Private Equity
U.S.-focused and rest-of-world funds are solid performers, but Asia is lagging
2 min read · 25 November 2013
A growing number of VC firms are using analytics more common to Wall Street as a tool to get an edge on the competition
5 min read · 25 November 2013
VC firm scores its first liquidity using its analytics tool to predict success
2 min read · 25 November 2013
Rithm, a mobile music messaging app developed by MavenSay Inc, was awarded the People’s Choice at the conclusion of the Canadian Innovation Exchange's CIX 2013 forum, held this week at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District. Company co-founder and CEO Mike Wagman believes that the start-up stood out because of its compelling story and rapid growth over the past few months.
2 min read · 22 November 2013
BDC Venture Capital and the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) have renewed their partnership for a third year, promising to further strengthen Canada's community of angel investors by identifying, standardizing, and sharing best practices. BDC's Dominique Belanger noted that the initiative supports the continuing rise in the number of angel investors, and their increasing role as drivers of Canadian innovation and competitiveness. The announcement was made at this week's 2013 National Angel Summit, hosted by NACO in Banff, Alberta. The winner of the Summit's pitch competition, peHUB Canada has learned, was Farm At Hand, a cloud-based farm management platform that allows producers to manage production and agribusinesses to exchange real-time information. The company is backed by Vancouver-based start-up accelerator GrowLab.
3 min read · 22 November 2013
Kleiner Perkins is at the top of the list followed by NEA, MPM and Meritech
2 min read · 22 November 2013
Arista, Box, Lending Club and other high-profile tech companies are likely on the fast track, on the heels of Twitter’s debut.
3 min read · 22 November 2013
Finjan Holdings has made an undisclosed investment in an unidentified Israel-based venture capital fund. The pool will focus on early-stage tech companies "on the leading edge of cybersecurity innovation."
3 min read · 22 November 2013
Arista, Box, Lending Club and other high-profile tech companies are likely on the fast track, on the heels of Twitter’s debut
5 min read · 22 November 2013
Spofity’s latest funding round reportedly led by Technology Crossover Ventures
2 min read · 21 November 2013
