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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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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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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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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Mistral, TandemLaunch forge strategic partnership, invest in Stratuscent
Two like-minded Canadian venture firms have formed a strategic partnership and marked the occasion with [...]
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How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit co-investors
When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common [...]
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IPO Profiles: Four VC-backed companies debuted in June, led by Blue Apron
Four venture-backed IPOs were completed in June, one less than in May. But the combined [...]
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Venture investing rebounds in Q2, fundraising strong
Venture investing rebounded in the second quarter with $21.8 billion going to 1,958 deals with [...]
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Data spotlight: Venture-backed M&A lags 2016 in first half of 2017
Mergers and acquisitions of U.S.-based venture-backed companies in the first half of 2017 lagged behind [...]
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Awaiting a banking solution, cannabis firms eye blockchain-payment tech
Flush with cash but prohibited from working with traditional banks, some cannabis companies are turning [...]
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Canadian VC sustains robust pace as top Q2 deals raise C$518 mln
Canada’s top 10 venture-capital financings in the second quarter drew C$518 million ($400 million) from [...]
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Getting a handle on carry-on-luggage innovation
Like a lot of lumbering land-based species, luggage has evolved slowly, from the steamer trunk [...]
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Enterprise-software investor Gary Little on his two deals this week
This week, Canvas Ventures Partner Gary Little led investments in Platform9 and Kinetica, marking the [...]
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