Venture capital

The world of venture capital is growing faster than ever, with more fundraising rounds, bigger fundraising rounds, and higher valuations than at just about any time in history. This has led to an exponential growth in the number of walking unicorns, and has also forced regulators and risk law researchers to face a host of […]

David Friend is a serial entrepreneur, six-time founder and current co-founder and CEO of cloud storage company, Wasabi Technologies. More posts from this contributor Brand power vs product power The herd is soured again on unprofitable unicorns The United States produces more new startups and unicorns every year than any other country in the world, […]

Women receive a pathetic 2% of the billions of dollars invested by venture capitalists each year. Venture capital is an area where the financial gender gap is much larger than the overall 20 percent – and much more for women of color – usually cited in employment statistics. (QuoteInspector.com / Flickr) When most people hear […]

REDWOOD CITY, California, September 1, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Student absenteeism has reached crisis levels during the COVID pandemic, with students and families facing significant barriers to learning. Everyday laboratories, which works with thousands of schools to increase attendance rates through behavioral science, today announced a $ 8 million Series A funding led by […]

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Bangalore: An early stage venture capital (VC) firm, which has backed MyGate and Mfine, on Wednesday announced the first close of its fourth fund at $ 75 million (or ??556 crores). Prime Venture Partner’s fourth fund is the largest to date, set at a total body of $ 100 million, and has also seen established […]

Ontario has taken the lead, secure $ 3.32 billion of total venture capital disbursements, before $ 2.41 billion received by businesses in British Columbia Toronto and Vancouver raised $ 2.66 billion and $ 2.21 billion respectively, together representing 65% of total RC disbursements. Growth and late-stage financing dominated for the first time in history, increasing […]

When a Boston-based tech startup showed John Creighton one of the best prices for his corn he had seen in years, the farmer pledged to sell 75,000 bushels through his network. Months of headaches followed. The company’s paperwork, which farmers rely on to track grain quality and deliveries, was a mess, Creighton said. Trucks sometimes […]

Venture capital firms injected a total of $ 17.2 billion in investment into the Indian startup ecosystem between January and July 2021, according to data released by the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and Venture Intelligence (VI). This is significantly more than the investments of $ 11.1 billion and $ 13 billion […]

Chinese technological scene The last few months have been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Triggered by Scuttling of the IPO of the Ant group, The Chinese government is launching regulatory attacks on many technology companies. Edtech has been hit..Business on demand I took the incoming fire.. Ride hail? Check.. Game? You bet.. […]