VCs Start To Swarm On Drone Deals
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. It’s not big money yet, but drone technology has investors looking to the sky for pennies from...
German Startups Get Some Needed Attention
German startups scored a win yesterday with Deutsche Telekom’s announcement that it will be launching Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a $620 million fund focusing on Germany’s tech scene, in January 2015. T-Venture, DT’s initial venture capital...
VCs Open Their Wallets For Man’s Best Friend
Just when it appeared that investors were losing interest in pet startups, DogVacay announced a record-setting $25 million Series B1 round to bring pet tech to the forefront of the startup...
Venture Investors Get Moving With Fitness Tech
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Fitness tech startups are off to the races in the second half of 2014, as venture investors seek...
VCs Look To The Future As IoT Investments Soar
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. From personal mobility device Whill to wireless power transmitter uBeam, Internet of Things startups are amassing millions in venture...
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Intel Capital announced a new list of investments yesterday, inching closer to the top of the Investor Leaderboard as the most active corporate VC of all time. With the third highest...
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Investors have allocated over $2 billion in venture dollars this year to consumer transportation companies, from giants like Uber and Lyft to more narrowly-focused startups like Shuddle, the so-called “Uber for Kids,” and FlightCar,...
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Personal finance tech is blowing up this week, as wealth management and investment services startups Personal Capital and Wealthfront both recorded large Series D rounds to total $114 million in venture funding since Monday. Venture...
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India’s tech scene saw a huge influx of cash on Monday as Japanese investment firm SoftBank announced it would pour over $800 million into deals for e-commerce platform Snapdeal and on-demand taxi...
Venture Investors Splurge On Real Estate Technology
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Investments in real estate tech are on the upswing in the wake of some billion dollar exits this year....
Sequoia Goes Even More Global In A Year Of Firsts
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. Sequoia Capital has long been dominant in the U.S. venture scene (and more recently in Asia), topping the charts for most investments...
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Venture investors are raising the stakes, choosing to ignore warnings that the good times won’t last forever and betting bigger than ever in a slew of massive early-stage venture rounds this week. Mystery...
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TechCrunch Disrupt Europe came to a close in London on Tuesday as big data storage startup Crate stole the show and went home with the Disrupt Cup. Crate will join...
Venture Investors Get Fashion Fever As Early Stage Deals Soar
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. There’s a brand new dance in venture capital, as investors have gone fashion-mad. After watching JustFab and...
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Osmo, an iPad-powered gaming device startup out of Palo Alto, has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel Partners with participation from Upfront Ventures and K9...
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NBA star Glen Davis and Titan’s linebacker Derrick Morgan made their venture capital debut on Monday, pouring $2 million in seed funding into robotic bartender Monsieur. Davis and Morgan are the...
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While angel investors were vying for the title of world’s top venture investor of 2014, a Round Table of twelve venture firms ascended the throne in the Silicon Valley venture capital ecosystem. From experienced veterans Sequoia...
Venture Investors Say Logistics Companies Are In For The Long Haul
Editor’s Note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article by Christine Magee. In a world where consumers are increasingly expecting frictionless, tech-enabled services, snail mail is just not cutting it. Just...
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Plummeting currency prices did not stop VCs from buying into bitcoin this week, opening their wallets daily to dish out a total of $54 million in early-stage rounds for five cryptocurrency companies....
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Naspers is making major moves to corner the South African retail market. Yesterday the multinational media group poured $40 million into Nigerian e-commerce platform Konga, with help from Stockholm-based Investment...
