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Silicon Valley motoring a new Detroit rival

VCs seek sweet deals in Auto IT, including semi-autonomous driving technologies and other innovations

5 min read · 12 January 2016

Henry Ford’s great-grandson likes trains and planes, not just automobiles

Fontinalis Venture Partners, the Detroit-based VC firm that Bill Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, helped launch in 2009, is raising a $125 million second fund.

2 min read · 12 January 2016

VC-backed M&A surpasses $20 bln in 2015

Last year's VC-backed M&A total was a little more than $20 billion, about equal the WhatsApp acquisition the year before

2 min read · 11 January 2016

Top 10 VC deals in Canada

Lightspeed and Kik head up the list of top venture fundings for Canadian companies in 2015

3 min read · 07 January 2016

Year in Review: Sequoia ranks as most active VC investor

Sequoia Capital backed the most companies and invested the largest amount of capital in 2015, according to preliminary data

2 min read · 01 January 2016

Data spotlight: November rise in M&A is just the ticket

Pandora's purchase of Ticketfly in November was the premier deal of the month, which saw 24 VC-backed companies get acquired

2 min read · 18 December 2015

Year in Review: Digital health investing continues its fast pace in 2015

The year is on track to end with investments in digital health slightly above last year's total, according to Rock Health, which was one of the most active investors in the sector.

1 min read · 17 December 2015

Year in Review: Valuations continue to rise in angel deals

Late and expansion-stage venture capital valuations have come under pressure recently, but not those in angel deals, according to a new report.

1 min read · 17 December 2015

Dashboard: November fundraising picks back up; Deals and IPOs drop

M&A totals picked up in November, thanks to Ticketfly scooping up VC-backed Pandora Media Inc for about $480 million

2 min read · 11 December 2015

Urban farming startups sprouting like weeds

A growing number of VCs are nurturing investments that bring the farm to the home

6 min read · 07 December 2015

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