Through a secondary investment process, the technology investing company is taking a significant minority stake
from existing investors in the consumer credit monitoring and financial health startup through a secondary investment process.
Maintaining a strong relationship
with existing investors is paramount for the success of the next funding round, increasing the probability of attracting new investors under good terms.
«Maybe
existing investors don't want to sell or make price up — and if we can't accept the price, maybe we have a different decision,» he said.
Rising dividends not only make a stock more attractive to new income investors, but steady dividend hikes also
reward existing investors on shares purchased at lower prices in the past.
One way to do this is by
offering existing investors the incentive of a convertible note that converts into shares at the closing of the offering at a discounted price.
This will be followed by a share purchase plan in order to raise up to another $ 2 million
from existing investors.
RealtyShares is raising a $ 28 million Series C round led by Cross Creek Advisors, with participation from
existing investors including Union Square Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, and Menlo Ventures.
EQT Ventures led the round, and was joined
by existing investors including Sunstone, E-ventures and Bonnier Growth Media.
Meanwhile, a survey from NN Investment Partners published this week revealed that 14 percent of investors canvassed were planning to make their first allocations to private debt this year, while 45 percent
of existing investors in the asset class said they intend to increase their exposure over the coming 12 months.
Bizongo, a business - to - business (B2B) marketplace for packaging materials, has raised $ 22 million (Rs 146.7 crore) in a Series B round of funding from B Capital and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as well
as existing investors Accel Partners and IDG Ventures.
With their investment, Greylock and Highland
join existing investors including First Round Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, CrunchFund, Max Levchin, Yuri Milner's Start Fund, David Tisch, A-Grade Investments, Chris Dixon, Vivi Nevo, Alexis Ohanian, Loic Le Meur, Martin Varsavsky, Kal Vepuri, Ryan Sarver, Jared Hecht, Steve Martocci, Emil Michael, Aaron Levie, Zorik Gordon, and Nathan Hanks.
We look for well - financed mining stocks with no immediate need to sell shares at low prices, since that would
dilute existing investors» interests.
This round also includes contributions from
other existing investors including NTT Finance, Nexus Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital, it added.
Earlier this month, enterprise startup Freshdesk Inc. raised $ 55 million in funding led by Sequoia, with participation from
existing investor Accel Partners.
In September, Silicon Valley - based cloud backup and data protection firm Druva Inc. raised $ 51 million (Rs 340 crore) in funding led by
existing investor Sequoia Capital India.
Long - short hedge fund Valiant led the investment round, joined by
existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital.
SoftBank would invest between $ 1 billion and $ 1.25 billion at the company's current valuation of close to $ 70 billion, sources said, and would spend up to $ 10 billion to buy shares from
existing investors at a valuation of about $ 50 billion.
The round is led by Singapore holding company Temasek, and includes major
existing investors like Google, Alibaba, and J.P. Morgan Investment Management.
All of the company's
existing investors participated in the new round, including Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Vulcan, Next World Capital, Workday founder Dave Duffield and Salesforce chairman and CEO Marc Benioff.
Called Pantera ICO Fund LP, the fund intends to raise $ 100m, with $ 35m already raised in support from the firm's
existing investor base, undisclosed new investors, and according to the company, unnamed venture capital firms.
Outreach raised a $ 30 million round in May, led by DFJ Growth, with participation by
existing investor Mayfield as well as Microsoft Ventures and others.
All our new investors are joining our strong
existing investor group which includes emerging market tech giant, Naspers, who led our USD4m Series A round, and leading Southeast Asian venture capital firm Venturra Capital.
On Wednesday, the company announced $ 100 million in new funding led by new investor Founders Fund, with
existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Jefferies participating.
The company said it's raised $ 16 million in a new round of financing led by Shasta Ventures and August Capital thanks to that, along with
existing investors Y Combinator and Funders» Club.
A handful of new investors also participated, including Founders Fund and Storm Ventures, along with continued participation from
existing investors such as Bloomberg Beta, Promus Ventures, and others.
Verayu had received an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A funding led by Vamm Capital, an investment and real estate firm in Dubai, with participation from
existing investor Blume Ventures.
Some of Aspect's deals it has joined as an external investor providing a fair price to
existing investors looking to add to their bets; in others such as many of its seed deals, the firm has typically participated alongside a seed funding specialist as a warm - up to a Series A. «The bumper crop of seed investors creates more opportunity for us,» Gouw says.
Bitcoin wallet outfit Coinbase has raised $ 25 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from
existing investors Union Square Ventures and Ribbit Capital.
Under its old CEO, Travis Kalanick, Uber cracked down
on existing investors who tried to sell their ownership positions, which is not likely to be as rigid in the future.
Participants in the funding round include new investors Future Fund Management Agency, Ziff Davis, NF Trinity Capital (Hong Kong) Limited, and ITOCHU Corporation, as well as
existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Georgian Partners.
Also spin - offs and de-mergers
where existing investors often sell without doing their homework on the new company's real value or situations where you have a forced seller pushing down the stock price are good hunting grounds for fundamental investors.
Founders Fund led the round and was joined by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital, as well as
existing investors Craft Ventures, Vy Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
The round was led by General Catalyst and Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, who were joined by
existing investors Spark Capital, Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, Bezos Expeditions, Goldman Sachs, and General David Petraeus.
Existing investors Intel Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, DuPont, Verizon Ventures, and Indiana University's Innovate Indiana Fund participated.
At the end of 2014, Adyen raised $ 250 million from General Atlantic with participation from
existing investor Index Ventures.
Google along with
existing investors Tiger Global, Battery Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures participated in the latest round.