Private Equity
Recent fundraising achievements by Cendana, Illuminate and other venture firms
5 min read · 01 January 2014
The Canadian-based energy investor aims to raise a new fund, eyeing $150 million to $250 million
2 min read · 30 December 2013
According to VentureWire, San Francisco-based VC firm Industry Ventures has raised the target for its third partnership holdings fund to $125 million. The original target was $100 million. Currently, the firm has raised $78.8 million for the pool.
1 min read · 26 December 2013
General Catalyst Partners said Monday that it has raised approximately $675 million for its seventh fund. The pool will focus on investing in "transformative" tech businesses. With offices in Cambridge, Mass., Palo Alto, Calif. and New York City, General Catalyst Partners is a VC firm that makes early stage and growth equity investments.
2 min read · 23 December 2013
Techrockies reported on Friday that Boulder Ventures is currently seeking to raise $100 million for its sixth fund. No other details about the new fund were disclosed. Based in Boulder, Colorado and Chevy Case, Maryland, Boulder Ventures is a VC firm that invests in early-stage tech and life sciences companies.
1 min read · 20 December 2013
Toronto-based corporate finance firm GreenBank Capital (CNSX: GBC) has launched two new vehicles to invest in Bitcoin and Bitcoin start-ups. They are called Bitcoin Canada Investments, which will invest in Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Angel Capital, which will invest in early-stage Bitcoin and other digital cryptocurrency-focused companies. GreenBank, which believes it is the first public investment firm to establish a presence in the Bitcoin market, will do a private placement to accredited investors of up to $5 million in debentures with conversion rights into 90% of the common shares of Bitcoin Canada and Bitcoin Angel.
3 min read · 18 December 2013
Canadian venture capital firm McRock Capital has announced the initial close of its $50 million industrial Internet partnership, McRock iNFund LP. Capital committed was led by BDC Venture Capital with the participation of Canadian and U.S. institutional investors and family offices. The fund closing follows McRock's announcement last month of a strategic partnership with GE Canada to help introduce a higher degree of connectivity and analytics of the digital world to resource sectors. Based in Toronto, McRock invests in Canadian and U.S.-based companies that are targeting large industrial markets looking to maximize efficiency by making their machines, equipment and devices run more intelligently.
4 min read · 16 December 2013
Toronto-based investment firm McRock Capital has raised $50 million in the first close for its industrial internet VC fund. Investors include BDC Venture Capital and "significant" Canadian and U.S. institutional investors and family offices.
3 min read · 16 December 2013
Four funds of funds are among its venture portfolio’s top eight funds
2 min read · 16 December 2013
Austin-based VC firm LiveOak Venture Partners has raised $64.3 million for a fund that is targeting $100 million, according to the Austin Business Journal. The publication reported that the fund has already attracted 40 investors.
1 min read · 13 December 2013
