Jim McCann, who made his fortune with 1-800-Flowers, seeks innovation through family office
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Texas Municipal upsizes commitment to Updata
Texas Municipal Retirement System upsized its commitment to the flagship fund of growth-stage investor Updata Partners. [...]
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Fund Performance: Spark, TCV, Polaris lead LACERS venture portfolio
Funds from Spark Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures and Polaris Partners hold the top spots in [...]
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Friday Letter: Megadeals take hold across pond, Softbank eyes jackpot from Slack IPO, Meeker talks Internet trends
A weekly letter from the VCJ editor about top news items, what we're hearing on [...]
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Startups aim to remove stigma of mental-health treatment from workplaces
The concept of mental health is still somewhat taboo, especially in the workplace. But in [...]
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Seed-stage fund managers prove connections are everything
If you’re a VC, you treasure your connections. You rely on your entrepreneurial contacts and [...]
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Healthcare’s latest prescription: more capital
The following story is part of a cover package VCJ published in its June issue [...]
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JAZZ, AllegisCyber, Fika and more emerging managers highlight latest roundup
Emerging managers raised more than $1.4 billion from May 22 through June 5. Venture firms [...]
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Venture capital returns tumble in turbulent fourth quarter
Venture capital returns fell in the fourth quarter of last year, taking a cue from [...]
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Friday Letter: SoftBank LPs; the Yellowbrick road; will SEC’s lawsuit chill ICOs?
A weekly letter from the VCJ editor about items heard-on-the-grapevine, recent event happenings, data and [...]
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Former Sequoia investor Mark Stevens banned from Warriors games
The other big loser at the Golden State Warriors game Wednesday night – the “Dubs” [...]
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Ethical concerns dog gene editing
The following story is part of a cover package VCJ published in its June issue [...]
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Aaron Rodgers-backed Rx3 Ventures launches with $50 mln
Rx3 Ventures, a firm co-founded by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, launched on Wednesday [...]
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Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures leverages its financial services network to find fintech investments
Point72 Ventures is a venture firm formed in 2016, as an independent arm of Point72 [...]
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China’s tech revolution creates diversification headache for LPs
A growing number of Chinese businesses are being marketed as TMT-based, an industry conference in [...]
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New signs of life in Canadian venture-backed exits
In his 2019 Canadian venture and startup predictions, OMERS Ventures Managing Partner Jim Orlando laments [...]
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LP interest in SoftBank’s second Vision Fund reportedly cools
SoftBank shook up the venture industry when it introduced its $100 billion Vision Fund two [...]
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Slack offers new test of direct listings
By Alejandro Ortiz, SharesPost Slack Technologies, the workplace messaging and collaboration platform, will be making [...]
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