Private Equity
Chrysalix Venture Capital is raising a US$111.5 million robotics fund in partnership with RoboValley, a centre for robotics commercialization located at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, according to a press release. The RoboValley Fund will invest in North America, Europe and potentially Asia with seed-stage and Series A rounds, said Mike Sherman, a managing partner at Vancouver-based Chrysalix. It will look at component technology, intelligent software, communications technology and power technology.
1 min read · 31 May 2016
Chrysalix Venture Capital is raising a US$111.5 million robotics fund in partnership with RoboValley, a centre for robotics commercialization located at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, according to a press release. The RoboValley Fund will invest in North America, Europe and potentially Asia with seed-stage and Series A rounds, said Mike Sherman, a managing partner at Vancouver-based Chrysalix. It will look at component technology, intelligent software, communications technology and power technology.
1 min read · 31 May 2016
Portfolio services remain a huge priority at venture firms, as the Menlo Ventures announcement of its Fuel program illustrated last week.
2 min read · 31 May 2016
Chrysalix Venture Capital is raising a $111.5 million robotics fund in partnership with RoboValley, a center for robotics commercialization located at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, according to a press release.
1 min read · 31 May 2016
Investing in the sector has climbed even as venture slows, but startups face uncertainty as healthcare payment procedures evolve
5 min read · 30 May 2016
VCs showing interest in tech-enabled services, though startups need to demonstrate outcomes and efficiency, Casper de Clercq says
3 min read · 30 May 2016
Already through early 2016, more than two dozen life-sciences financings have collected $302 million, an amount that approaches or exceeds four of the past six years
3 min read · 27 May 2016
Spectrum 28 Capital has partnered with the University of Waterloo in launching a $2 million venture capital fund. Beginning this June, the Waterloo Engineering - Spectrum 28 Student Venture Program will provide students with early-stage venture support through classes and mentorship, as well as an ability to compete for seed funding. The initiative was the idea of Lyon Wong, who graduated from the university's engineering program in 2003 and went on to found Spectrum 28, a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, in 2015. Wong was previously a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
3 min read · 27 May 2016
Spectrum 28 Capital has partnered with the University of Waterloo in launching a $2 million venture capital fund. Beginning this June, the Waterloo Engineering - Spectrum 28 Student Venture Program will provide students with early-stage venture support through classes and mentorship, as well as an ability to compete for seed funding. The initiative was the idea of Lyon Wong, who graduated from the university's engineering program in 2003 and went on to found Spectrum 28, a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, in 2015. Wong was previously a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
3 min read · 27 May 2016
Boston-based SV Life Sciences has raised $273.5 million toward a $400 million targeted sixth fund. The commitments have come from 24 investors, according to a regulatory filing.
1 min read · 27 May 2016
