ago

California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson is to introduce legislation aimed at strengthening legal protections for entrepreneurs facing sexual harassment from venture investors, according to a news report.

The […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Atreca raises $35 mln Series B co-led by Wellington, on the site PE Hub 2 days, 12 hours ago

Atreca Inc. said it raised a $35 million Series B round of financing co-led by new investor Wellington Management Company. The other lead in the round was a US-based healthcare fund the company did not name other […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, TCV invests $95 mln in Pracuj Group, its first Polish deal, on the site PE Hub 2 days, 18 hours ago

Technology Crossover Ventures said it invested $95 million in Polish job board Pracuj Group, its first investment in Poland.

The deal was initially announced in June with no financial terms. As part of the […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, TCV acquires software maker EtQ, on the site PE Hub 3 days ago

EtQ has been acquired by Technology Crossover Ventures, with funding coming from the $2.5 billion TCV IX, the two firms said. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The investment is EtQ’s first i […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Andrew Ng’s AI Fund to raise $150 mln venture fund, on the site PE Hub 4 days, 18 hours ago

The AI Fund has set out to raise a $150 million venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund is being managed by Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera and a former Baidu chief scientist who led its AI […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Carmel Ventures to raise a fifth venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 1 day ago

Carmel Ventures has set out to raise a fifth venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

No target size was listed. The Israeli firm’s third fund from 2008 was $235 million, according to Thomson Reuters. […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Tech Bureau raises more than $9 mln for COMSA’s ICO, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 2 days ago

Tech Bureau said that Japanese venture capitalists have pledged more than $9 million to COMSA’s initial coin offering. COMSA operates a service designed to streamline ICOs.

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Three ex-Black Coral GPs to raise $400 mln for new firm, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 2 days ago

Three investors from Black Coral Capital have set out to raise a $400 million fund at a new firm, according to a filing with the SEC.

Robert Day, Nikhil Garg and Christian Zabbal are raising the money for […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors merges with Israel’s Marker LLC,, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 4 days ago

Innovation Endeavors said it merged with Israel’s Marker LLC, and in a blog post noted that the combined entity would retain the Innovation Endeavors name.

The post said Innovation Endeavors’ co-founder Eri […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Silicon Valley Data Capital raises $38.3 mln toward venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 5 days ago

Silicon Valley Data Capital said it has raised $38.3 million toward a venture capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The firm was founded by James McLean, a former venture partner at Crosslink […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Volpi Capital Investments raises $54 mln for venture fund, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Volpi Capital Investments has raised $54 million toward a $108 million venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund is to be managed by Mark Pattimore and Matthew Wrigley, according to the form. […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Monta Vista Capital to raise $30 million second venture fund, on the site PE Hub 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Monta Vista Capital has set out to raise a $30 million second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

No first close was reported. The fund is managed by General Partner Venktesh Shukla.

The filing […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Stamos Capital raises $65 mln for venture fund, on the site PE Hub 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Stamos Capital has raised $65 million for a venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund – Stamos & Johnson Fund I – raised the capital from two LPs, the filing shows. The fund’s first close was […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Sequoia appears to increase the size of its 2013 U.S. venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

Sequoia Capital appears to have increased the size of its 2013 core U.S. venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The filing shows the size of the fund at $574.5 million raised from 114 […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Plenty raises $200 mln in SoftBank led round, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

Plenty said it raised $200 million of Series B financing in a round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund and joined by affiliates of Moore Capital Management founder Louis M. Bacon as well as existing investors […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Mangrove Capital Partners raises $170 mln for fifth early stage fund, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

Mangrove Capital Partners said it raised $170 million for a fifth early stage fund targeting investments in Europe and Israel.

The new fund matched the size of earlier funds and took two months to raise with 90 […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Secondary market fundraising slows in the second quarter, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

Secondary market fundraising slowed in the second quarter with just five funds raising $4 billion, according to Preqin.

The decline was a sharp drop from the first quarter, when nine funds collected $19 […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Trident Capital Cybersecurity names Ken Gonzalez managing director, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

Trident Capital Cybersecurity has named Ken Gonzalez as a managing director. His investment focus will include Internet of things security, next generation identity platforms, behavioral data analytics, privacy, […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, AngelList places employee on paid leave of absence over misconduct claim, on the site PE Hub 1 month ago

AngelList employee Lee Jacobs was put on an indefinite paid leave of absence as an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct takes place, TechCrunch reports.

AngelList was informed of the incident two weeks […]