True Ventures, an investor in BrightRoll, Fitbit, MakerBot and others, filed to raise $295 million for its fifth fund, according to a regulatory filing.
1 min read · 24 March 2016
Las Vegas-based firm still has connections to founder Tony Hsieh, although 74 percent of its portfolio is outside of Sin City
3 min read · 23 March 2016
We're gearing up for out next Venture Alpha conference in Boston, which is jam-packed with great LP and GP speakers
2 min read · 23 March 2016
Medgate, a provider of SaaS-based environmental, health and safety risk management solutions, announced it has raised an undisclosed investment led by the growth equity team at U.S.-based Norwest Venture Partners. Joining the strategic round are Canadian investors Georgian Partners and BMO Financial Group. Medgate has offices in Toronto and Palo Alto, California. As part of the financing, Jon Kossow and Rob Arditi, respectively general partner and partner at Norwest, have joined the company's board. Medate said the funds raised will support product expansion, analytics innovation, and strategic acquisitions to accelerate growth.
4 min read · 23 March 2016
Medgate, a provider of SaaS-based Environmental, Health, Safety risk management solutions, announced it has raised an undisclosed investment led by the growth equity team at Norwest Venture Partners. Joining the strategic round are Canadian investors Georgian Partners and BMO Financial Group. Medgate has offices in Palo Alto, Calif., and Toronto. As part of the financing, Jon Kossow and Rob Arditi, respectively general partner and partner at Norwest Venture Partners, have joined the company's board.
4 min read · 23 March 2016
Herzliya, Israel-based Stratoscale, an enterprise software company focused on the data center, announced it has raised $27 million in Series C financing. Qualcomm Inc, through its venture arm Qualcomm Ventures joined the round, which the company said included all existing investors. Following the Series C round, Stratoscale has now raised more than $70 million from investors, which include Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital and SanDisk Ventures.
3 min read · 23 March 2016
U.S.-based firms have already raised $10 billion quarter-to-date, as many brand-name firms join the fundraising trail
6 min read · 22 March 2016
Refactor Capital is seeking $50 million for its inaugural fund, according to a regulatory filing. The fund, which is based in Burlingame, Calif., according to the filing, is led by David Lee, the seed-stage investor who left SV Angel last year. Joining him as GPs are Rick Barber and Zal Bilimoria. All three are former Google employees.
1 min read · 22 March 2016
San Francisco-based angel investor SV Angel has filed to raise $46 million for its sixth fund, according to a regulatory filing The only partner listed on the filing is Topher Conway, son of Ron Conway, although the SV Angel website also lists Brian Pokorny and Kevin Carter as general partners.
1 min read · 18 March 2016
Q1 is well on its way to rank as the lowest quarter for VC-backed IPOs since Q3 of 2011
1 min read · 18 March 2016
