Category Archives: Venture capital
139 Companies and Investors in Israeli Tech
CB Insights: The table above covers venture capital investors, accelerators, and angel investors. It also lists funded companies in select industry categories that are particularly prominent in Israel, along with notable exits of Israeli companies… The top part of … Continue reading
Bubblelicious: Venture Capital Deals Surge to $37B in Q3 2015, 23 New Unicorns
Venture capital-backed companies raised more than $37B in Q3 2015 across 1,799 deals globally. Q3’15 saw 23 new billion-dollar private companies compared to just 12 in the same quarter a year earlier. North America led all continents with 17 new unicorns created in … Continue reading
The VC Leagues: Top Unicorn Hunters and Gatherers
CB Insights: Sequoia Capital continues to retain its spot as the top investor in unicorns, with 17 currently in their portfolio including Instacart, AirBnB, and Square. Kleiner Perkins and Andreessen Horowitz were tied for second place with 15 unicorn companies … Continue reading
A Boom or a Bubble? VC Financing Trends
CB Insights Venture capital (VC)-backed companies raised more than US$32 billion in Q2 2015 across 1,819 deals, bringing the total raised by VC-backed companies globally to a staggering $59.8 billion for the first half of 2015, according to Venture Pulse … Continue reading
VC Firm Andreesen Horowitz on Why We Are Not in a Tech Bubble (SlideShare)
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VCs Developing In-House Tech-Expertise-as-a-Service
Ashlee Vance writes in “Netflix Loses Its Cloud Guru to a VC Firm”: “It used to be good enough for venture capitalists just to hand out money. Well, not anymore. Now they’re expected to offer up a suite of services … Continue reading
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Big Data Startups: $3.6 Billion in 2013 (Infographic)
Courtesy of: BigData-Startups