The holidays are in full swing, which means you might start getting automatic-reply emails as people take off on vacation. But don’t let the relative calmness of the […]
Bitcoin continues climbing, Block releases hardware wallet, Robinhood expands to EU and VCs may see some relief soon
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Secondaries investors tell us what’s hot heading into 2024
Since the market corrected in 2022, late-stage funding rounds have been few and far between. It’s been hard to predict what is still attractive to investors in the […]
Why Congruent turned down over $300M from LPs for its third climate tech fund
Joshua Posamentier and Abe Yokell have spent the last seven years on the LP circuit, tirelessly pitching LPs on the financial and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) benefits […]
European startup funding halved to $42B in 2023, says Atomico
The downturn in the technology sector — dragged by inflation, higher interest rates and geopolitical events — continues to persist, and one of the most acutely impacted areas […]
5 investors have high hopes for defense tech amid growing venture interest
For many years, it was taken as a given that venture investing was fundamentally incompatible with defense technology. Cripplingly long acquisition cycles — upwards of 10-15 years for […]
US emerging managers started their fundraising rebound in 2023
As fundraising got tougher for venture firms in 2022, many feared emerging managers, which don’t have the same networks or track records that more established VCs have, would […]
Menlo Ventures closes on $1.35B in new capital, targets investments in AI startups
Menlo Ventures has raised $1.35 billion in new capital that it plans to use in part “to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups,” the venture firm announced […]
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Lightspeed Faction launches $285M early-stage crypto fund
As the crypto market continues to slog through a fundraising winter, Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, is betting big on the space. The firm has launched […]