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Four VCs give their two cents on bitcoin

Liew, Ravikant, Goldman and Dixon speak out on the future of bitcoin and investment opportunities.

Honing your bitcoin strategy

Bitcoin investing appears ready to rise this year as VCs step up their search for next-gen applications

Four VCs give their two cents on bitcoin

Liew, Ravikant, Goldman and Dixon speak out on the future of bitcoin and investment opportunities

Bitcoin entrepreneur: Mt. Gox closure 'won't be the last calamity endured before the win'

Coinapult CEO Erik Voorhees says the lesson to be taken away from the fall of Mt. Gox is, "We are building a new financial order, and those of us building it, investing in it, and growing it, will pay the price of bringing it to the world."

Bitcoin: Big risk, big disruption

The wide range of obstacles that need to be cleared for bitcoin to thrive are not deterring VCs from investing in the space

Georgian Partners nets $100 mln in first close of second applied analytics fund

Canadian venture capital firm Georgian Partners has secured a total of $100 million in the first close of its second partnership, Georgian Partners Growth Fund II. The lead investor was Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund, managed by Canadian private markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners, which earlier this month announced that it had committed to Fund II. Additional backers of the first closing include BMO Financial Group, Kensington Capital Partners, Fondaction CSN, family offices and a large strategic software investor. Georgian Partners said the new fund will continue to invest in expansion-stage enterprise software, Internet and information companies that are exploiting applied analytics. One of the firm's portfolio companies, Shopify Inc, raised $100 million in a Series C round last December. Founded in 2008, Georgian Partners is based in Toronto.

Claus aims to grow at Next World Capital

The mobile telecom vet will focus on enterprise software and infrastructure for the expansion-stage investor.

PTV seeks $200 mln for fourth healthcare fund

Austin, Texas-based firm focuses on growth-stage investments in life sciences

Paul Graham’s new role at Y Combinator

Y Combinator’s Paul Graham announced on Friday he would no longer be involved in the day-to-day operations of the accelerator he co-founded. At the Launch conference on Monday he talked a bit more about the transition at the pioneering accelerator.

Why Sequoia’s WhatsApp investment is even more impressive than it seems

NextView Ventures' Rob Go explains why Sequoia Capital's investment in WhatsApp is even more amazing than it appears at first glance.