Private Equity
Engineering Capital has raised $31.4 million toward a maiden seed fund, according to a filing with the SEC and news reports.
1 min read · 24 February 2015
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the investment firm that has backed tech companies from Google to Amazon, will defend itself in court on Tuesday in a closely watched gender discrimination case that could lay open the inner workings of venture capital, Reuters News reported.
2 min read · 24 February 2015
Almost exactly two years ago Homebrew began investing its maiden fund with $35 million of seed capital. Last Friday it unveiled a big increase in firepower: $85 million in new money split between a second seed fund and a follow-on fund for primarily B rounds deals.
2 min read · 23 February 2015
The number of IPOs stays roughly the same month over month, but value drops in January
2 min read · 20 February 2015
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published a prospectus exemption that is intended to provide a cost-effective way for early-stage issuers to raise capital from their networks of family, close personal friends and close business associates. The exemption, which is not available to investment funds, has been harmonized with an exemption that is currently available in other Canadian jurisdictions. Subject to ministerial approval, it will come into effect on May 5, 2015.
3 min read · 20 February 2015
Uber has increased its Series E funding round by $1 billion, according to Bloomberg News, which cited a Delaware filing.
1 min read · 19 February 2015
Firm set a hard cap of $180 million in Fund V, which is expected to hold a final close in March
3 min read · 19 February 2015
Bessemer Venture Partners, an investor in newly public Box as well as Twilio, Pinterest and Shopify, announced it has raised $1.6 billion for Fund IX. The multi-stage investor raised the same amount for Fund VIII, which closed in 2011.
1 min read · 18 February 2015
Indiegogo CEO Slava Rubin discusses crowdfunding startups and the road ahead
3 min read · 18 February 2015
Intermountain Healthcare has raised a $35 million, single-LP venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 18 February 2015
