Venture capital investment giant Andreessen Horowitz has furthered its investments in airspace security and management technology company SkyCafe through the participation in a series B round. The post Andreessen Horowitz invests in airspace security company
The UK’s venture capital fund performance rose sharply over the last 12 months according to the latest report by the British Business Bank, bringing up the question of whether the UK has finally caught up with their US counterpart
Private equity fundraising is gathering pace once again as firms look to press on from the panicked months of the COVID-19 pandemic – and the need to stand out has once again become paramount. Specialist
API protection business Noname Security has hit a $1bn valuation through a new venture capital-led investment round. The post API protection startup Noname surges to unicorn status just a year after leaving stealth first appeared
Growth equity and early stage investor Norwest Venture Partners has closed its biggest fund today collecting $3bn of equity investing. The fundraise boosted the firm's total capital under management to $12.5bn. The post Norwest Venture
Anchorage Digital has hit a more than $3bn valuation thanks to a new investment round led by private equity giant KKR. The post KKR helps Anchorage Digital to more than $3bn valuation in firm’s first
Cloud security specialist Sysdig has hit a $2.5bn valuation thanks to a Series G round led by Permira’s growth fund. The post Sysdig hits $2.5bn valuation thanks as Permira leads Series G round first appeared
Initialized Capital, the investment firm launched by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and ex-Y Combinator partner Garry Tan, has raised $700m across two new funds. The post Garry Tan’s Initialized Capital raises $700m for two new
Fintech and software-focused private equity house Nexa Equity has made a majority growth investment in Leap, a provider of home contractor sales enablement software. The post Nexa Equity swayed by booming home remodeling industry as it
Closed Loop Partners has beaten the $50m fundraising goal for its second venture capital vehicle aimed at scaling breakthrough circular economy solutions across plastics and packaging, fashion, food, agriculture and supply chain technology. The post
Nordic life science-focused venture capital house Eir Ventures has hit a €122.3m final close for its debut fundraise. The post Eir Ventures picks up over €122m of investing power focused on Nordic life science sector
Israel-based seed invstor Lool Ventures has hit a $60m first close for its third fundraise, putting it well on the way to its goal. The post Israel’s Lool Ventures races towards Fund III goal through
Lightspeed China Partners has raised $960m across its latest pair of investment funds, with the firm highlighting green tech as an exciting new area of opportunity. The post Lightspeed China Partners beats fundraising target with
Cloud-scale security analytics business Panther Labs has hit a $1.4bn valuation thanks to a hefty Series B investment round. The post Cloud security business Panther Labs hits $1.4bn valuation through big VC-backed Series B first
Global investment major KKR has hired Mukul Chawla from Temasek as partner and the newly-created head of growth equity in Asia Pacific. Chawla will lead the firm's regional investment strategy into emerging, high-growth companies in
Crypto-focused venture capital investor Borderless Capital has launched a $500m sophmore fund targeting the Algorand blockchain ecosystem. The post Blockchain investor Borderless Capital launches $500m sophomore fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Long-time angel investor Chris Sacca and his wife Crystal have raised $800m for a new fund targeting climate technology dealmaking. The post Investment veteran Sacca raises quickfire $800m climate technology fund first appeared on AltAssets
Indonesia-based venture capital firm AC Ventures has more than doubled its capital under management with the $205m final close of its third fund. The post AC Ventures more than doubles AUM with $205m Fund III
Sapphire Ventures has brought its 2021 fundraising to nearly $3.7bn through the final close of its largest capital raise yet. The post Sapphire Ventures soars to biggest capital raise yet with new fund pair, brings
Timeless, a Berlin-based company that lets users buy fractional shares of luxury assets, has picked up a €12m funding round led by EQT Ventures. The post ‘Fractional luxuries’ trader Timeless gets EQT Ventures backing in
