VCs on the Move: Monthly recap through Feb. 14
IBM Ventures: Thomas Whiteaker joined as a partner, according to a LinkedIn post. Whiteaker was a co-founder and [...]
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Venture capital emerging manager roundup: Autotech, Dreamit, Interlock and more
Emerging managers raised $1.7 billion in the past few weeks. But emerging venture firms hit [...]
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Catapult Ventures closes maiden fund above target at $55 mln
Early-stage-focused Catapult Ventures, which invests in artificial intelligence and robotics, closed its inaugural fund above [...]
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Crunching the numbers, PitchBook survey finds greater role of data in VC decision making
Venture investors around the globe continue to rely on personal networks, rather than data, to [...]
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Spotify paid about $175 mln for VC-backed Anchor
Last week, Spotify announced that it is expanding beyond music and getting into the world [...]
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Japan’s DMP buying venture-backed Ushr to create self-driving map platform
Japan’s Dynamic Map Platform agreed to acquire Ushr, a Canadian-born maker of high-definition map technology for [...]
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AutoTech raises $77.5 mln towards its second transportation tech-focused fund
Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, California-based venture firm, is seeking $225 million for its second [...]
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January Dashboard: New year starts strong for fundraising, acquisitions
The venture community had a strong 2018 for fundraising and venture-backed M&A. And January started [...]
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Chinese venture capital appears to slow
Chinese venture capital investing appears to be slowing with the start of 2019, according to [...]
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Eric Woo joins AngelList to help investors raise funding
Eric Woo in December quietly joined AngelList in the new position of head of institutional [...]
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Fund performance: Nevada pension’s venture funds, 2008 to 2010
Presented here is performance data for the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada‘s vintage 2008 to 2010 [...]
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Venture-investor confidence at lowest point in 10 years
Silicon Valley venture investors’ confidence in the entrepreneurial environment fell in Q4 to its lowest [...]
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John Vrionis on his unusual approach to venture capital
Last year, John Vrionis, who was previously a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, launched Unusual [...]
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SWaN and Legend nears the halfway mark of $250 mln fourth fund
SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, a Virginia-based firm that backs companies in the area and [...]
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Early-stage performance fell in Q3, while late-stage advanced
Venture capital returns were mixed in Q3, reflecting relatively benign financial markets before the tumultuous [...]
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Acquisition deal sizes grew in 2018
The trend in 2018 was larger, but fewer M&A deals, according to the annual M&A [...]
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Slack’s bid to become a public decacorn
By Rohit Kulkarni, SharesPost Slack recently announced that it has filed confidential documents for an [...]
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TCV Fund X seals first deal: $200 mln RELEX investment
Technology Crossover Ventures invested $200 million in retail-planning-software provider RELEX Solutions, a pioneer investment out of [...]
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