venture capital

While valuations have fallen quite a bit, some sectors are still too inflated for secondaries investors to find attractive.

The Japanese conglomerate is selling the Open Opportunity Fund to its chairman Paul Judge, and Marcelo Claure, who’s being appointed as vice chairman and general partner.

Black people make up 2.5% of the U.K.’s population; proper representation in venture would mean at least 2.5% of funds going to Black-led businesses.

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every…

Against a backdrop of layoffs and continuing economic uncertainty, the announcements — particularly in such quick succession — point to a few underlying truths about the market right now. 

Each fund is $212.5 million and will invest in pre-seed, seed and Series A companies across consumer enterprise, healthcare, financial, biotech and climate.

The new fund invests across the computing, automation, infrastructure, logistics, decarbonization and engineered biology industries.

For a VC firm, the second fund is a make-or-break moment. With the initial fund, you raise money based on an investment thesis because you don’t have any track record,…

Now is a great time to brush up your pitch decks, practice your pitch, and get ready for when things kick off again next year.

Food tech investors discuss another consecutive quarter of decline in venture capital investments into areas like plant-based meat alternatives and cultivated meat.

Secondary activity is expected to return to normal in 2024. Five investors tells us where they are interested and where they are not.

Suzanne Fletcher invested in 10 companies from the new fund, so far, and plans to invest in 40 companies in total.

Investors thought the firm’s initial target of $200 million was far too modest, and instead offered $600 million, a threefold oversubscription.

Right now, in late 2023, the IPO market is halted, and late-stage deals rarely happen because funds and entrepreneurs cannot find common ground on pricing. The seed-stage arena has become…

Secondary activity was inconsistent this year, but if the IPO window opens back up in 2024, secondaries should return with it.

RepeatMD recently raised a $50 million Series A round to serve the exploding med spa industry that is built on consumer beauty trends.

Yesterday in Helsinki, this editor interviewed four of the six general partners at Benchmark, the nearly 30-year-old Silicon Valley firm that’s known for some notable bets (Uber, Dropbox), paying each…

Tola Capital III will invest 25 to 30 companies globally and write average check sizes of between $1 million to $4 million for seed-stage companies.

FEBE Ventures’ name stands for “For Entrepreneurs By Entrepreneurs,” and true to form, it is continuing to support seed-stage startups with the launch of its second fund. Targeting $75 million,…

A leaked document shines new light on the fund’s relationship with Mastercard and the embattled grant program.

NXTP Fund III represents over a 2x increase from the size of its previous fund, enabling the firm to invest in between 25 and 30 companies this time around.

David Blumberg, founder and managing partner at Blumberg Ventures, explains how early-stage startups can look to their investors for help with solving problems, scaling, hiring, and strategic planning.

The geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand creates a sense of hustle, if not urgency, around raising funds and building a global product.

This is part of a survey of investors focused on Australia and New Zealand. The following responses are from the New Zealand investors.

This is part of a survey of investors focused on Australia and New Zealand. The following responses are from the Australian investors.

Welcome back to Found, where we get to the stories behind the startups. Becca and Dom are joined by Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman, co-founders of the ear piercing company…

Twelve Below aims to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed financings with the goal of earning a 10% to 15% ownership stake in the core investments from the fund.

It is likely not an overstatement to say that the relationship between U.S. defense and Silicon Valley is undergoing its most profound transformation since the 1950s.