How we raised venture capital — and kept our sanity in check
Guest Post We have been fortunate to have raised great rounds, from amazing investors -- but fundraising was one of the most stressful events of my life. Here's what we learned.
Startups are from Mars, enterprises are from Venus
Guest Post Founders and venture capitalists will need to augment their teams with sales executives who can nimbly step around the challenges of contract negotiations, channel partnerships, and client services engagements.
SV Angel files for a $40 million fund, ‘SV Angel IV’
August 31, 2012 11:39 AM
Christina Farr
SV Angel, Ron Conway and David Lee's investment firm, is in the process of raising a new fund, "SV Angel IV".
NXT Capital gives SkyCross venture loan to fuel global expansion
July 9, 2012 4:27 PM
Rebecca Grant
NXT Capital has loaned $3.5 million to antenna solution company SkyCross to drive its global growth efforts.
SkyCross designs and manufactures antennas for wireless devices. The patented “isolated mode antenna technology” imbues one antenna with the capabilities of multiple, meaning …
Entrepreneurs and investors meet in New York to organize for profit and for revolution
April 26, 2012 9:55 AM
Ben Popper
There were two pretty incredible tech events in New York this Tuesday. I only managed to score an invite to one of them, the Lerer Ventures CEO summit at Citi Field. The other was Union Square Ventures more exclusive Hacking …
Hot shot VC firm Andreessen Horowitz says it has nearly returned its first fund
April 25, 2012 5:24 AM
Ben Popper
Critics made a lot of hay over Andreessen Horowitz’s decision not to re-invest in Instagram. As our own Dylan Tweney pointed out, this made a $78 million win seem like a big mistake.
Andreessen Horowitz defended itself, saying that it …
SimpleReach raises $1.5M from High Peaks and Village Ventures for stealthy pivot
February 22, 2012 9:38 AM
Ben Popper
Village Ventures, where Bryan Birsic was a senior associate, wound down its operations last week. But Birsic isn’t taking any time off. He is president of SimpleReach, a startup that helps publishers better engage their readers and has just raised …
As social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture partner
February 10, 2012 5:01 AM
Ben Popper
Zynga’s rise to a social gaming juggernaut traded on the public markets—which now boasts a market cap roughly equal to long-established companies like Electronic Arts—highlights the rapid transformation of the gaming industry.
Boston’s Spark Capital, eager to tap the next …
Greylock Partners launches $160M fund for European, Israeli startups
Greylock Israel Partners, the affiliate fund of Greylock Partners – well-known for investing in companies like Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, and Pandora — is reportedly raising a new venture fund valued at $160 million for startups in Europe and Israel.
The …
Google Voice co-founder leaves for Google Ventures to do it all again
Craig Walker, a co-founder of Google Voice developer GrandCentral, has left the company to join Google Ventures as entrepreneur-in-residence and begin working on his next company.
The other co-founder of Google Voice, Vincent Paquet, will take the helm and lead …
3Par investor Menlo Ventures looks to raise up to $800 million
The primary investor of 3Par, Menlo Ventures, is looking to raise $600 – $800 million for a new fund that would surpass Battery Ventures‘ and Institutional Venture Partners‘ $750 million funds raised this year, according to a report by Bloomberg …
Hey VCs, it’s not your company!
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
VCs say a lot of stupid things. I’m guilty of it plenty and whenever someone calls me on …
