The past eight months may have signaled a turning point for wearables investing, sister publication VCJ reported.
2 min read · 01 November 2013
Four investors stand their ground and say why they’re excited about wearables
4 min read · 01 November 2013
Venture funding for smart watches and other devices has surged in recent months as GPs eye new billion-dollar markets
7 min read · 01 November 2013
Manuel Henriquez, CEO of venture debt lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital, discusses the firm’s recent expansion
4 min read · 01 November 2013
Improvements show up in every time period except the 15-year
1 min read · 31 October 2013
Seventy percent of venture capitalists and one in three startup companies have received patent assertions, or claims from patent trolls, according to a new survey from the National Venture Capital Association and the Institute for Innovation Law at University of California Hastings. Eighty percent of survey respondents indicated that the number of patent demands they have received increased over the past five years, the report found.
4 min read · 29 October 2013
Third-quarter funding totals $2.1 billion for 140 deals
1 min read · 29 October 2013
Moscow based 12BF Global Ventures said it launched a digital investment arm, 12BF Digital. The firm, best know for its cleantech focus, said the new arm will director its investments at power electronics, digital IT and commercial devices. 12BF Global Ventures told peHUB it has raised $20 million this year for the effort from its existing LPs.
3 min read · 28 October 2013
For San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, almost as many funds declined during the second half of the year as advanced
2 min read · 28 October 2013
Intel Capital expects its venture capital investment pace this year to be similar to last year’s as slower deal-making in some countries, including China, abroad offsets strong activity in North America, sister publication VCJ reported.
1 min read · 25 October 2013