Private Equity
Health Catalyst Capital has raised over $27 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $100 million. Based in New York City, Health Catalyst invests in healthcare IT businesses.
1 min read · 27 December 2016
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal (OREP.PA) said on Tuesday it was investing in an early stage fund managed by private equity firm Partech Ventures, making its second investment in digital and technology start-ups in less than a year.
2 min read · 27 December 2016
3 min read · 27 December 2016
Canada’s venture industry in 2016 had its best fundraising year since the dot-com era, thanks to greatly improved supply-side conditions. Some 25 funds banked more than $2.2 billion in committed capital this year, according to preliminary data from Thomson Reuters and supplementary data compiled by PE Hub Canada. That’s up 86 percent from $1.2 billion raised in 2015. In fact, the data suggest fundraising levels in 2016 are the highest in Canada since 2002, when $2.5 billion was secured.
3 min read · 27 December 2016
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4 min read · 23 December 2016
500 Startups said that General Motors has struck an arrangement to work with companies at its accelerator and perhaps invest as they mature out of the program.
1 min read · 22 December 2016
Seed-stage investor 500 Startups filed a regulatory document to raise 500 Durians II, it's Southeast Asian fund. The firm announced in a blog post in October the fund and its intent to raise $50 million, which is twice the amount of Durians I. That inaugural fund was raised in 2014 with $10 million and was later increased to about $25 million. The second fund aims to invest in 200 seed-stage startups in Southeast Asia, with checks ranging from $50,000 to $150,000.
1 min read · 22 December 2016
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