The PVCI held steady at 885.18 for the end of April, its second consecutive monthly gain
1 min read · 19 May 2016
Biotech investors should fund new precision medicine business models and technologies that can help avert this and other public health calamities
4 min read · 13 May 2016
The Founders Fund partner focuses his time on improving his health and reducing his emails while also looking for new health care innovations
6 min read · 05 May 2016
Venture capital investment in Canadian startups continued at a very strong pace in Q1 2016 with a total of $869 million invested in 152 financings, according to data released by Thomson Reuters. Led by deal-making in information technology sectors, dollars invested in this period rose 61 percent from Q1 2015, reflecting the best quarterly result in the Canadian market in more than 14 years. Financing rounds, while down 4 percent year over year, nonetheless reflected the second-largest number for a first quarter since 2005. Fundraising in Canada’s venture capital industry also grew between January and March, accounting for $929 million, or 77 percent of total fund commitments during the whole of last year.
3 min read · 02 May 2016
3 min read · 01 May 2016
Summary of recent moves at General Catalyst and other venture firms
2 min read · 25 April 2016
A summary of recent fundraising closes from around the world, with Excel tables
9 min read · 22 April 2016
Pure-play medtech funds are rare, but one firm has breezed to its first despite a leap in investment-stage focus
3 min read · 21 April 2016
The PVCI ended the month at 866.61, its highest point since July 2015
1 min read · 20 April 2016
David Blumberg says LPs are long-term oriented and believe in the future
2 min read · 12 April 2016
