Mark Boslet

IA Capital Group raises $15.3 mln toward $100 mln venture fund

IA Capital Group has raised $15.3 million toward a $100 million venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

OriginTrail raises $22.5 mln in initial coin offering

OriginTrail said it raised $22.5 million in an initial coin offering of its Trace tokens. It said the sale reached the round’s hard cap.

New York Life Ventures announces more than $200 mln of committed capital

New York Life Ventures said it has more than $200 million of committed capital to invest.

Venture investments in Israel rise for fifth straight year to $5.2 bln

Sequoia distances itself from Moritz opinion piece

Sequoia Capital distanced itself from comments made by Partner Michael Moritz after a Moritz opinion piece in the Financial Times chided Silicon Valley workers for being less driven than those in China.

Bluzelle raises $19.5 mln from initial coin offering

Bluzelle said it raised US$19.5 million from an initial coin offering. The Singapore company said it generated 500 million tokens and sold 165 million, or a third of the total, to investors including Kenetic Capital, Hashed, Kryptonite 1 and 8 Decimal Capital. It previously raised a US$1.5 million Series A funding last year. Bluzelle is developing a decentralized database to address blockchain storage challenges. It was founded in Canada in 2014.

Bluzelle raises $19.5 mln from ICO

Bluzelle said it raised $19.5 million from an initial coin offering.

Cargo raises $5.5 mln of seed financing

Cargo said it raised $5.5 million of seed financing from CRCM Ventures, Kellogg's venture capital fund eighteen94 capital, Techstars Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Detroit Venture Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, RiverPark Ventures and Chaifetz Group.

Venture activity in Europe rebounds in Q4

Katalyst Ventures raises $34 mln for maiden venture fund

Katalyst Ventures has raised $34 million for a maiden venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.