Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Automaker-Affiliated Venture Capital Funds Invest in Innovation
Automaker-Affiliated Venture Capital Funds Invest in Innovation
April 06, 2022  |  Transportation

A thin film that can be integrated into a car’s windshield to display virtual objects as if they were located further down the road. An...

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Venture Capital Firm Sequoia Capital Names New Leader
Venture Capital Firm Sequoia Capital Names New Leader
April 04, 2022  |  Personnel

Sequoia Capital, one of the oldest and most successful venture capital firms, is changing up its leadership, a Financial Times report said Monday (April 4)....

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Hoxton Debuts $215M Fund for European Startups
Hoxton Debuts $215M Fund for European Startups
March 17, 2022  |  Investments

Hoxton Ventures announced Thursday (March 17) that it closed a $215 million fund to help Europe’s new startups scale up, a press release said. The...

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Wells Fargo Looks to Support Women-Owned SMBs With $1.5M Grant
Wells Fargo Looks to Support Women-Owned SMBs With $1.5M Grant
March 10, 2022  |  Investments

Wells Fargo has rolled out new resources to help women-owned small businesses, intending to help more women invest for the first time in venture capital,...

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Africa’s VC Ecosystem: Lack Of Seed-Stage Funding, Tough Landscape For Female Tech Founders
Africa’s VC Ecosystem: Lack Of Seed-Stage Funding, Tough Landscape For Female Tech Founders
March 01, 2022  |  Investments

A lack of seed investments continues to prove a challenge in Africa’s venture capital space, despite increasing signs of improvement in recent years. In 2019...

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FinTech Sweater Closes on $12M in Funding for Venture Capital
FinTech Sweater Closes on $12M in Funding for Venture Capital
February 25, 2022  |  Investments

Sweater, which bills itself as a fintech company and venture capital fund on track to become the first full0managed VC fund open to average investors,...

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Arcade Raises $15M in Series A Funding for NFT-Backed Loans
Arcade Raises $15M in Series A Funding for NFT-Backed Loans
December 22, 2021  |  Investments

Arcade recently closed a $15 million Series A fundraising round to bring collateralized lending that connects non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to decentralized finance (DeFi), according to...

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Zebra Technologies Invests in Returns Tech Company Optoro
Zebra Technologies Invests in Returns Tech Company Optoro
December 22, 2021  |  Retail

Retail and logistics technology platform Optoro, Inc. on Wednesday (Dec. 22) closed a $25 million strategic funding round led by enterprise solution platform Zebra Technologies...

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Polish Startup Ecosystem Is Changing Dramatically, Now Home to First-Ever Unicorn
Polish Startup Ecosystem Is Changing Dramatically, Now Home to First-Ever Unicorn
December 22, 2021  |  Startups

Poland is the most developed country in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, and its startup ecosystem is also rapidly developing, with thousands of...

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