• Flying Fish Partners, a Seattle - based
venture fund raised $ 27.8 million for its first fund, Flying Fish Partners I.
It's the largest
venture fund raised to date, according to the Wall Street Journal.
For instance, even with Palm at the lowly $ 4 a share, Elevation roughly breaks even on the fund, which not
every venture fund raised in 2005 can say for itself.
Not exact matches
Next Issue media had
raised approximately $ 50 million in
venture funding from investors including KKR.
ZirMed
raised venture funding of an undisclosed amount from Sequoia Capital and Poplar Ventures.
Redux had
raised approximately $ 5 million in
venture funding from investors including Arie Capital.
Culture Trip, an online travel magazine,
raised $ 88 million in a series B round of
funding led by the
venture arm of PPF Group, a Netherlands - based conglomerate.
Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of
funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new
funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks
venture capital deals.
The company has
raised a total of $ 450 million in
venture funding.
A competitor to Squarespace, Wordpress and Medium, Weebly had
raised $ 35.7 million in
venture funding prior to the acquisition, according to Crunchbase.
Octiv had
raised approximately $ 20 million in
venture funding from investors including GE Ventures, Greycroft, and FundersClub.
The 12 - year - old company, which calls itself «the front page of the internet» and boasts more than 300 million monthly users, has
raised an additional $ 200 million in
venture capital
funding that gives Reddit a valuation of nearly $ 1.8 billion.
• Qiming
Venture Partners, a China - based venture capital firm, has set out to raise a $ 900 million sixth venture fund, according to a filing with t
Venture Partners, a China - based
venture capital firm, has set out to raise a $ 900 million sixth venture fund, according to a filing with t
venture capital firm, has set out to
raise a $ 900 million sixth
venture fund, according to a filing with t
venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
• Ventech Capital, a France - based
venture capital firm,
raised 140 million euros ($ 174 million) for its fifth
fund, Ventech Capital V.
The
venture arm, which just
raised $ 36 million for its debut
fund, acts more as a traditional investment vehicle.
Yet another Silicon Valley
venture capital firm
raising yet another
fund isn't usually big news — it happens all the time.
In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S.
venture capital firms
raised $ 2.9 billion from 44
funds — a decrease of 33 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.
The company behind it
raised $ 12 million in
venture funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.]
In the rare instances in which
venture capitalists used to invest in women, they'd promptly replace them with men, says Amy Millman, co-founder and president of Springboard Enterprises, which mentors and coaches women to
raise venture funding.
• Activant Capital, a Greenwich, Conn. - based private equity firm,
raised $ 129 million for its late - stage
venture fund.
Twine Health had
raised approximately $ 9.8 million in
venture funding from investors including Khosla Ventures, Provenance Ventures, and Qiming Venture Partne
venture funding from investors including Khosla Ventures, Provenance Ventures, and Qiming
Venture Partne
Venture Partners USA.
• Olympus Partners, a Stamford, Conn. - based private equity and
venture capital firm,
raised $ 3.04 billion for its seventh
fund, Olympus Growth Fund
fund, Olympus Growth
Fund Fund VII.
IvyMark had
raised approximately $ 2.9 million in
funding from investors including Pitango
Venture Capital, NFX and Disruptive VC.
Valor Water Analytics had previously
raised $ 2.8 million in
venture funding from investors including the Urban Innovation
Fund and Y Combinator.
• Altitude Life Science Ventures, a Seattle - based
venture capital firm, is seeking to
raise $ 125 million for its third
fund, according to an SEC filing.
As VC firms
raise larger
funds and pump capital into
venture - backed companies at various stages, they allow them to stay private longer.
• Pilotworks, New York City - based a community of food entrepreneurs formerly known as FoodWorks,
raised $ 13 million in Series A
funding led by Techstars Ventures and Acre
Venture Partners.
• Energy Innovation Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based
venture capital firm,
raised more than $ 130 million for its debut
fund, according to an SEC filing.
It has
raised $ 4.4 billion in
venture funding, including a round in March that valued the company at $ 31 billion.
The go - getter attitude that landed her positions at McKinsey, Aeropostale, and Google is evident in her approach to grow the brand, which has partnered with department store giant Bloomingdale's and
raised $ 13.6 million in
venture capital
funding.
• Section 32, a San Diego, Calif. - based
venture firm, has set out to
raise $ 250 million for a second
venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
Weebly had
raised approximately $ 35.7 million in
venture funding from investors including Sequoia Capital, Tencent Holdings, Baseline Ventures, Floodgate, and SV Angel.
• Rally Ventures, a Minnetonka, Minn. - based
venture capital firm, plans to
raise $ 150 million for its third
venture capital
fund, according to an SEC filing.
The deal came only days after Industrious, a co-working office space startup that competes with WeWork,
raised $ 80 million in
venture funding to grow its roster of corporate customers.
Lytro had
raised about $ 215.8 million in
venture funding from investors including Blue Pool Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Qualcomm Ventures, and NEA.
As we've noted before, VC firms are
raising larger and larger
funds, pumping capital into
venture - backed companies at the various stages, and likely inflating already - inflated tech valuations.
• Eight Roads Ventures Europe, a U.K. - based
venture capital and private equity firm,
raised $ 375 million for its third
fund.
Skydio has
raised $ 70 million in
venture funding to make self - flying cameras that follow a subject automatically.
The firm has been investing under - the - radar in a mix of
venture and private equity deals since 2014, but had not
raised a large
fund of pooled capital for deals until this year.
Owen Brainard, the managing director of Brainard Capital, responded: «First step to
raising a
venture fund is saying «if I ever
raise a
venture fund...»»
Jaco
raised $ 1.15 million in
venture funding from Hillsven Capital and UpWest Labs.
• Floodgate, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based early - stage
venture capital firm,
raised $ 131 for its sixth
fund, according to an SEC filing.
The company
raised $ 25.7 million in
venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, BlueScape Resources, NGEN Partners, and angel investors.
• YI Capital, a Beijing - based early - stage
venture fund focused on China's internet - tech companies,
raised $ 116 million for its debut
fund.
• March Capital Partners, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based
venture capital firm, is seeking to
raise $ 150 million for its second
fund, according to an SEC filing.
Gittins must have a good one — she's
raised $ 80 million in
venture funding, and, as she puts it, «kissed so many VC frogs I don't even remember their names.»
• Joy Capital, a China - based
venture capital firm, is seeking to
raise $ 300 million for its second
fund, Joy Capital II, according to an SEC filing.
The potential global market helped Vollmar, CEO, and Koch, CTO,
raise $ 15 million in
venture capital, including a $ 10 million Series B round
funded last winter.
• EnCap Investments, a Houston, Texas - based
venture capital and private equity firm,
raised approximately $ 6.2 billion for its energy
fund, EnCap Energy Capital Fund XI
fund, EnCap Energy Capital
Fund XI
Fund XI LP.
• Resolute Ventures, a San Francisco - based early - stage
venture capital firm,
raised $ 65 million for Resolute III, a seed
fund.