Managers

Promoted associate at Canvas shows cold emailing can work

More angels top up Diagram's venture launchpad fund to $30 mln

Canadian venture launchpad Diagram, which raised $25 million for its debut fund earlier in 2017, has increased the fund's size to $30 million. The commitments were made by seven additional angel investors, including Angela Strange of Andreessen Horowitz, Dax Dasilva of Lightspeed, and Mike Cegelski of Panache Ventures. Led by Founder and CEO François Lafortune and Chairman Paul Desmarais III, Diagram seeds and supports a select number of companies in Canada's financial, insurance and healthcare technology sectors. It also announced new hires, bringing on Daniel Robichaud as a managing partner and Marc-Antoine Ross as CIO.

Picking winners is a myth, but the Power Law is not

Fund performance: ARCH, Foundry, GGV top early decade venture portfolio at UTIMCO

Dashboard: Fundraising continues to tumble, as SoftBank's oversized WeWork investment lifts deals

Point Judith raises $61 mln toward fourth venture fund

Point Judith Capital has raised $61 million toward a $100 million fourth venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

When the Twin Towers fell

A once-budding venture capitalist shares his memories of the September 11 terrorist attack and its effect on his life.

France's BlackFin aims to avoid frothy fintech valuations with new VC fund

On the Bleeding Edge: Summer's slog, Juicero post-mortem, and it's a girl!

Venture fundraising shows sharp slowdown in Q3