Data spotlight: U.K. leads Europe in April with money raised by startups
Though some fear that Brexit will cause startup funding to leave Great Britain, that has [...]
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VC returns lag other PE assets in UC endowment, pension
Venture investments were among the lowest-performing assets in the University of California’s endowment and pension [...]
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Venture-backed stocks move upward in April
The Thomson Reuters’ Post-Venture Capital Index (PVCI) gained nearly 30 points to end April at 1106.28, [...]
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IPO Profiles: Five new debuts in April, led by unicorns
There were five venture-backed IPOs in April, compared with three in March. But proceeds fell. [...]
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Menlo Ventures raises oversubscribed $450 mln fund: Updated
Menlo Ventures has raised a $450 million 14th fund for early-stage investing, representing an increase [...]
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Germany’s HTGF finds fertile ground for seed funding
Tracking early-stage investment is a difficult task because plenty of non-institutional funding sources from various [...]
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ZirMed, backed by Sequoia, heads to the market
ZirMed, the healthcare-IT provider backed by one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture firms, is [...]
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Honeywell launches $100 mln venture fund
Honeywell International Inc has launched a $100 million venture fund to invest in emerging technology [...]
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Dashboard: Exit proceeds drop in April, fundraising also drops
All the indices dropped in April, compared with March, with the proceeds from venture-backed M&A [...]
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Singapore investor focuses on promoting startups that solve the country’s problems
Singapore already offers many of the building blocks essential to fostering innovation, such as strong [...]
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Chinese VC investments surge with government’s encouragement
The Chinese government’s efforts to encourage venture backing of entrepreneurship appear to be paying off, [...]
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Fund performance: JMI, Top Tier, M/C lead mid-decade venture portfolio
Funds from JMI Equity, Top Tier Capital Partners and M/C Partners lead a portfolio of [...]
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LPs and fund managers agree: Diversity is good for business
Investors increasingly recognize that doing good is simply good for business. But work remains to be [...]
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CalPERS diversifies PE ranks despite challenges posed by state law
California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s emerging-manager program is increasingly targeting investments with women- and minority-owned [...]
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Five Questions with MaRS IAF’s Michelle McBane and BDC’s Michelle Scarborough
While female founders are a growing presence in North America’s tech sectors, a wealth of [...]
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GV’s Toney plans to spinoff venture fund Plexo Capital
GV Partner Lo Toney said he plans to spinoff an independent fund, called Plexo Capital, [...]
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Meet the firm that wants to turn fundraising upside down with the blockchain
Venture capitalists hunt for ideas that will disrupt, disintermediate or democratize other industries, but the [...]
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Chatbot-powered recruitment heats up as Emergence backs Mya Systems with $11.4 mln
San Francisco-based Mya Systems, formerly known as FirstJob, announced Wednesday that it has raised $11.4 [...]
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