Private Equity
The United States isn't the only place with a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem. VCJ scoured the globe and collected comments from VCs and company founders on what makes their countries good places for startups.
4 min read · 30 November 2015
BDC Capital Fund of Funds played an essential role in this year’s revival of venture fundraising in Canada. For the group’s head, BDC Vice President Neal Hill, that’s just the beginning. BDC’s funds group plans to increase its annual commitments to $100 million or greater, with a portion of the money earmarked for larger-sized Canadian venture capital funds.
3 min read · 30 November 2015
Venture capital fundraising appears to be suffering from the slow IPO market for technology offerings and the overcapitalization of unicorn investing.
2 min read · 25 November 2015
Venture funds from the late bubble period and the beginning of the following decade still struggle, despite venture’s recent up market.
1 min read · 23 November 2015
Formation 8's Hardware Fund, which was renamed Eclipse Ventures Fund I, has relocated to Palo Alto, the latest move in which the firm's partners are going their separates ways.
2 min read · 20 November 2015
From the VCJ archives: With Joyable announcing this week it raised $8 million, we’re re-posting a story on the online therapy space that originally published in the August 2015 issue of VCJ.
6 min read · 19 November 2015
Square’s widely anticipated IPO has captured a great deal of attention this week, but it’s biotech companies that should be getting the top billing.
1 min read · 19 November 2015
4 min read · 19 November 2015
Fundraising recaps from the past month regarding Formation 8, 500 Startups, Partech and other firms from around the world
10 min read · 18 November 2015
4 min read · 18 November 2015
