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100X.VC plans to invest Rs 125 crore in 100 start-ups this year
Venture capital firm 100X.VC said on Saturday it plans to invest 125 crore rupees (over $16.5 million) in 100 early-stage start-ups over the next 12 months.
The company said in a statement that it plans to invest the future 15% stake…
SOSV and JetBlue Technology Ventures Discuss VC Climate Tech and ESG at TC: Climate 2022 Sessions –…
Investments in climate technologies are growing almost as fast as climate change itself. In 2021, climate tech startups have received over $40 billion on more than 600 transactions. This is more than double…
Blockchain companies boosted by a wave of venture capital funding
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Venture capital funding poured into the blockchain industry in 2022 through a slew of high-value deals, new data has revealed.
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Tom Still: Investors from outside Wisconsin are finding worthwhile deals here | Economic news
For years, Wisconsin could be described as a "flyover state" when it comes to venture capital funds that have historically clustered on US shores. Why invest elsewhere if you could find all the talent and technology you…
Venture capital fund backed by Roman Abramovich removes all traces of operations
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is seen in the stand during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England.Clive Mason | Getty ImagesA venture capital fund backed…
Journalist TR Cutler examines the role of venture capital in Africa in the March issue of…
Industry journalist, TR Cutler recently pointed to an increase in global venture capital and investment in Africa as an indication of extraordinary growth. According to Cutler, “When you look at the indicators that predict the future of…
Shuaa Capital launches $250 million venture debt fund
Dubai-based investment bank Shuaa Capital has launched a $250 million fund, the GCC's largest venture debt fund, that will support the growth of regional tech companies seeking alternative sources of capital.“We aim to support business…
Venture capitalists haven’t given up on China in 2021 – but this year could be different
Regulatory headwinds in China have not dampened venture capitalist enthusiasm in 2021. But market watchers are bracing for a potential pullback this year. Venture capital deal activity in China hit a near record…
Mercury’s venture debt product joins crowded market
Hello and welcome to Pipeline! This week: Mercury goes into debt, the SaaS slowdown in sight and SoftBank offloads its Cruise stake.…
Solana’s funding feud raises familiar complaints
If you were an early backer of Solana, a leading “Ethereum killer” blockchain targeting decentralized finance (DeFi) and other decentralized application (DApp) developers, you are probably rich.
One of the many blockchains that sought to…
Venture capital activity in India soared 217% in 2021: Refinitiv
India came second among Asia-Pacific countries in terms of venture capital activity for the whole of 2021 at $36.5 billion, up 217% from it a year ago, according to the latest Asia-Pacific private equity investment report from Refinitiv,…
PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) plans ambitious international expansion and venture capital…
BANGKOK, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thailand leading oil and retail operator PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc. (OR) is gearing up for prolific international expansion and venture capital investments as part of the company's new quest to…
ETSA 2021: early-stage deal flow remains strong despite market volatility
Despite falling valuations of tech companies globally since the start of 2022, deal flow for early stage startups remains robust.
Several leading venture capital funds have focused on early-stage investing and trying to catch companies…
Capchase Secures $80M in Series B Funding
Non-dilutive funding alternatives startup Capchase has raised $80m in a Series B growth equity round led by 01 Advisors, with participation from previous backers QED, Caffeinated Capital, Bling Capital, ScifiVC, Thomvest Ventures, Tusk…
Antler East Africa closes $13.5 million fund to invest in early stage startups – TechCrunch
Antler East Africa, the Nairobi office of venture capital firm and builder Antler, has closed a $13.5 million fund to invest in early-stage tech startups in the region.
The oversubscribed round — Antler intended to raise $10 million…
New venture capital fund for women-led startups
WATERLOO REGION — Women-led startups receive just 3% of venture capital funding, according to Danielle Graham, managing partner of the Phoenix Fire investment fund. To mark International Women's Day, Graham announced on Tuesday that the…
Opinion: “Do it until you do it” is an old trick for Silicon Valley startups, but…
The great British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote that entrepreneurs are necessarily optimistic, with the fear of failure "put aside as a healthy man puts aside the expectation of death." There is, however, a big difference between…
Pittsburgh’s robotic farm venture of the future backed by Pritzker billions
Currently, less than 1% of fresh produce is grown in hydroponic systems compared to open-field agriculture, but Mordor Intelligence predicts this segment will grow by nearly 11%, or approximately $600 million, by 2025 .fifth seasonNext to…
Flashpoint expands its Venture Scout program to expand into Europe and the United States
Flashpoint, a London-based investment firm that manages venture capital, secondary growth and venture debt funds, has extended its Venture Scouting program, which it launched last year.
The VC is now expanding its network in Europe and the…
Rivian raises prices for electric vehicles
The findings offer an insider's view of the LA startup scene in 2022, which, while rapidly growing, remains an island world led by a handful of key dealmakers, like the venture capital industry in its together. This…
Cigna will increase venture capital spending on startups and digital technologies
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CIgna will pour an additional $450 million into its venture capital fund, Cigna Ventures, in an effort to increase spending on start-ups and digital health, the company announced this week.
In addition to…
Mastercard promises new support for black women entrepreneurs
Before the pandemic, more black women entrepreneurs were starting their own businesses than any other group in the United States. Now they are leading the charge toward recovery, helping to push Black business ownership rates to 30% above…
Ukraine Crypto Donations Flow After Russian Invasion
(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian officials are directly soliciting cryptocurrency donations, adding to crowdfunding efforts that have raised more than $5 million in Bitcoin, Ether and other tokens since Friday. Ukraine's official Twitter…
Paytm Principal Honcho Joins Venture Capital Debt Investor Trifecta Capital as Partner
A senior executive at publicly traded digital payments platform Paytm, which lost the most-valued fintech startup tag to Razorpay on Thursday, has joined venture capital firm Trifecta Capital as a partner .
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VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners invests in RegScale
Richmond, Va., Feb. 22 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virginia Venture Partners (formerly CIT GAP Funds), the equity investment program of Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), today announced an investment in RegScale.…
US pension fund commits $50m to BlueRun Ventures’ latest Asian vehicle
In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by the end of the year to comprehensively cover the rapidly changing world of funded startups and venture capital, private equity and M&A deals. . We want journalists who…
Industry Demands, Major Key Players, Industry Analysis and Forecast 2026
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The latest Venture Capital Funds Market research report involves a comprehensive assessment of this industry, highlighting the factors that will impact the revenue stream of the industry over the forecasted period. Also, it…
TANAAKK has placed a commitment of US$100 million in the newly launched HITSERIES FUND
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TANAAKK KK (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Shoichiro Tanaka, “TANAAKK”) announced an initial commitment of US$100 million to the newly launched HITSERIES FUND, which invests in internal Fortune Global 500…
Crypto VC Company Castle Island Ventures Launches $250M Web3 Fund
Crypto venture capital firm Castle Island Ventures today announced a new $250 million fund. The company said the new fund, named Castle Island Ventures III, would invest in new block chain startups and Web3 projects.
The firm will focus…
The January 2022 US Venture Capital Funding Report
US Startup Funding Startups Started the Year Strong with $18.9 Billion Raised; up 55% year-on-year.
Today, I take stock of the state venture capital and seed funding during the month of January nationwide, where more than $18 billion was…
Metaverse BUD Platform Raises $15M Series A+ from Qiming Venture, GGV Capital
BUD Technologies, one of the world's largest user-generated 3D content platforms, has raised new capital in a Series A expansion round led by Shanghai-based Qiming…
Filinvest venture capital fund to develop unicorns in the Philippines
Louella Desiderio - The Filipina starFebruary 13, 2022 | 00:00
MANILA, Philippines — The venture capital building arm of Gotianun-led Filinvest Group aims to build more unicorns in the Philippines worth $1 billion over the next five to…
Diversity nonprofit splits from local venture capital group
Rose and Bussgang didn't have a playbook for solving Boston's tech diversity issues, but they decided to help more black and Latino candidates get tech jobs at the city's innovation companies. .That year they started a program through…
CLSA assesses impact of rates on SoftBank’s investment strategy
According to CLSA's Oliver Matthew, the current interest rate environment could favor the long-term investment strategy of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, which seeks to buy early-stage technology companies at lower valuations.With…
Debut Capital Launches Inaugural Investor-in-Residence Program with Powerful Class of Female…
- Only 0.2% of VC partners are black or Latina women and this program of course aims to correct the lack of representation in the industry; at the end of the program, participants will have access to invest a total of $100,000 in startups…
Europe to launch multi-billion euro tech fund – France
PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A new multibillion-euro public fund is being set up to boost investment in Europe's tech sector, to enable it to compete with American and Asian rivals, the minister said on Monday. French for Finance.Bruno Le Maire…
Q5D uses robots to automate electronic wiring during manufacturing – TechCrunch
Q5D's proposal is simple: use robotics to automate the process of producing wire harnesses for electronics. It's one that - surprisingly - is often still performed by hand, due to its overall complexity. It's a process, the company…
Here are 17 female VCs who teamed up in Europe in 2021
Only 12% of leadership positions in Europe's venture capital industry were held by women in 2021, according to Atomico.
Efforts to promote diversity have been…
Raiven Capital arrives in Riyadh to judge the $600,000 startup competition at LEAP, one of the…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raiven Capital, a global early-stage technology venture capital fund, has arrived in Riyadh to judge a $600,000 seed competition for LEAP, a three-day technology conference with 61,000…
Deepnote Raises $20M Series A, Led by Index Ventures and Accel, to Help Data Science Teams Do Their…
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deepnote, a collaborative data science notebook, today announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Index Ventures and Accel, both doubling their seed investments…
Indian startups: Startup Inc starts the year with a bang and pockets $3.5 billion in January
Mumbai: Indian startups landed record investments of up to $3.5 billion in 130 deals through January, marking a ten-year high amid slowing global markets, signaling continued investor interest in the ecosystem of the country's booming…
Decasonic Announces Final Closing of Early-Stage Blockchain Venture Fund at $48.8M with 88 Investors…
CHICAGO, January 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Decasonic, the venture capital and digital asset fund that…
Lee Fixel, venture capitalists invest in MSP software startup SuperOps.ai
by Joe Panettieri • Jan 27, 2022
Several venture capital market makers – including former Tiger Global Management investor Lee Fixel – are now backing MSP software startup SuperOps.ai, the tech company revealed this morning.
Lee…
what this means for investors, start-ups
Traders work during the IPO of Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Global Inc on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 30, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersBEIJING — Investors may have to think twice about…
KILDE, a Singapore Regulated Platform for Alternative Investments, Reaches Total Funding of…
Last $350,000 tower will be used to pursue the strategy of becoming a supermarket for alternative investments in Southeast AsiaSINGAPORE, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KILD, an investment platform regulated by the Monetary Authority of…
Lab meat start-ups hope to make progress in 2022
Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of cultured meat startup Eat Just, has a vision: He imagines a day when lab-grown meat will be available everywhere, from Michelin-starred restaurants to street vendors and food chains. fast.But more…
Federal funds will go to online tutoring despite pandemic failures
“A key part of tutoring is that social connection with a caring adult,” said Amanda Neitzel, assistant scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Educational Research and Reform. "How can you create this in an online format?"Her worry, she…
Tiger Brands names first direct venture capital fund…
Tiger Brands has put its money in its mouth and appointed Barati Mahloele as director of the company's venture capital fund, which launched in mid-2021.
The fund is seen as a future pillar of growth, with a R100 million mandate to invest…
Fearless Fund partners with the Tory Burch Foundation and The Cru
No more WWDFearless Fund, the first venture capital fund created by women of color for women of color, has partnered with peer coaching platform The Cru and the Tory Burch Foundation to provide a total of 75 women of small businesses run by…
Young VC Brigade Gains Ground in Indian Startup Ecosystem
From the amount of funds invested to the creation of new unicorns, 2021 has been record-breaking in many ways for the Indian startup ecosystem. A trend spotted over the past year, which hasn't been talked about much, is the role played by…
Meet the investor spotting opportunities for Jeffrey Katzenberg
Growing up in Los Angeles, Anthony Saleh said he found entrepreneurial inspiration in Walt Disney VHS tapes. Co.
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classics such as "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin". After receiving the tapes for…
European VC hunts startups that can change a billion lives
Norrsken VC's Freimane Agate seeks companies that can affect a billion lives
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Norrsken VC is nothing if not ambitious. As general partner, explains Agate Freimane, the…
5 essential factors to attract angel investments – TechCrunch
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Joe Guzel launches Haven Ventures Crosslink FinTech Fund
After five and a half years at Crosslink, Joe Guzel is launching his own venture capital fund Haven Ventures, a new fintech fund focused on seed and pre-seed startups, cutting checks of up to $ 1 million.In this episode of the LA Venture…
THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF CAPGEMINI PATRICK NICOLET AND SAPHIR VENTURES FINANCE EXEC SAI SOOD JOINS…
MENLO PARK, California, January 10, 2022 / PRNewswire / - Silicon Valley-based venture capital (VC) firm Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) today announced that Patrick Nicolet, former CTO and member of the Management Board of Capgemini, has…
Why EonXI Boosts Minority Investments and Creates the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs
Black investors now only hold 3% partner level positions in venture capital firms. That must change, says Sherrard Harrington, chairman of black-owned venture capital firm and business incubator EonXI, that he and the current NBA star…
Avataar Raises $ 45 Million Series B To Improve 3D Ecommerce Product Visualizations –…
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Grove Ventures Raises $ 185 Million Fund for Start-ups | Business
TEL-AVIV, Israel - (BUSINESS WIRE) - January 6, 2022--Grove Ventures a…
Initial summit postponed to March due to Omicron fears
Upfront Summit, the extravagant tech and venture capital conference known for its distinguished attendees from business and entertainment, is now the latest in-person event disrupted by the continued increase in COVID-19 cases.The Upfront…
100X.VC plans to invest in 100 early stage start-ups this year
100X venture capital firm. VC aims to invest in 100 start-ups by 2022, more than…
What is legal advice and why are my investors asking me for one? | Cooley LLP
Legal advice is often one of the conditions for closing a venture capital financing of a US company, especially Delaware. The founders of these companies often ask us "what is legal advice?" "And" why do investors need it? Below are…
Despite the lack of funding, Bitcoin is one of the most developed projects – CVBJ
The Bitcoin repository on Github ranks sixth among those with the most activity in 2021, despite being a collaborative project that does not have the financial backing of venture capital.
According to the data collected by the…
How the tech sector is turning in Alberta
Alberta's tech sector is slowly recovering from predominantly self-inflicted injuries that threatened to leave the nascent industry behind Canada's tech leaders in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. In 2019, the Alberta government…
Virtue launches $ 31.25 million fund
Virtue, a new venture capital firm that supports early stage founders who focus on healthcare system transformation, recently announced the launch of a $ 31.25 million fund.
Virtue, a new venture capital firm that…
Serial FinTech Founder Raises $ 20 Million For Ant Money To Make Microinvesting Even More Accessible…
Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son Jeff in 2012 with the aim of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. The pair wanted to make investing easier for the millions…
UK tech investment accounts for a third of the £ 76bn invested in Europe
Power up: £ 26bn has been raised this year by UK tech versus £ 50bn for the rest of Europe
Investments in UK technology have accounted for more than a third of the £ 76 billion…
African startup raises $ 6million in pre-series A funding round
Africa Blockchain Lab recently announced that it has raised $ 6 million in a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the launch of a crypto wallet.
Foster the adoption of cryptocurrencies
An African crypto…
Digital wealth manager FinaMaze unlocks venture capital funds for retail clients
FinaMaze, a hybrid asset manager regulated by the global market in Abu Dhabi, has launched a new investment portfolio that will provide retail investors with exposure to venture capital funds in the Middle East and the region. North…
VentureFriends Raises $ 112 Million Fund for Southern Europe, Middle East & Latin America…
Southern Europe has sometimes been seen as a lost hole in terms of venture capital financing. However, that has gradually started to change in recent years. Earlier this year, Marathon Venture Capital in Athens raised a fund of $ 47…
meet the brothers who refine venture capital
In an era when venture capitalists flock to Twitter to spread their wisdom to the masses via threads, newsletters, podcasts and every other medium imaginable, Mohammed and Ammar Amdani - brothers and co-founders of Adapt Ventures, a…
ST Engineering’s Corporate Venture Capital unit invests in hiSky, a provider of satellite…
Singapore and Herndon, Virginia, December 8, 2021 - ST Engineering today announced that its corporate venture capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures Pte Ltd, has led a US $ 30 million Series A funding round in Israel-based hiSky Ltd., a A!-->…
Holmusk announces closing of strategic investment from leaders in healthcare and life sciences…
NEW YORK, December 6, 2021 / PRNewswire / - Holmusk, a leading global data science and digital health company that is building the largest real-world evidence platform (RWE) for behavioral health, has announced today the close of a…
4 Ways Venture Capital Can Work For The 99% And Be Profitable
Ten years ago this month, we witnessed what could very well be considered one of the most significant events in modern American history: in Zuccotti Park in downtown New York, Police stormed a small makeshift compound, evicting a small…
Raiven Capital announces Björn Öste as new sponsor
TORONTO & PALO ALTO, Calif .-- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Raiven Capital, a global early-stage tech venture capital fund, today announced that Björn Ãste has signed on as a new investor in Raiven Capital.…
HELLA Ventures invests in actnano B series
SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2021 / PRNewswire / - HELLA Ventures, a venture capital firm recognized for helping portfolio companies bring innovative technologies to life, today announced its participation in the Series B of actnano, a…
Mi Casa helps Denver’s most vulnerable residents start careers and small businesses
Denver residents Claudia Hernandez and Ignacio Rosas face rising costs as their four children reach their teens and plan to go to college, which seems financially impossible.
But they have a plan to move their families forward.
They…
Harmony Launcher Raises $ 1.7 Million in Private Seed Funding to Create the First IDO + IGO…
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Harmony Launcher is delighted to announce that we have successfully closed our Private Seed Fundraising Rounds,…
Pryon Positions as a Leader in AI Enhanced Knowledge Management with Funding and Talent Dynamics
New top executives and executives, as well as investments from Steel Perlot, Good Growth Capital and Micron Ventures signal Pryon's accelerationRALEIGH, NC, November 24, 2021- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Pryon, the artificial intelligence (AI)…
Global Micromobility Market Report 2021: Rising Venture Capital and Strategic Investments in…
DUBLIN - (COMMERCIAL THREAD)--The "Micromobility Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecast to 2027" the report was added to ResearchAndMarkets.com offer.
The report predicts that the global…
Meet Modern Crypto Venture Capital
Crypto venture capital is a different game from traditional venture capital, which not all participating companies have yet fully appreciated.Why is this important: The key is to match the asset class in which you invest.Key attributes of…