Venture

Over the course of the last few years, venture investment platform OurCrowd has become Israel’s most active venture investor, with over 400 portfolio companies across 42 funds. The platform allows accredited investors to invest in the startups in the OurCrowd portfolio, but until now, they ha

Cohart, a social marketplace to discover, buy, sell and engage with art, raised over $4 million in funding. Kendall Warson and Shyevin S'ng started the company in February 2021 after meeting at an immersive art event and bonding over a discussion about creating the future of new art.

Austin seems to agree with Tuesday Capital. When the 12-year-old seed-stage outfit — originally called CrunchFund  —  was co-founded by longtime VC Patrick Gallagher and technewss founder Michael Arrington, it was interwoven with the Silicon Valley scene. In has since widened its net

Reed Jobs, the 31-year-old son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, has spent his career behind the scenes. But he’s “stepping into the spotlight,” with a new venture capital firm to invest in new cancer treatments, DealBook reported earlier this

Fidelity has slashed the estimated worth of its holding in SaaS startup Gupshup by over 20% in a month and by more than 50% since the original investment in the latest brutal markdown across private markets. The U.S. asset manager valued its holding in Gupshup at $8.08 million at the end of June,

Lately I've been thinking about media publishing startups (think Semafor and Puck) and their fundraising rounds. Semafor recently raised a $44 million seed round, and Puck raised a $7 million Series A in 2021. The Messenger, among the newest in the industry, recently raised $50 million. Publish

If you're adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving food tech industry, here's a roundup of this week's stories and some notable news we weren't able to cover. Supply Change Capital The venture capital fund madness we've seen all year has made its

A few weeks ago, Uncork Capital shared the news that it recently closed on $400 million in capital commitments across two new funds: $200 million for a seed-stage vehicle and another $200 million for an opportunity-style fund that mostly aims to support startups that are already part of its portfol

Building a diverse and inclusive startup is the right thing to do, both ethically and economically. If you're a founder who cares about equity, it begins with choosing co-founders and employees who don't all look or think like you. But that's just the starting point. It also means diver

Goodwater, one of comparatively few firms to focus exclusively on consumer tech investments, has closed on $1 billion in capital commitments across its fifth early-stage fund and its third opportunity-style fund, technewss is first to report. The bulk of the capital — 60% — will be inv

The fund-of-funds model has a new role to play in the venture ecosystem as the amount of capital allotted to such funds has declined over the years. And as its role changes, I couldn't help but wonder if this new version is helping diverse and emerging fund managers. Forget, for a moment, the p

Prosus, one of the largest investors in Byju’s, expressed its disappointment in the edtech giant’s reporting and governance practices on Tuesday, a month after all the key investors quit the startup’s board. Prosus said in a scathing a statement on Tuesday that Byju’s report

Supply Change Capital closed on $40 million in capital commitments for its first fund, targeting investments in the global food industry valued at $10 trillion. The female and Latina-owned firm is spearheaded by co-founders and managing partners Noramay Cadena and Shayna Harris, who met 14 years ag

The role of venture capital is to help startups achieve growth and scale beyond what they could on their own. But does that always pan out? New research shows that for some early-stage companies, it doesn’t really make a difference. A new report from startup lender Capchase found that SaaS st