growth-stage investing
AI
A peek inside Alphabet’s $7B growth-stage investing arm, CapitalG
10:12 pm PST • February 16, 2024
Almost a year ago, Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm, CapitalG, named partner Laela Sturdy as its new head, just as the unit’s founder, David Lawee, stepped down. Few were surprised…
Venture
Norrsken22’s debut fund closes at $205M to back growth-stage startups in Africa
9:04 pm PDT • November 2, 2023
It’s exciting times for growth-stage investment in Africa as Norrsken22, a Pan-African venture capital firm, achieves the final close of its debut fund, raising a total of $205 million, surpassing…
Another US investor — Activant Capital — is opening an office in Europe as the continent heats up
4:41 pm PDT • June 25, 2021
Earlier this week, we caught up with Steve Sarracino the founder of the growth-equity firm Activant Capital in Greenwich, Conn., We’d last talked with Sarracino back in early April of…
Startups
Lead Edge Capital just closed on $950 million from a whopping 500 investors
5:00 am PDT • October 14, 2020
Lead Edge Capital, a software-focused venture firm with one office in New York and another in California, was founded just 11 years ago. Yet it’s already managing $3 billion in…
