Private Equity
1 min read · 29 January 2016
Palantir raised the largest venture round of any tech company in December
1 min read · 29 January 2016
Qiming Venture Partners has set out to raise a $620 million fifth fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 29 January 2016
Spur Ventures is seeking to raise $150 million for its fifth venture capital fund of funds, according to an SEC filing. Headquartered in Camp Verde, Arizona, Spur is a business accelerator and venture firm focused on "entrepreneurship in the Verde Valley."
1 min read · 29 January 2016
Qiming Venture Partners is seeking to raise $620 million for its fifth venture fund, according to an SEC filing. In 2014, the China-based venture firm closed its fourth fund at $500 million as previously reported by PE HUB.
1 min read · 29 January 2016
New York City-based Laconia Capital Group LP has launched a new B2B venture fund. According to the firm, the fund will focus on late-seed stage companies that have "reached an inflection point in their business development." Laconia plans on making eight to 10 investments that average between $250,000 and $750,000 over the next 18 months.
2 min read · 28 January 2016
Startups focused on healthcare and car insurance for consumers are drawing interest from VCs, who see a trillion-dollar industry ripe for disruption
5 min read · 28 January 2016
Kensington Venture Fund, a venture fund of funds managed Canadian alternative assets firm Kensington Capital Partners, has made a commitment to the eleventh fund of Sierra Ventures, a San Mateo, Calif.-based venture capital firm. Sierra Ventures Fund XI recently closed at an oversubscribed US$170 million. Like its predecessors, Fund XI will invest in early-stage companies targeting enterprise and consumer technology markets. In mid-2015, the Kensington fund raised $237 million of its $300 million target in a third close.
2 min read · 27 January 2016
At the Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit, New Intel Capital President Wendell Brooks promised a more active, engaged organization
1 min read · 27 January 2016
Recalling what Dick Costolo said at VentureScape nearly three years ago; and Kapor's diversity's pledge
4 min read · 27 January 2016
