Private Equity
Venture funds worldwide raised a combined $58.1bn in the first half of 2023, down from about $100bn in the first half of last year, according to exclusive Venture Capital Journal research.
3 min read · 20 July 2023
Mayfield is making a major push into AI, raising $250 million for its first AI-focused seed fund, AI Start, and hiring a veteran investor focused exclusively on AI start-ups.
2 min read · 20 July 2023
Based in Toronto, Cohere is a generative artificial intelligence platform for enterprises.
1 min read · 20 July 2023
Exclusive research by Venture Capital Journal found a total of 102 women-led firms have raised a combined $5bn since the start of 2022.
4 min read · 20 July 2023
Shutt is formerly chief executive of Unitas Global.
1 min read · 20 July 2023
"Sequoia Capital wouldn't be what it is today without Michael," Roelof Botha, who leads Sequoia, wrote to limited partners in a letter viewed by Venture Capital Journal.
4 min read · 20 July 2023
Neptune commercializes technologies that convert organic fishing waste into biodegradable nanomaterials that solve challenges for the plastics, composites and pulp and paper industries.
1 min read · 19 July 2023
The fund will incubate and build-early stage next-generation biotechnology companies in the Los Angeles region and beyond.
2 min read · 18 July 2023
CoinFund, a crypto-focused venture capital firm, announced that it has closed on $158 million for CoinFund Seed IV Fund LP, beating its $125 million target.
2 min read · 18 July 2023
Industry Ventures has beaten the initial target for its latest flagship secondaries fund and appears to have also increased the total amount of capital it is seeking.
2 min read · 18 July 2023
