Nebraska considers bet on NEA’s largest fund to date
Public pensions usually don’t get access to top performing venture capital funds. But Nebraska doesn’t [...]
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Sierra Ventures seeks $175 mln for 12th flagship fund
Sierra Ventures, a San Mateo, California-based firm, is seeking $175 million for its 12th fund, [...]
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Venture investing keeps strong pace in Q1 thanks to SoftBank
Venture capitalists kept a quick pace to their activity in the first quarter, with U.S. [...]
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February IPO profiles: Drugmaker Gossamer Bio leads the way
IPO activity has so far been slow in 2019 as the VC and tech communities [...]
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Flagship Pioneering raises $824 mln for larger special opportunities fund, spun out four companies last year
Flagship Pioneering said it raised $824 million for a second special opportunities fund, an almost [...]
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February Dashboard: Fundraising was robust, but falls short of January’s high watermark
A number of venture firms secured fund commitments in February, but the month’s totals dropped [...]
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Post Venture Capital Index gains ground in February
The Thomson Reuters’ Post Venture Capital Index (PVCI) declined in February, reversing the drop it [...]
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European firm Btov aims to take leading position in industrial tech
By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent Of the many routes to forming a VC firm, perhaps [...]
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Ascent Venture Partners GPs launch debut fund with new shop
Three GPs from Ascent Venture Partners are raising their debut fund, targeting $125 million for [...]
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Battery’s Scott Tobin on immigrant entrepreneurs, VC in Israel
Alex Furman was 11 when he and his family escaped the crumbling Soviet Union in [...]
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VCs on the Move: Monthly recap includes Y Combinator’s Altman and more
Y Combinator: Sam Altman stepped down as president to become chairman. Other partners will assume Altman’s [...]
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VC emerging manager roundup: MSA, ESO, Project A, Lo Toney and more
Emerging managers raised more than $3.1 billion in the past few weeks. Venture firms were [...]
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SXSW is all about the VC networking … and those electric scooters
Venture capitalists are a peripatetic bunch. They fly around the world to meet with prospective [...]
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CrowdSmart offers data-driven approach for angels, small funds
With data analysis becoming more prevalent at venture firms, microfund managers, accelerators and individual investors [...]
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Allos’ John McIlwraith on the Midwest’s rise of the rest
Allos Ventures targets deals within a five-hour drive, so that means scouting beyond its home [...]
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TCV commits $50 mln in Series C to edtech platform Newsela
Technology Crossover Ventures endorsed tech-powered educational platform Newsela with $50 million in Series C funding, [...]
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Miami VC caught up in alleged college-admission scam
Robert Zangrillo, a real estate developer and venture capitalist from Florida, is among the 50 [...]
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International startups can speed the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems
By Matthew McCooe, Connecticut Innovations Hypergrowth startups are essential for a community’s transformation to an [...]
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