Private Equity
Seattle and San Francisco-based venture firm Maveron has raised $9.975 million for its sixth entrepreneurs' fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $15 million.
1 min read · 13 July 2017
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Google, whose interest in artificial intelligence includes its Google.ai project to incorporate AI technology across all of its products, has launched Gradient Ventures on Tuesday as an independent investment vehicle. The amount of capital available to invest was not disclosed. The firm will invest in early-stage startups focused on AI and also provide portfolio companies with resources and access to experts and boot camps in AI, according to a blog post by co-founder and Managing Partner Ann Patterson.
1 min read · 12 July 2017
Silicon Valley-based Autotech Ventures has raised more than $120 million for its debut fund. The fund will focus on backing ground transportation startups. The fund's investors include BorgWarner and Autoliv.
3 min read · 12 July 2017
Indianapolis-based BioCrossroads has raised $5 million for its targeted $12 million third fund, Indiana Seed Fund III, according to a regulatory filing. As part of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, BioCrossroads invests in life sciences companies based in Indiana and is led by David Lawther Johnson. Three investors have committed to the fund, according to the filing.
1 min read · 12 July 2017
The Designer Fund, a San Francisco-based firm that makes seed-stage investments in tech startups with a strong design focus, has filed a regulatory document seeking to raise $40 million for its second fund. The fund is twice the size of its $20 million inaugural effort that was closed in 2016.
1 min read · 12 July 2017
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European venture capital firms raised $7.35 billion last year, the largest amount since 2007, according to Invest Europe.
1 min read · 11 July 2017
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