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Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Highland to raise a $300 mln tenth venture fund, on the site PE Hub 10 hours, 28 minutes ago

Highland Capital Partners has set out to raise a $300 million tenth venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund is a reduction from the firm’s $400 million ninth fund raised in 2013, though […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Andreessen Horowitz names Jorge Conde as general partner., on the site PE Hub 1 day, 6 hours ago

Andreessen Horowitz has named Jorge Conde as its newest general partner.

Conde will join General Partner Vijay Pande to run the firm’s bio fund aimed at investments at the cross section of biology, computer s […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Bessemer names Birnbaum, Karp and Shen to partner, on the site PE Hub 1 day, 16 hours ago

Bessemer Venture Partners named Charles Birnbaum, Amit Karp and Kristina Shen to partner, according to a press release.

Charles Birnbaum was previously vice president in the firm’s New York office and joined Be […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Seven Peaks Ventures to raise $30 mln second fund, on the site PE Hub 2 days, 10 hours ago

Seven Peaks Ventures has set out to raise a $30 million second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The Bend, OR, firm is led by General Partner Dino Vendetti, formerly of Bay Partners and […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, MKACyber raises $4.1 mln in Series A funding, on the site PE Hub 3 days, 8 hours ago

MKACyber said it raised $4.1 million in Series A funding, according to a press release. The company did not name its investors.

The security operations services provider said it would use the capital to expand […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Health Velocity to raise $150 mln maiden venture fund, on the site PE Hub 3 days, 9 hours ago

Health Velocity Capital has set out to raise a $150 million maiden venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The firm is managed by Bruce Crosby and Martin Felsenthal, previously at investor at HLM […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Weathergage raises $296 mln for fourth fund of funds, on the site PE Hub 3 days, 9 hours ago

Weathergage Capital said it raised $296 million for a fourth fund of funds, according to a press release.

The firm said investors in Weathergage Venture Capital IV include U.S. and international pension funds, […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Laura Deming’s Longevity Fund raises $12.6 million for venture fund, on the site PE Hub 6 days, 10 hours ago

Laura Deming’s Longevity Fund has raised $12.6 million for a second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund invests in companies combating human aging. Longevity Fund 2 received commitments […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Glynn raises $153.4 mln for fifth venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week ago

Glynn Capital has raised $153.4 million toward a fifth venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

Glynn Partners V has a target of $200 million, the filing shows. Sixty-seven LPs committed […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Generator Ventures raises $51.4 mln toward venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 1 day ago

Generator Ventures has raised $51.4 million toward a venture capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund does not list a target. Forty-two LPs made commitments.

The filing can be found here.

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, MedMen raises $60 mln for cannabis focused opportunity fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 2 days ago

MedMen has raised $60 million for its cannabis-focused MedMen Opportunity Fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The venture capital fund has a target of $100 million. Eighty-seven LPs have committed […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Actility raises $75 mln Series D from Cisco Investments, BNP, others, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 2 days ago

Actility said it raised a $75 million Series D round from Cisco Investments and BNP Paribas, along with existing investors Creadev, Orange, Inmarsat and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

Actility is developing low […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, University Venture Fund to raise $30 mln second venture fund, on the site PE Hub 1 week, 3 days ago

The University Venture Fund is raising a second venture fund with a target of $30 million, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund is largely a regional impact investor and includes the participation of […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Angels show caution in 2016 with investment dollars down 13.5 percent, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks ago

Angel investors displayed a growing caution in 2016 with deal volume, dollars invested and the average deal size lower than in 2015, according to a study from the Center for Venture Research at the University of […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Geekdom Fund raises $20 mln for second venture fund, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks ago

The Geekdom Fund has raised $20 million for a second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The micro VC does early stage investing in San Antonio and south Texas.

The filing can be found here.

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, AngelPad, Y Combinator top study of U.S. accelerators, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The accelerators AngelPad and Y Combinator came out on top of a 2017 study of U.S. accelerators by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project.

The annual study is conducted by professors and researchers at Rice […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, World Innovation Lab raises $236 mln toward second venture fund, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 1 day ago

World Innovation Lab has raised $236 million toward a second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The fund – WiL Fund II – has a target of $400 million, according to the filing. An earlier filing […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Minerva raises $7.5 mln in Amplify led deal, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Minerva said it raised $7.5 million in Series A funding in a deal led by Amplify Partners.

Israeli-based Minerva, which is developing end-point security products, said additional investors in the round include […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Bessemer promotes Michael Segal to vice president, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Bessemer Venture Partners said it promoted Michael Segal to vice president from senior associate.

He will continue to work with Partner Ethan Kurzweil to identify startups in areas such as developer platforms, […]

Mark Boslet wrote a new post, Causeway Media raises $207.3 mln for second venture fund, on the site PE Hub 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Causeway Media Partners has raised $207.3 million for a second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The firm, which invests in sports media and sports technology companies, had initially targeted […]