Private Equity
Funds from the Column Group, GGV and Canaan advance smartly
2 min read · 05 May 2014
Nokia Growth Partners has teamed up with HERE to launch a $100 million connected car fund. The pool will invest in auto tech firms.
2 min read · 05 May 2014
A total of 11 companies backed by U.S.-based venture firms went public on U.S. exchanges in April, down from 18 in March, but up substantially from a year ago
1 min read · 05 May 2014
Lending Club, which potentially is headed toward an IPO, is the most well-financed in the online lending sector, which includes many startups focused on small businesses, the underbanked and even students.
3 min read · 05 May 2014
Sole VC investor Galen Partners owns 5.37 million Quotient shares worth close to $43 million at the IPO price.
1 min read · 03 May 2014
Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, JAFCO and Connion Capital as a group own 24.2 million shares worth about $218 million at the IPO price.
1 min read · 03 May 2014
Delphi Ventures, Kearny Venture Partners, MPM Capital and New Enterprise Associates as a group own 8.7 million shares worth about $105 million at the IPO price.
1 min read · 03 May 2014
Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins, MHS Capital and New Enterprise Associates as a group own 16.9 million shares worth more than $320 million at the IPO price. NEA is the largest shareholder, with holdings worth about $171 million.
1 min read · 03 May 2014
Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Origin Ventures, Spectrum Equity, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Warburg Pincus and seven other investors as a group own 44.7 million shares worth $1.2 billion at the IPO price.
2 min read · 03 May 2014
Canadian commercialization agent MaRS Innovation has welcomed the Ontario government's commitment to a new $30 million life sciences seed venture capital fund, which was recently announced in the 2014 Ontario budget. The fund is a partnership between the provincial government, the private sector and hospital foundations that will focus on investing in Ontario-based, early-stage life sciences companies. Located within the Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District, MaRS Innovation commercializes opportunities emerging from 16 leading academic institutions.
3 min read · 02 May 2014
