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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ClassPass Lands $285M To Scale Fitness Marketplace
ClassPass Lands $285M To Scale Fitness Marketplace
January 08, 2020  |  Subscriptions

International fitness and wellness marketplace ClassPass has notched $285 million in a Series E funding round led by L Catterton and Apax Digital, with support...

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Top News In Payments: US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups; Toyota Designs Japanese Smart City
Top News In Payments: US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups; Toyota Designs Japanese Smart...
January 07, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, 2019 is on track to be the second-best year after 2011 for startups worth over $500 million, Toyota unveiled plans for...

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Real Estate Tech Firm Perch Gets New Name, Raises $36M
Real Estate Tech Firm Perch Gets New Name, Raises $36M
January 07, 2020  |  Real Estate

Real estate technology firm Perch has rebranded as Orchard while raising $36 million in new equity funding led by Navitas, with participation from FirstMark, Juxtapose...

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HighRadius Hits Unicorn Status With $125M Round
HighRadius Hits Unicorn Status With $125M Round
January 07, 2020  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn...

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US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups 
US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups 
January 07, 2020  |  Startups

Despite headline-grabbing startup debacles, U.S. investors are still hot to bankroll up-and-coming companies like challenger bank Chime, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday (Jan....

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Top News In Payments: Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch; US Prepares For Potential Iranian Cyberattack
Top News In Payments: Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch; US Prepares For Potential Iranian...
January 06, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, the U.S. prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack, and businesses are...

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India’s Startups Wrap Up 2019 On A High Note
India’s Startups Wrap Up 2019 On A High Note
January 06, 2020  |  Investments

In venture capital, funding can start as a trickle and then wind up as a flood. To that end, as estimated by the research company...

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Facebook Co-founder Among New Investors In VC Firm Antler
Facebook Co-founder Among New Investors In VC Firm Antler
January 06, 2020  |  Fintech Investments

The early-stage venture capital (VC) startup Antler has raised $50 million from new investors that include Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin, according to reports on Monday...

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Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch
Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch
January 06, 2020  |  International

Numerous unicorns were among the hundreds of Chinese tech firms that toppled in 2019 as the economy soured and startups went through piles of cash,...

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