Rockfort Capital :based out of Boston and invests across advanced hydrocarbons, renewable energy,sustainability and smart grid technologies.It generally funds start ups from 5$milion to $25million : contact them
Hercules Capital :based out of ElmHurst ,illinois provide seed, start up as well as late stage funding. It has more than 20 start ups in its porfolio.Blurb, Tapjoy and Transmedics are among them.You can directly connect them here
CIT Gap Fund : based out of Virginia mainly invests across seed and early stage.It invests across Biotech, healthcare and life sciences Among its portfolio. Funding size : $0.1million to $5million. Connect with them
Epic Ventures :based out of Idaho, rexburg provides seed and early stage funding in the range of $1- $5milion.With a fund size of more than. $170million, its highest funding has been upto $5million. Connect with them
Redpoint Ventures based out of Menlo park, California: It provides early stage investments from $1million to $5million.With a huge $2.5billion fund size, it invests across consumer products, media, internet,technology. Connect with them
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Showing posts with label VC funding. Show all posts
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July 21, 2016
July 2, 2016
new infusion of capital to venture funds falls off the cliff
While Start up funding shows signs of decline, Investment infusion across several VC firms showed signs of revival.
. According to Venture Pulse, the first quarter of 2016 saw US$25.5 billion invested across 1,829 deals, marking the second-straight quarter in which investors dialed back VC funding and activity.
. According to Venture Pulse, the first quarter of 2016 saw US$25.5 billion invested across 1,829 deals, marking the second-straight quarter in which investors dialed back VC funding and activity.
June 20, 2016
10 wearable start ups with highest vc funding sitting on the biggest cash pile
The first quarter of 2016 saw $1.4 billion in venture capital funding and the most merger and acquisitions transactions in a single quarter to date. The biggest VC investment in 2016 , has been so far on Healthcare wearables and technology vertical .According to Mercom capital the first 6 months in 2016 has seen VC’s landing up with war chests of $260million to lap up the most promising investments across wearables technology
The most active VC money that has been chasing the wearables sector happens to be Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures.Among the biggest VC funding across wearable technology was last years $542M Series B raised by Magic Leap, Florida-based developer of head-mounted augmented reality displays. Magic Leap raised capital in that round from a wide range of investors including smart money VCs Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
VC interest in this sector has been across 4 areas
1) Health and fitness bands:
2)Smart Watches and jewelry:
3)Smart apparel: OMsignal (smart workout apparel).
4)medical devices( mistfit wearables)
The growth of wearables started gaining traction since 2009 as funding to wearables startups surpassed $2.2B across the past five years, accrued over 195 deals.
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Jawbone, at $614M raised, is the most well-funded private wearables company. amongAmong i (Jawbone took on $300M in debt financing in April 2015).Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico Black Rock, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments ,Firsthand Technology Value Fund are among those who have invested in jawbone |
June 19, 2016
June 16, 2016
saas based performance monitoring platform logicmonitor raises $130million
Software company LogicMonitor has raised $130 million, marking its largest funding round for setting up the California company for an Asia expansion.
LogicMonitor, a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, company that helps businesses monitor their data centers and flag possible problems, raised $130 million from Providence Strategic Growth, an investment arm of Providence Equity Partners, the company said in an interview.
Prior to this funding, LogicMonitor, founded in 2007, had raised $21 million, a relatively small sum compared to some other high-growth software companies.
With 160 employees and more than 1,000 paying customers, including JetBlue, Citrix, National Geographic and Trulia, The company revenues has doubledeach year for the past five years. declined to provide specific numbers.
June 15, 2016
5 industries that will transform disruption powered by iOT
vc investment in drones : top 5 deals
Between 2010 and 2012, there were fewer than five VC deals to drone companies. But
as hype and interest catalyzed for the space (Amazon famously revealed plans for drone
delivery in December 2013), investment has grown. There are now at least 10 drone
companies with Series A funding or later including Ehang, Skycatch and Kespry. A handful
of companies have raised Series B financing including 3D Robotics and Airware.
April 1, 2016
VC exits from technology start ups
2015 TECH EXITS BY VC’s There were over 3,400 exits in 2015, a 14% increase from 2014. But exits by quarter are trending downward with just 717 exits in Q4’15 – the lowest quarterly total since Q1’14.
VC exits from top 10 biggest Technology start ups
Global tech exits including M&A, IPO trends, and much mores
February 24, 2016
us states ranked by vc investments across saas start ups
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California,New York and Massachusetts are among top 3 US states with the highest investment in SaaS companiesWith over $16 billion investment across Saas Companies, Calfornia VC investment exceeded vc investment of all US states combined by $6billion |
US states Ranked by “SaaS” start up Venture Fund Deals
Caifornia VC firms have invested $16billion across saas start ups from 2011 to 2014. The VC deals in California was equal to all other US started combined. saas based VC firms invested a total of $11.7 billion,as compared to VC investment of $16billion in california. To read more click belowFebruary 22, 2016
google’s most expensive acquisition in united kingdom
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LIST OF STARTUPS BOUGHT BY GOOGLE IN UNITED KINGDOM; |
DeepMind technologies, a London-based artificial intelligence firm which specialises in machine learning, advanced algorithms and systems neuroscience was aquired by Google Ventures, the VC group of Google.. Google paid a hefty amount of £400m ($650m) for acquisition of DeepMind
Deep minds has created a neural network that might be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that appears to possibly mimic the short-term memory of the human brain.Deep Mind Technologies plans to develops technologies for e-commerce and games, and plans to develop computers that think like humans.
Deepmind recent made headlines when it announced that its alphaGo program had successfully beaten a human professional
The two-year-old artificial intelligence startup was founded by former child chess prodigy and neuroscientist Demis Hassabis alongside Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
February 20, 2016
the top 5 start ups that received venture funding this week
The following are the start ups that got funding this week
- Snapbizz: Retail technology firm
Investors : Former CEO of the TATA group Ratan Tata
Amount : Undisclosed - LodgIQ: Hotel revenue management systems
Investors:Highgate Ventures and Trilantic Capital Partners.
Amount :$5million
- Jugnoo :aggregator of auto rides
Investors:Led by personal HNI TV and film actress Saumya Tandon.
Amount : Indosclosed
- Diligent Corp: Maker of boardbook apps
Investors: Insight Venture
Amount :$624 million
- Qualia Media : SasS start up
Investors : 15 investors led by Verizon Ventures
Amount : $5.5million
Scroll down or click below to see the other Vc deals this week
- Hometeam, $5 million: seniors home care provider
Investors:Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Amount: $5 million
- Operative: ophthalmic app that allows users to get an eye check via its app
Investors:Led by Jump Capital along with Tribeca Venture Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Chicago Ventures,
Amount : $6million
February 1, 2016
15 cities that tops investment by vc firms on companies led by woman founders
The chart shows the list of US cities by Percent for Female Founded Companies with backing from VC firms .New York City,has produced the largest number of companies with a female founder: 374, or 21% of all startups. It turns out that the Big Apple beats out San Francisco (338 startups and 16%) on both fronts. Another suprise is worth noting that Brooklyn, considered on its own, is the national frontrunner with 28% of startups, 33 in total, reporting at least one woman founder.metros
Among other cities the percentage of women CEO’s seem to be lagging as the overall national average of 15.4% for the years 2009 – 2014, These include the well-known Silicon Valley cities of Palo Alto and San Jose.( techcrunch)
european start ups seeking angel funding by business verticals
When it comes to seeking VC funding by european start ups, its the consumer internet that represents the highest share of start ups that is seeking to fund its growth
Business products followed by IT services is the no 2 and 3 industry vertical ,seeking funding, followed by clean technology,media and entertainment and consumer products which rank 4th, 5th and 6th respectively. European start ups specializing in internet& dot com along with IT services account for 32% among the different industry vertical seeking funds
January 31, 2016
the biggest IPO’s by industry and size
Chinese internet and online shopping giant Alibaba’s IPO was the biggest IPO in the history if financial markets. The number 2 biggest IPO was Votorantim Cimentos followed by Citizen Financial group , which is ranked number 3 The IPO of .Syncrony Financial was the 4th largest, thereby making the fintech industry the highest number of record setting initial public offering ,IPO history.
January 25, 2016
united kingdom accounts for 7% global vc deals, 70% growth across technology investments
VC INVESTMENT IN UK last year reached 3.6 billion euro with UK and Ireland accounting for 7% of global VC deals in 2015. The UK tech sector received 70 per cent more funding from VCs last year, compared with 2014, with start-ups gaining just $2.1bn in 2014,according to research
based on the data from CB Insights and London & Partners,
However this number pales into insignificance when compared to VC investment and start up growth in US and silicon valley miles According to the US National Venture Capital Association, $35.7bn was invested in tech companies by US venture funds in 2014 alone.
However UK has traditionally seen increasing VC funding across financial technology start ups. In 2015 Britain’s financial technology( fintech) investments has seen significant upside with several
funding rounds in the vertical which included Ebury, a group that helps small businesses trade internationally, which raised $83m; Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender, which raised $150m; and WorldRemit, a money transfer group, which raised $100 million
UK’s strength has been its proximity with the financial centre of London, where it scores over ” the silicon valley’s software power centre
based on the data from CB Insights and London & Partners,
However this number pales into insignificance when compared to VC investment and start up growth in US and silicon valley miles According to the US National Venture Capital Association, $35.7bn was invested in tech companies by US venture funds in 2014 alone.
However UK has traditionally seen increasing VC funding across financial technology start ups. In 2015 Britain’s financial technology( fintech) investments has seen significant upside with several
funding rounds in the vertical which included Ebury, a group that helps small businesses trade internationally, which raised $83m; Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender, which raised $150m; and WorldRemit, a money transfer group, which raised $100 million
UK’s strength has been its proximity with the financial centre of London, where it scores over ” the silicon valley’s software power centre
french venture funds that funds up to $5million across early stage local start ups
Here is the complete list of French VC start ups that ” provide funding to ocal french start ups to the tune of $5 million . This list had been published by Andy Romans at Rubicon. This list is not final list, there might be some other VC which we missed out. In case you wish your ” VC ” firm to get listed, you can tweet me at twitter.com/aerosmith071 or send me a mail at [email protected]
1 | CDC Entreprises | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 1,923 | 21 |
2 | CM-CIC Capital Prive | Paris, France | Investment Bank | US$ 373 | 13 |
3 | Amundi SA | Paris, France | US$ 826,684 | 12 | |
4 | Credit Agricole Private Equity | Paris, France | US$ 4,456 | 12 | |
5 | Seventure Partners SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 601 | 11 |
6 | Idinvest Partners | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 3,366 | 10 |
7 | XAnge Private Equity | Paris, France | US$ 353 | 9 | |
8 | Auriga Partners SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 397 | 8 |
9 | Sofinnova Partners | Paris, France | US$ 1,328 | 8 | |
10 | A Plus Finance | Paris, France | US$ 66 | 7 | |
11 | Emertec Gestion | Grenoble, France | Venture Capital | US$ 144 | 7 |
12 | Serena Capital SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 120 | 7 |
13 | Ventech SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 439 | 7 |
14 | Alto Invest | Le Chesnay, France | 6 | ||
15 | Alven Capital | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 180 | 6 |
16 | Naxicap Partners SA | Paris, France | US$ 974 | 6 | |
17 | Oseo | Maisons-Alfort, France | Government | US$ 361 | 6 |
18 | Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners | Paris, France | US$ 580 | 5 | |
19 | Fonds Strategique d’Investissement | Paris, France | 5 | ||
20 | I-Source Gestion SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 225 | 5 |
21 | Innovacom SA | Paris, France | Corporate Venture Capital | US$ 541 | 5 |
22 | Truffle Capital SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 462 | 5 |
23 | 123 Venture | Paris, France | US$ 180 | 4 | |
24 | ACE Management | Paris, France | US$ 166 | 4 | |
25 | Developpement et Partenariat | Paris, France | US$ 180 | 4 | |
26 | Gimv NV | Antwerp, Belgium | US$ 2,116 | 4 | |
27 | iXO Private Equity SAS | Toulouse, France | US$ 361 | 4 | |
28 | Oddo Asset Management | Paris, France | US$ 204 | 4 | |
29 | Sofimac Partners SA | Clermont-Ferrand, France | US$ 240 | 4 | |
30 | Sudinnova | Lyon, France | Venture Capital | US$ 54 | 4 |
31 | Turenne Capital Partenaires SA | Paris, France | US$ 361 | 4 | |
32 | BNP Paribas Developpement | Paris, France | US$ 295 | 3 | |
33 | BNP Paribas Private Equity SAS | Paris, France | US$ 971 | 3 | |
34 | Cap Decisif Management | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 58 | 3 |
35 | CDC Innovation | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 499 | 3 |
36 | CEA Investissement | Grenoble, France | Government | US$ 18 | 3 |
37 | CIC Banque de Vizille | Lyon, France | 3 | ||
38 | Entrepreneur Venture | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 42 | 3 |
39 | Jaina Capital SAS | Paris, France | Angel Investor | US$ 120 | 3 |
40 | Masseran Gestion SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 56 | 3 |
41 | Matignon Investissement & Gestion | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 301 | 3 |
42 | Midi Capital SAS | Toulouse, France | US$ 32 | 3 | |
43 | NextStage Aurel | Paris, France | US$ 176 | 3 | |
44 | OTC Asset Management SA | Paris, France | US$ 301 | 3 | |
45 | Societe Hospitaliere d’Assurances Mutuel | Lyon, France | Venture Capital | 3 | |
46 | 360 Capital Partners | Milan, Italy | Venture Capital | US$ 120 | 2 |
47 | Apax Partners LLP | London, United Kingdom | US$ 20,000 | 2 | |
48 | Backbone SAS | Paris, France | 2 | ||
49 | Bioam Gestion | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 67 | 2 |
50 | Esfin Gestion | Courbevoie, France | Venture Capital | US$ 72 | 2 |