Private Equity
Laurel Touby has looked into the future of venture capital and she sees more women. Lots and lots more.
3 min read · 05 July 2019
3 min read · 03 July 2019
Sony Innovation Fund, the venture arm of Sony Corp, and Daiwa Capital have partnered to form a new investment vehicle called the Innovation Growth Fund. The fund is targeted to raise up to $185 million to invest in mid to late-stage startup tech companies in Japan, United States, Europe and Israel, and it is open to outside LPs. Investors joining Sony and Daiwa at the first close include Sumitomo Mitsui Bank and Osaka Shoko Shinkin Bank, among others.
1 min read · 03 July 2019
2 min read · 01 July 2019
Dinner guests were bullish on automation in the workplace...it is not a question of whether AI will consume the workplace but when it will happen.
2 min read · 28 June 2019
New York-based Manhattan Venture Partners, a merchant bank focused on the secondary market for late-stage, pre-IPO companies, has tapped Andrea Lamari Walne as partner. She will lead the firm's San Francisco regional office and help build its West Coast presence.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
San Francisco-based Tundra, which operates a zero-commission wholesale marketplace, raised a $12 million Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures. Background Capital, FJ Labs, Initialized Capital, Peterson Ventures and Switch Ventures also participated in the round. The company was founded by husband and wife Arnold and Katie Engel, former McKinsey consultants.
1 min read · 26 June 2019
There is no need to worry that the tap is going to be turned off anytime soon.
2 min read · 21 June 2019
3 min read · 21 June 2019
Houston, Texas-based Mercury Fund has raised $82.25 million of a $125 million targeted fourth fund, Mercury Fund Ventures IV, according to a regulatory filing. The fund is the firm's largest to date, having closed on $105 million in 2014. The commitments to date have come from 85 investors, according to the filing.
1 min read · 20 June 2019
