Bain Capital Ventures supporting financial infrastructure for crypto assets with recent deals
Bain Capital Ventures is investing in companies aiming to build an infrastructure for crypto assets [...]
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GreenSky’s IPO and the second wave of fintech offerings
By Rohit Kulkarni, SharesPost GreenSky is scheduled to go public this week at a price [...]
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Walmart becomes SoftBank of ecommerce startups
By Rohit Kulkarni, SharesPost Walmart paid $16 billion for a 77 percent majority stake in [...]
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VC-backed Aspire Health weighs strategic options
Venture-capital-backed Aspire Health, which manages in-home end-of-life care for individuals facing serious illness, is exploring strategic [...]
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Lack of accounting rules for tokens, ICOs can hinder venture exits
Digital tokens are often touted to venture investors as a track to liquidity that’s much [...]
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Post Venture Capital Index bounces back, gains ground in April
After two consecutive months of decline, the Thomson Reuters’ Post Venture Capital Index (PVCI) gained [...]
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Top 10: deal count and equity fall in software sector in April compared to year before
April saw an overall decrease in deal count and increase in equity invested compared to [...]
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April IPO Profiles: Unicorn DocuSign leads the way
In April, five venture-backed companies went public on U.S. exchanges, the same number in the [...]
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Stop trying to understand cryptomining and start evaluating investments
By Cale Moodie, Neptune Dash There is a prevailing belief that you need to grasp [...]
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April Dashboard: M&A picks up as fundraising levels out
Led by Roche’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Flatiron Health, venture-backed M&A proceeds surged in April. [...]
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Israel sees strong Q1 investments with rebound in cybersecurity
Israel posted a third straight quarter of strong venture-capital deal activity, with larger rounds lifting [...]
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Blispay is said to seek $30 mln with Series B
A year after completing its last funding round, Blispay is out seeking more capital, three sources said. The [...]
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What America can learn from Canada’s first-mover advantage in cannabis
When Canada announced plans to legalize adult-use cannabis, the world’s press seized on how it [...]
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This nonprofit wants to eliminate investor bias with a credit score for venture capital
Venture dollars disproportionately flow to founding teams that are exclusively male, while women-led companies see [...]
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Venture sinks its teeth into oral-care innovation
Startups have disrupted all sorts of personal-care industries: hair, skin, vision, nutrition, even shaving. Now, [...]
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Cryptocurrency-backed venture fund Pithia invests in digital-ID company Trusted Key
Washington-based venture fund Pithia is aiming to invest in companies that build on RChain, a [...]
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Cybersecurity investments fall sharply in Q1
Cybersecurity worries continue, but cybersecurity investments fell sharply in the first quarter, with U.S. investors [...]
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Pre-money valuations hold at high levels in Q1
Pre-money valuations held at high levels in the first quarter, with Series A deals reaching [...]
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