Original Source: http://bit.ly/2Mh6CHg VENTURE July Sets A Record For Number Of $100M+ Venture Capital Rounds Jason D. Rowley 18 hours ago Jason D. Rowleyjason_rowley In July 2018, the tech sector’s leisure…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2ITGBA5 Surkus Inc is based out of Los Angeles as one of the leaders in the crypto industry for event technology. Due to recent changes in their investments, they’ve managed to raise…
Read articleOriginal Source: https://prn.to/2IXuoKA The MarTech Platform Plans to Use Funds To Help Expand Globally, Implement Blockchain Technology NEWS PROVIDED BY Surkus May 24, 2018, 09:12 ET SHARE THIS ARTICLE LOS ANGELES,…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2rerPac LOS ANGELES - June 12, 2017 - PRLog -- Surkus Inc. (www.Surkus.com) lead investor Global Trust Group (www.GlobalTrustGroup.com) is joined by CUI, EverBright Financial Group, Nan…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2oJOw3T PAUL SAWERS@PSAWERS APRIL 26, 2017 6:30 AM Above: OverOps Software analytics company OverOps has raised $30 million in a Series C round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2oJxHq8 April 25, 2017 The US venture market was a bit unsettled heading into 2017. Dealmaking last year was a bit frosty compared to 2014 and 2015, when capital seemed easy to come by.…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2ksfLP7 Chinese Government’s Path into Silicon Valley By Yunan Zhang Jan. 25, 2017 7:02 AM PST · Comment by John Landers Share full article Westlake CEO Yi Zhao. Photo by Westlake. This…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2jaAGJY CHRIS O'BRIEN@OBRIEN JANUARY 11, 2017 3:15 AM Image Credit: Shutterstock In terms of venture capital, 2016 was a great year to determine whether you’re a glass-half-empty or a…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://on.wsj.com/2ey5RMn As they struggle to predict what tech might spark a new boom, investors spread their bets Virtual reality is one of the technologies attracting venture-capital investment.…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2dqUC3A Joshua Mayers October 18, 2016 We recently released our inaugural PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor as a comprehensive resource on all matters venture capital. You can download the…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://go.theinformation.com/qo9FCaPekYc Going Public and the Illiquidity Tax By Jessica E. Lessin Oct. 07, 20167:01 AM PDT Mentions Jeremy Liew,Snap and 4 others SHARE FULL ARTICLE…
Read articleThis article below substantiates a trend that we have felt over the past few months without being able to quantify it. We have indeed noticed a drop in great investment opportunities. Like in every story, there is a…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://on.wsj.com/2bTZ2jt Rare look at startup investors’ performance shows Andreessen Horowitz lags behind Sequoia, Benchmark, Founders Fund Andreessen Horowitz, co-founded by web pioneer Marc…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2bhx7JM I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company. Often this takes the general form of "ugh, all these new…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/2bBEFvY BY SARAH ALLIDINA Published August 22, 2016 Artificial intelligence received $974m of funding as of June 2016 and this figure will only rise with the news that 2016 saw more AI…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://tcrn.ch/2aeVGf6 Posted yesterday by Gené Teare, Joanna Glasner Gené Teare CRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR Gené Teare is the Head of Content atCrunchBase. Joanna Glasner CRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://www.driverlesstransportation.com/13690-13690 July 19, 2016 Jennifer van der Kleut Ford Motor Company has joined a $6.6-million funding round for a startup company working on 3-D mapping. The…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://on.wsj.com/2a50vYb German tech company has created 100 startups, many of which remain unprofitable Rocket co-founder and Chief Executive Oliver Samwer once was hailed as Europe’s great hope at…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bloom.bg/1sZ7Xsq The secretive startup is reportedly building an Uber-like service with driverless vehicles. A funding round could value Zoox at more than $1 billion. Ellen Huet May 27, 2016 —…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://on.wsj.com/1sZ95fJ Recent investment implies a $1 billion-plus valuation for the secretive startup By MIKE RAMSEY - michael.ramsey@wsj.com May 27, 2016 The backer of a Silicon Valley…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://for.tn/1TDDKFr The bizarre billionaire backs batteries. While billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been grabbing headlines for his reported support of Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker (as…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1WQ1zzo NuTonomy Raises $16 Million in Funding for Self-Driving Taxi Pilot May 24, 2016 Jennifer van der Kleut NuTonomy, a self-driving car startup that is backed by Ford Motor Co.,…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1NNcQho It’s hard to believe that it’s only been three months since we launched the eero WiFi system to the world. As we continue to improve the product and grow the business, I’m…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/25d4dV1 Dedrone Founders Ingo Seebach, Joerg Lamprecht & Rene Seeber 17. May 2016 Fast-Growing Dedrone Raises $10M Series A Menlo Ventures leads round to accelerate growth of drone…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1TjYsdd By Nic Brisbourne - May 4, 2016 These are Forward Partners dealflow stats for the first four months of 2016 832 leads 47 first meetings (6% of leads) 8 second meetings (17% of…
Read articleOriginal Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/3323309/ March 29, 2016 By Mark Boslet Betterment said it raised a $100 million Series E round of funding with Swedish investment company Kinnevik leading the deal and…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://tcrn.ch/1RxAvOJ Peter Thiel’s decades old Founders Fund pulled together another $1.3 billion dollars today for Founders Fund VI. Thiel, a billionaire investor in Facebook and SpaceX and…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1WqVQgd Accel Partners blog on Medium.com A fascination with a technology-driven future There are a lot of big and compelling ideas that fascinate us. For example: The march towards a…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1WqUQsz BLAISE ZEREGA MARCH 15, 2016 4:12 PM TAGS: ACCEL PARTNERS, FUNDING DAILY, RYAN SWEENEY Image Credit: Steve Bowbrick/Flickr Even with all the talk these days of investors having…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1WqTduT PAUL SAWERS MARCH 16, 2016 4:00 AM TAGS: FUNDING DAILY, RING, TOP-STORIES Above: Ring: Video Doorbell Pro Image Credit: Ring Smart doorbell startup Ring has raised a further…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3057670/wework-valuation-soars-to-16-billion The office-rental company is now the sixth most valuable private company, tied with Snapchat. [Photo: courtesy of WeWork] SARAH…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1LEUvSg JILLIAN D'ONFRO, BUSINESS INSIDER MARCH 3, 2016 6:24 PM TAGS: FIDELITY, FUNDING DAILY, SNAPCHAT Image Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson Snapchat has raised $175 million from…
Read articleOriginal Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/hydra-leads-1-2-mln-seed-round-for-genomenext/ February 25, 2016 - By Stephanie Rogan GenomeNext LLC, an automated genomic analysis platform, raised $1.2 million in a…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/20J0jvv Author: Heidi Roizen, Operating Partner at DFJ There are storm clouds gathering over Silicon Valley – and it’s more than just El Nino. As a venture capitalist, I see a lot of…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://tcrn.ch/20IY2jY Nathan Eagle was a Fulbright scholar from MIT, teaching at the University of Nairobi, when he had his “aha moment.” Specifically, Eagle was teaching a mobile phone programming…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/02/17/mindmaze-raises-100-million-at-a-1-billion-valuation-for-neural-virtual-reality/#1dac368b7557 Swiss virtual reality startup MindMaze announced it…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2016/01/07/under-new-ceo-sisense-raises-50m/ By DEBORAH GAGE [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="553" class="caption-centered "] Sisense CEO Amir OradU-Shin…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1Q7R5t3 DFJ team members announce new fund to continue backing extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world Backing the Future with DFJ Venture XII by Steve Jurvetson, DFJ…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://onforb.es/1Q7PTG6 The DFJ investment team, with Steve Jurvetson and Josh Stein at center. As DFJ looks to invest its new $350 million fund, Elon Musk’s phone might ring. The venture firm has…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bit.ly/1SbuT1i If you do the math, becoming an entrepreneur is insane. The odds of success are tiny; failure is almost guaranteed. To make the leap, you have to be fearless. Or so I thought. I…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/01/29/self-driving-car-tech-mit-spinoff-nutonomy-receives-3-6m/ Some of Nutonomy's team, which is split between Cambridge and Singapore. At an office in Kendall…
Read articleOriginal Source: http://pitchbook.com/news/articles/7-top-vcs-on-what-will-be-the-biggest-change-in-tech UpFront Ventures, which is hosting a VC conference this week in Hollywood, recently released a video where they…
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Four term sheet provisions that protect VC interests Robin Riddell, Alyssa Riddle and George Gaprindashvili November 23, 2015 Venture investing is risky. That’s why VCs are experts at building downside protections…
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Secretive, Sprawling Network of ‘Scouts’ Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley Sequoia Capital has funneled millions of dollars to scores of well-connected entrepreneurs and academics, who invest and look for ideas…
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Maya Kosoff For startups, it's getting tougher to raise money in Silicon Valley right now, according to Keith Rabois, a Khosla Ventures partner and former executive at LinkedIn, PayPal, and Square. The investor went…
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BY TESS TOWNSEND Staff reporter, Inc.com@Tess_Townsend As a question, "Are we in a bubble?" has reached that "Is climate change real?" stage.Yes, we are, and The Information has published some interesting numbers…
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The recent large Series A financings in digital health caught my attention. Clovergrabbed $100 million in equity and debt financing, Color Genomics raised $15 million, Cure Forward raised $15 million,Honor raised $20…
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Most people I talk to are genuinely confused by eSports. I often hear, “who in their right mind watches this stuff?”, or “those nerdy dudes make how much money!?” The incredulity goes on. The fact is, eSports is…
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I started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well, I did. A friend introduced me to Clayton…
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We live in an age of disruption – and that’s a good thing. Industries will be transformed. Major companies will fall. Old systems will collapse as entrepreneurs figure out how to optimize and reinvent inefficient…
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