Private Equity
VCs should embrace transparency and liquidity much like public companies.
4 min read · 08 July 2015
Q2 saw 73 U.S.-based funds raise about $10 billion
2 min read · 08 July 2015
Chamath Palihapitiya s23p talks about his firm’s expansion, his new interest in consumer and sitting on his deal-making hands.
4 min read · 08 July 2015
Beijing-based venture firm Shunwei Capital Partners has filed to raise $500 million for Shunwei China Internet Opportunity Fund II. The amount listed on the regulatory filing is in U.S. dollars. The firm raised $210 million for its previous Internet Opportunity Fund, which closed in 2014, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
1 min read · 08 July 2015
Canadian boutique finance advisory firm GreenSky Capital has launched its previously announced early-stage venture capital fund, GreenSky Accelerator Fund I LP. The fund, which will leverage GreenSky's deal flow to make investments in Canadian technology startups, completed an initial close of $3.25 million. It is targeted to raise $4 million in total. It was also announced that the fund has entered into a term sheet for its first investment in Cyclica Inc, a data interaction platform that simulates the interaction of pharmaceuticals with the body’s proteins. The company, which is based in Toronto, secured financing from GreenSky President's Club in 2013.
4 min read · 07 July 2015
Startups and venture firms need to prepare for when, not if, the valuation bubble bursts.
6 min read · 07 July 2015
Venture rebound aside, aging bubble-era funds still find tough sledding.
2 min read · 07 July 2015
Costanoa Venture Capital has raised $135 million for its second fund. Palo Alto, California-based early-stage investor Costanoa backs cloud-based services that leverage data and analytics.
2 min read · 07 July 2015
Funding in LA increases as VCs finding a robust number of deals, but without the competition in Silicon Valley
7 min read · 07 July 2015
Odlander Fredrikson & Co. is raising a seventh HealthCap fund at $222 million, a 51 percent jump from the firm's previous fund, according to an SEC filing.
1 min read · 06 July 2015
