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  • May 31st, 2011

    Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K

    Earlier this year, Yuri Milner and Ron Conway’s SV Angel announced a new fund that offers all Y Combinator startups $150,000 in convertible debt. Not only is The Start Fund a brilliant investment strategy, but the news was also a big win for Y Combinator and the startups housed and developed in the incubator. And it was only a matter of time before other incubators and funds caught on to the idea… → Read More

    October 20th, 2010

    Kontiki Raises $10.7 Million To "Ruin 'Undercover Boss'"

    Enterprise video communications company, Kontiki, has raised $10.7 million in series B funding led by the company’s earlier backers, MK Capital, and joined by New World Ventures and Cross Creek Capital. Kontiki aims to give big corporations their own private Youtube, or a way to use video to connect and teach employees, decrease travel expenses and increase productivity.

    Kontiki’s chief executive… → Read More