LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant
The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter… Read more »
Category: Venture Capital
As the venture market tightens, a debt lender sees big opportunities
David Spreng spent more than 20 years in venture capital before dipping his toe into the world of revenue-based financing and realizing there was a growing appetite for alternatives to… Read more »
Court rules Mike Rothenberg must fork over more than $31 million to settle SEC allegations
Mike Rothenberg, the once high-flying VC bent on bringing the party to Silicon Valley, must now pay a whopping $31.4 million to settle a California federal court ruling in favor… Read more »
Catalyst Fund gets $15M from JP Morgan, UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups
The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the… Read more »
Deep tech VCs on what they view as some of the most impactful young startups right now
During this week’s Democratic debate, there was a lot of talk, unsurprisingly, about ensuring the future of this country’s children and grandchildren. Climate change was of particular interest to billionaire… Read more »
Trucks VC general partner Reilly Brennan is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
The future of transportation industry is bursting at the seams with startups aiming to bring everything from flying cars and autonomous vehicles to delivery bots and even more efficient freight… Read more »
VCs are just tired
I was in SF last week and met with more than a dozen VCs over the course of two days. This was post the holidays, post their visits to the… Read more »
Obvious Ventures closes an irrationally sized third fund
Obvious Ventures, the firm co-founded by Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, announced today that it has closed its third fund “OV3” at $271,828,182, a number that the graphing… Read more »
Delta Air Lines’ startup partnerships are fueling innovation
For the first time, this year Delta Air Lines had a large presence at CES. The carrier used much of its space to highlight the “parallel reality” screens developed by… Read more »
Transforming #MeToo into the industry’s first investor clause
Elizabeth Gore Contributor Share on Twitter Elizabeth Gore is co-founder and president of Alice, a free multi-channel platform powered by AI technology that guides business owners by providing access to… Read more »
Another former Kleiner partner launches a fund; this time it’s Lynn Chou O’Keefe with Define Ventures
Kleiner is known for many things. Among them, increasingly, is the growing number of people who’ve logged time at the firm, then struck out on their own to hang their… Read more »
Identifying opportunities in today’s saturated cybersecurity market
Yoav Leitersdorf is the founder of YL Ventures, a 12-year-old, Mill Valley, California.-based seed-stage venture firm that invests narrowly in Israeli cybersecurity startups and closed its fourth fund with $120… Read more »
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers
David Teten Contributor Share on Twitter David Teten is an advisor to emerging investment managers and a Venture Partner with HOF Capital. He was previously a partner for 8 years… Read more »
Roofstock, which makes it easier to buy a home as an investment property, just raised $50 million in new funding
There are plenty of startups that say they’re making it easier to buy a home. There are fewer startups that are promising to make it easier to buy a home… Read more »
A venture firm that invests ‘from Park City to Kansas City’ just closed its third fund
Sometimes, in venture capital, it pays to specialize. The latest indicator is a Kansas City, Mo.-based venture firm that’s focused on seed-stage startups that are based anywhere from “Park City… Read more »
Indian tech startups raised a record $14.5B in 2019
Indian tech startups have never had it so good. Local tech startups in the nation raised $14.5 billion in 2019, beating their previous best of $10.6 billion last year, according… Read more »
Startups Weekly: 2019’s dead startups
Welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit…. Read more »
Fintech’s next decade will look radically different
The birth and growth of financial technology developed mostly over the last ten years. So as we look ahead, what does the next decade have in store? I believe we’re… Read more »
Should you pay $50K for your pitch deck? Yes, why the hell not?
Every once in a while on VC Twitter, a comment or statement seems so outlandish, so completely outrageous, that it must be — certainly has to be — false. Such… Read more »
2019’s 10 defining moments in venture capital
Every year, the tech industry experiences moments that serve as guideposts for future entrepreneurs and investors looking to profit from the wisdom of the past. In 2017, Susan Fowler published… Read more »
Negotiate for ‘better’ stock in equity-funded acquisitions
Timothy R. Bowers Contributor Share on Twitter Timothy R. Bowers is the Managing Partner of VLP Law Group LLP. Andrew P. Dixon Contributor Share on Twitter Andrew P. Dixon serves… Read more »
Do more startups die of indigestion or starvation?
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between. Today, we’re weighing a standard bit of startup wisdom that… Read more »
St. Louis-based Summersalt raises $17.3 million for its direct-to-consumer clothing line
The midwest may not be known as the fashion capital of the world (or even the U.S.), but its place in the consumer retail firmament is secure through L Brands… Read more »
Tech startups going public raise 3x more today than in 2015
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between. Today we’re exploring the 2019 IPO cohort from a capital-in… Read more »
Theresia Gouw’s “multigenerational” new firm, aCrew, just closed a $250 million debut fund
Four months after the news broke that veteran VCs Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad were going separate ways after forming their own venture firm in 2014, Gouw says her new… Read more »
With $4B food delivery acquisition, Korea poised to enter upper tier of startup hubs
Seoul and South Korea may well be the secret startup hub that (still) no one talks about. While often dwarfed by the scale and scope of the Chinese startup market… Read more »
Startups Weekly: This year in startups
Welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit…. Read more »
Equity Dive: Direct Listings
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We have something special this week and it’s not just because Kate’s in… Read more »
Atomico VCs say that ‘everybody cares’ in Europe about where the startup dollars are coming from
Today at TechCrunch Berlin, four of Atomico’s most senior partners took the stage together for the first time, flying into the city from London, Stockholm and Geneva to talk about… Read more »
Eaze and Wayv founder explains how to raise money for cannabis startups
Keith McCarty could have retired after Microsoft bought Yammer. Instead, he founded Eaze to address cannabis delivery. He lead the company through its B round and then stepped back, but… Read more »