PE firms like TPG find fertile M&A ground in VC-backed tech companies
TPG’s recent deal for ed-tech startup EverFi reflects an emerging trend that one partner says the firm [...]
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VC spending on orphan drug companies doubles in first half of 2017
The amount of venture capital going to companies that develop drugs and therapies to treat [...]
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Khosla: There’s less sexual harassment in VC than other industries
Multiple allegations of sexual harassment have emerged and rocked the venture industry this summer, but [...]
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Investments in online payments sector drop in first half of 2017
Deal count and value dropped sharply in the first half of 2017 for the online [...]
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Data spotlight: Europe sees boosts in fundraising, investments and IPOs in Q2
European startups raised $5.01 billion from venture capitalists in second quarter, according to Dow Jones [...]
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Bain closes $390 mln Double Impact Fund, inks first two deals
Bain Capital’s fund for investments in environmentally or socially impactful investments held a final close [...]
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Venture money pours into 157 startups in Israel in Q2
Venture investors poured $1.26 billion into Israeli tech startups in the second quarter, the second [...]
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Kick the bucket: VC-backed startups that have shuttered in 2017
While Snap and MuleSoft celebrated going public by ringing the NYSE bell this year, other [...]
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Five questions with John Ruffolo, CEO of OMERS Ventures
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System launched an in-house venture program in 2011, making it [...]
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On the Bleeding Edge: Funds for and by women and what to do when VCs go on vacay
Although the venture community has been pounded in the past few weeks by repeated stories [...]
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Dashboard: Fundraising spikes in June, deal activity falls
Venture activity in June was mostly positive as M&A, IPOs and firm fundraising each increased [...]
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Data spotlight: Top 10 June deals in IT, cleantech, healthcare and security
The number of venture deals in June in the healthcare, information technology, security and cleantech [...]
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Data spotlight: NEA ranks as most active VC in first half
New Enterprise Associates, which raised $3.3 billion for its 16th fund in June, invested more [...]
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Data spotlight: Fashion retailer Farfetch helps boost UK funding total in June
The United Kingdom led European nations in venture activity in June, as 21 U.K.-based companies [...]
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Fund performance: Column Group, Canaan Partners lead emerging fund portfolio at University of California
Funds from the Column Group, Canaan Partners and GGV Capital lead a portfolio of nascent [...]
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Venture-backed stocks held steady in June
The Thomson Reuters’ Post-Venture Capital Index (PVCI) saw an incremental climb of 6.36 points to end [...]
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Poizner’s new Alliance to promote the next Silicon Valley
Steve Poizner, San Diego resident, serial entrepreneur and onetime California gubernatorial candidate, says the time has [...]
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Many VC firms unprepared to prevent, manage sexual-harassment situations
Venture firms could be on the hook for failing to prevent sexual harassment, and not [...]
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