David Bogoslaw

AI reputation helps Canada lure tech talent

Canada drew 2,200 tech workers from outside the country in the first nine months of 2023, compared with 1,500 it lost to Europe.

Canada’s quest to recharge its growth trajectory

After a couple of years of slower growth, Canada’s venture system is re-energized and poised to resume its expansion.

Canadian LPs are feeling constrained

The capital needed to grow category-leading companies up north is beyond the capacity of LPs in Canada, which could make fundraising by VC managers more difficult.

World Fund lays out plan to get climate start-ups through 'Series B Death Valley'

To address Europe's 'Series B Death Valley' for climate tech companies, World Fund has set aside €200m of its new €300m fund for follow-on investments in its best-performing companies.

Smaller funds are the new normal

The average fund size dropped to $115m in Q1 2024, its lowest point in about five years, according to new research from Venture Capital Journal.

SOSV raises largest deep tech fund yet, but misses target

'We did have indications that the fundraise could close at over $400 million right up until the crash of Silicon Valley Bank in March of 2023,' says founder Sean O’Sullivan.

Still celebrating women's successes

They make up just a small portion of the venture industry, but women who have managed to break into the business are thriving, judging by Venture Capital Journal's most popular stories this week.

AI expert Grace Ge sees her star rise at Amplify Partners

The newly named partner sees lots of opportunity to invest between the foundational model and app layer of the AI stack.

Deep tech VCs pursue collaboration over consolidation  

Four VC firms are betting that leveraging each other’s scientific knowledge, deal flow and professional networks can better support founders and help identify customers to help their portfolio companies survive amid capital constraints.

Inspired Capital closes $330m Fund III, targeting ambitious founders

With a single dry close enabled by proactive existing LPs, the new fund means to address some of the world’s most intractable problems, from access to financial products to retraining of workers displaced by technology.