Venture capital, emerging manager roundup: Amplify, Contour and more
Emerging managers have been busy in recent weeks. Below is a summary of the firms [...]
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French firm Go Capital keeps a lead in seed
By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent French venture capital, driven particularly by state-backed investor Bpifrance, in the [...]
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Monthly recap of VC fundraising activity through Sept. 14
U.S.-Focused Funds Andreessen Horowitz unveiled a Cultural Leadership Fund with the dual aim of encouraging more [...]
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Base10 raises $137 mln for AI applications in automation, sans robots
Base10, the San Francisco early-stage venture firm founded by a pair of entrepreneurs and investors, today [...]
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Three former Social Capital partners form Tribe Capital
Three former partners of Social Capital, who abandoned their roles this summer, have come together [...]
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Palestinian VC Sadara: building startups in a challenging environment
By Joshua Mitnick, VCJ Correspondent Seven years ago, a Palestinian software executive, Saed Nashef, and [...]
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Defy defies the odds in funding Series A companies
Last fall, Defy Partners quietly raised $151 million for its maiden fund. Although the firm [...]
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Benhamou Global Ventures raises $40 mln for first opportunity fund
Benhamou Global Ventures, the internationally focused early-stage fund founded by the onetime chairman and chief executive [...]
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French firm Ring Capital banking on PE firms buying tech companies
By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent Helped by generous state investment and an entrepreneur-friendly government, new [...]
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Monthly recap of fund briefs, as of July 16
U.S.-focused funds Floret Ventures is seeking $25 million for its new fund. Stella Kleiman and Lily Teng serve as general [...]
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SaaS growth investor Blue Cloud Ventures wraps up its second institutional fund
Blue Cloud Ventures, which makes late-venture and early-growth capital investments in SaaS companies, closed its [...]
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Boston’s Glasswing Ventures closes AI-focused debut on $112 mln
Glasswing Ventures wrapped up its inaugural fund with $112 million in commitments to invest in seed-stage [...]
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Xange’s Rose: French VC moving at speed of U.S. peers
By Alex Derber, VCJ Correspondent France and the Benelux region supplied 45 percent of all [...]
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Moonshots Capital, led by and investing in military vets, rockets from angel to venture
Kelly Perdew’s multiple chapters already include U.S. Army officer, entrepreneur, winner of Season 2 of [...]
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Jay-Z to launch venture firm with Walden’s Larry Marcus
Music producer and rapper Jay-Z has partnered with Larry Marcus, managing director of Walden Venture [...]
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Monthly recap of fund briefs, as of June 21
Through June 20, U.S. firms have raised more than $18.4 billion for 172 funds, which [...]
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With Fund II, Camber Creek focuses on growing industry demand for real estate tech
A decade ago, real estate tech was virtually unheard of, with few startups looking to [...]
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New York-focused seed investor Primary Venture Partners raises $100 mln for second fund
Primary Venture Partners, a New York-focused seed investor that has realized exits with Jet.com and [...]
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