Managers

A trend worth watching: A new wave of startup M&A

Agtech funding rebounds in first half of 2017

Austin Ventures veterans start growth firm Elsewhere Partners

A pair of Austin Ventures veterans announced they have started Elsewhere Partners, a Texas-based growth-stage firm targeting business software companies outside the country's traditional venture-capital hubs.

MIT-founded The Engine announces investments, $200 mln fund

MIT-backed The Engine announced its first batch of seven investments and revealed that it has closed on $200 million for its first fund, 33 percent more than the $150 million it said it initially raised. MIT is one of its investors, committing $25 million to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based organization, which incubates and supports startups. The Engine was founded last year and is led by CEO and Managing Partner Katie Rae. It aims to back 40 to 50 startups in the next few years form Fund I.

Fund performance: TLV, ARCH, True lead emerging portfolio of newly minted venture funds

Israel's Vintage Investment Partners discusses its approach for secondaries

Turmoil comes to Social Capital with second high-level departure possible: Reports

Social Capital last week confidently sold shares of its Social Capital Hedosophia, now reports are accumulating of trouble at the firm, with its venture operations unsettled.

Alpine Meridian collects $9.5 mln for sophomore venture fund

Alpine Meridian Ventures has raised $9.5 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $25 million. Based in New York City, Alpine Meridian is an early-stage venture firm focused on the internet, digital media, financial services and e-commerce sectors.

Shasta develops camera-focused fund as computer-vision sector heats up

Yuri Milner’s uplifting 20-year outlook for the consumer Internet