Private Equity
Mucker Capital launched Mucker III, a $45 million seed-stage venture capital fund. Like the firm's first two funds, Mucker III will invest in internet-enabled software and services startups with a focus on companies in the greater Los Angeles area. The fund will support seed-stage venture investments as well as pre-seed investments via MuckerLab, the firm's accelerator program.
3 min read · 10 March 2016
Vancouver-based investor, which backs North American tech companies, expects a final close within the next 12 months
3 min read · 10 March 2016
John Backus of NAV offers up a Venture Capital Rosetta Stone to translate all of the jargon that is widely used in the VC industry into something that is actionable for entrepreneurs
6 min read · 10 March 2016
John Backus of NAV offers up a Venture Capital Rosetta Stone to translate all of the jargon that is widely used in the VC industry into something that is actionable for entrepreneurs
6 min read · 10 March 2016
Seed-focused Mucker Capital from Los Angeles has raised $45 million for a second institutional fund, which expects to make seven to nine seed deals a year in addition to 10 pre-seed investments through the firm’s MuckerLab accelerator.
1 min read · 09 March 2016
Lightspeed Venture Partners, an early-stage investor based in Silicon Valley, raised a total of $1.2 billion for two venture funds, according to SEC filings. The firm's eleventh flagship fund collected $715 million, and its second Select fund raised $500 million to invest in later-stage companies. Lightspeed typically targets investments in the enterprise and consumer sectors. The firm took in $635 million for Lightspeed X and $430 million for Lightspeed Select, according to the firm's website. Lightspeed also invests out of an India-focused fund an a China-focused fund.
1 min read · 09 March 2016
Quarter-to-date fundraising shows U.S.-based firms have raised more than $6.3 billion in the start of the new year, although there appears to be a slowdown in the closings in smaller funds
2 min read · 08 March 2016
Some in the venture community see the fact that there have been only a handful of tech IPO’s in the last six months as the harbinger of doom. To understand what’s happening, you have to ask what a growth company needs from its capital markets.
6 min read · 08 March 2016
Spark Capital has set out to raise a $370 million fifth venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 08 March 2016
500 Startups, which has launched several new micro-funds in recent weeks, has announced a $10 million Vietnam-focused fund. The fund, which will aim to make between 100 to 150 investments, will be led by Binh Tran (co-founder and former CTO of Klout) and Eddie Thai (a Vietnam-based entrepreneur). The two joined 500 last year.
1 min read · 08 March 2016
