Private Equity
General Catalyst Partners goes large, raising an $845 million U.S.-focused eighth fund.
1 min read · 05 February 2016
VC Jalak Jobanputra of FuturePerfect finds value in technology behind bitcoin
3 min read · 04 February 2016
Traverse Venture Partners is seeking to raise $100 million for its inaugural fund, according to an SEC filing. Founded in October 2015, the Washington, D.C.-based growth equity firm focuses on the real estate industry. Recently, the firm co-led an $11.7 million Series B round for San Jose, California-based Mercatus, a provider of energy finance solutions, as previously reported by PE HUB.
1 min read · 04 February 2016
Geodesic Investments has raised additional capital for its maiden late stage fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 03 February 2016
Index Ventures has raised $550 million for its eighth venture fund. The firm, which recently hired former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo as a venture partner, has promoted Shardul Shah to partner. Index focuses on backing "disruptive" startups in the U.S., Europe and Israel.
3 min read · 03 February 2016
Industry Ventures is raising a $425 million eighth fund for investing in secondaries, according to an SEC filing.
1 min read · 02 February 2016
Lewis & Clark Ventures closed a $104 million early stage venture fund targeting investments in the Midwest. The fund will focus primarily on Series A and B round VC investments in the size of $3 to $7 million to high growth companies. Lewis & Clark announced in December a $25 million commitment from Express Scripts to support new healthcare technologies and companies.
2 min read · 02 February 2016
According to an announcement on its site, Sesame Ventures, Sesame Street's new venture initiative, has partnered up with Collaborative Fund to launch a fund that backs startups in child development areas that include education technology, health and nutrition and social, cultural and family development. No financial terms were disclosed for The Collab + Sesame Fund but other outlets are reporting that the joint fund has already raised $10 million.
1 min read · 02 February 2016
Magic Leap Inc, a startup focused on augmented reality technology, said on Tuesday it had raised $793.5 million in a funding round led by Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N).
1 min read · 02 February 2016
UTIMCO has re-upped or invested for the first time in the last two years with Foundry, IA Ventures, Mosaic, True, Union Square and Upfront
2 min read · 02 February 2016
