Private Equity
Seattle-based Biomatics Capital Partners has filed to raise $150 million, according to a regulatory filing. The firm, which earlier this year invested in New York-based AiCure, was established by Boris Nikolic, who previously was a science adviser for Bill Gates, and Julie Sunderland, former director of program-related investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
1 min read · 19 April 2016
San Francisco-based Zetta Venture Partners is seeking to raise $100 million for its second fund, according to a regulatory document. Zetta, founded in 2013 by Managing Directors Mark Gorenberg, a 25-year veteran venture capitalist, and Ash Fontana, who formerly launched online fundraising at AngelList, raised $60 million for its inaugural fund. The firm focuses on early-stage analytic software companies.
1 min read · 18 April 2016
Former Berkeley student Jeremy Fiance raised the inaugural fund from a number of LPs who are graduates of the university
2 min read · 18 April 2016
VCs acting while the iron is hot and raising funds at record pace, but LPs remain cautious for first-time managers
2 min read · 14 April 2016
San Francisco-based Fuel Capital, an investor in Clearbit, Interana, Julep and Secret. among others, has raised $46.195 million for its second fund, according to a regulatory filing. The firm raised $25.5 million for its inaugural fund in 2013, according to Thomson Reuters.
1 min read · 13 April 2016
The pension manager's early-stage portfolio from 2007 to 2011 includes three funds that boast IRRs above 45 percent
2 min read · 06 April 2016
Many expanding companies in Europe are complementing their equity finance with debt and, in the absence of a diversified banking system, are turning to specialized lenders to do so
3 min read · 04 April 2016
500 Startups continues its push to find and back startups worldwide by launching a $30 million Canadian fund. 500 Canada plans to make more than 150 investments in early-stage startups in the country over the next few years. Audiobooks founder Sanjay Singhal will lead Ontario-based 500 Canada. Singhal is a founding board member of the Canadian angel investment group Angel One and has backed more than 30 Canadian companies as an angel investor.
1 min read · 31 March 2016
One of the co-founders of Toronto-based Relay chats about what he sees in mobile tech
3 min read · 30 March 2016
San Francisco-based Array Ventures, has raised $2.8 million toward a targeted $10 million inaugural fund, according to a regulatory filing.
1 min read · 28 March 2016
