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Rothenberg Ventures sees staff departures, report claims

Rothenberg Ventures has seen an exodus of support staff, according a story on TechCrunch.

1 min read · 19 August 2016

Vertical wraps up inaugural fund

Santa Clara, California-based Vertical Venture Partners has closed its inaugural fund with $51.3 million in commitments, according to a regulatory document. The filing indicates the money was raised from 32 investors. The firm was founded a couple of years ago by David Schwab, a former managing director with Sierra Ventures.

1 min read · 19 August 2016

Pear closes larger fund, adds to team as LP interest in seed grows

Seed-focused Pear ups its fund size by 50 percent and adds two partners

4 min read · 17 August 2016

Seed-focused Pear raises $75 mln for Fund II

Palo Alto, California-based Pear, which focuses on seed-stage deals and is known for hosting its community events, has closed an oversubscribed second fund with $75 million in commitments. The fund is 50 percent larger than the $50 million the firm raised for Fund I, which closed in 2013 and was raised mostly from the fortunes of Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, the founding managing partners.

2 min read · 17 August 2016

Austin-based True Wealth seeking $20 mln for women-led businesses

Austin, Texas-based True Wealth Ventures has raised $4.7 million of a targeted $20 million fund, according to a regulatory filing.

1 min read · 16 August 2016

BootUp Capital to raise $10 mln venture fund

BootUp Capital Partners has set out to raise a $10 million venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

1 min read · 16 August 2016

Susa Ventures unveils a $50 mln second seed fund

Susa Ventures unveiled a $50 million second seed-stage fund that at double the size of the first will enable the firm to increase its check size.

1 min read · 16 August 2016

Fund performance: Union Square Ventures fund sees sharp decline in WSIB portfolio

The same Union Square Ventures 2008 has performed much better in a UTIMCO portfolio

2 min read · 16 August 2016

Genesys raises most of third life sciences fund from HarbourVest, other LPs

The Canadian life sciences firm tells VCJ it expects to reach its goal early next year

3 min read · 15 August 2016

Fund performance: WSIB's mid-decade portfolio benefits from small-fund strategy

Twitter-backer Union Square Ventures ranks on top of WSIB portfolio with an IRR of more than 67 percent, as of December 2015

2 min read · 09 August 2016

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