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VCs on the move Feb 1, 2015

3 min read · 01 February 2015

IPO Profile: Ascendis Pharma A/S

The Copenhagen-based company went public on the Nasdaq in a $108 million offering

1 min read · 01 February 2015

August, Aspect, Blumberg to raise money, Cendana gets another $40 mln

A cornucopia of fundraising filings have come in from multiple venture firms

1 min read · 30 January 2015

August, Aspect, Blumberg to raise money, Cendana gets another $40 mln

August Capital has set out to raise a $450 million seventh fund, while Blumberg Capital, Aspect Ventures and Northern Light Venture Capital seek to raise money of their own, according to documents filed with the SEC. At the same time, Cendana Capital roped in another $40 million and Tullis Health Investors raised $21.4 million toward a $200 million fund, according to SEC documents.

2 min read · 30 January 2015

Repackaging delivery services: VCJ

Investors have been burned before on delivery companies, but this time around they believe their bets will pay off.

3 min read · 30 January 2015

Kickstart Seed Fund raises $39 mln for latest fund

Kickstart Seed Fund has closed its third seed fund at $39 million. Fund III will back startups located in Utah and the Mountain West. Also, Kickstart has promoted Dalton Wright to partner and hired Curt Roberts as a venture partner.

3 min read · 30 January 2015

Year in review: Kleiner Perkins tops the list of most active VCs in 2014

The firm invested a combined $777 million in 117 companies, including Uber Technologies, Magic Leap and Snapchat, among others.

2 min read · 30 January 2015

VCs and cannabis: A new union could be in the making

Founders Fund has made waves by becoming the first significant institutional firm to make a cannabis-focused investment. Will others make a similar leap?

5 min read · 30 January 2015

Few venture portfolios can match these extraordinary gains: VCJ

CalPERS’ Sacramento portfolio benefits from Emergence, OrbiMed, Third Rock, TauTona.

2 min read · 29 January 2015

Catalyst sets out to raise $350 mln fourth venture fund

Catalyst Investors has set out to raise a $350 million fourth venture fund, according to an SEC filing. A first close has not yet taken place, the document states. The New York firm's previous $213 million fund was raised in 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

1 min read · 29 January 2015

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