• SiFive , a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, raised $65.4 million in Series D funding from Qualcomm Ventures and return backers Sutter Hill Ventures, Chengwei Capital, Spark Capital, Osage University Partners and Huami. (axios.com)
General Atlantic led, and was joined by return backers HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Balderton Capital, Creandum, Octopus Ventures and TempoCap. (axios.com)
Besides Amazon and Arts Alliance Ventures, venture capital firms Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures and Octopus Ventures also had stakes in Lovefilm. (wikipedia.org)
Only two years ago the firm raised its last fund , Index Ventures VI, and has now returned to its backers to boost the coffers ahead of a new investment surge. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
The funding, a Series B, is being led by Balderton Capital, with new backer Mubadala Capital and previous backers ETFS Capital, MMC Ventures and Anthemis Group also participating. (cybersecurityreviews.net)
The company's long list of investors included numerous private equity and venture capital firms, such as Index Ventures, LocalGlobe, Seedcamp and Valar Ventures. (beauhurst.com)
Extend Ventures is a collective of business, finance and research specialists who came together in 2019 to use the power of big data and machine learning to democratise access to Venture Capital. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Driven by the maxim that what isn't measured doesn't change, Extend Ventures provides irrefutable evidence of bias, unconscious or otherwise, in the Venture Capital sector in how funding is allocated. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
New and previous backers Triple Point Capital, Mons Investments, Cherry Ventures, QUADIA, and LocalGlobe all participated in the round. (tech.eu)
Firms3
The year 2005, saw both Lovefilm and ScreenSelect grow rapidly as fierce rivals - with strong backers, these two firms leaped ahead of their rivals. (wikipedia.org)
When quizzed on whether competition for deals is increasing, Holmes says that despite a number of other firms such as Balderton Capital raising their own new war chest , the ecosystem has grown to a stage where it can support the range of capital up for grabs. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Among its clients are world-leading strategy consulting firms, investment banks, multinationals, technology firms, venture capital & buyout firms and governments. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Investors4
The firm was founded in 2017 by Eric Archambeau and George Coelho, who both launched VC firm Balderton Capital in Europe and were early investors in Spotify. (sifted.eu)
Astanor says that 50% of the second fund comes from returning investors from the first fund - though the firm didn't confirm how many LPs from the first fund reinvested. (sifted.eu)
Invest Europe is the association representing Europe's private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
With close to $100 million raised, from investors including Atomico, KPCB and Sequoia, Alan certainly has the capital to match his global ambitions. (issuu.com)
Venture capi3
He's also a former partner with venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, who left in 2012 to open a family office called S-Cubed Capital. (axios.com)
Moving forward exactly two years and the venture capital firm has been prolific in its backing of early and growth-stage businesses in the UK - predominantly in the technology space. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Beddit , an eight-year-old, Espoo, Finland-based company that makes an ultra-thin sleep monitoring sensor, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Inventure , a Nordic early-stage venture capital firm. (strictlyvc.com)
Previous1
Previous backers in Nested include Rocket Internet's Global Founders Capital, and London-based Passion Capital. (balticmagazine.com)
Businesses with private capital investment employ 9.9 million people across Europe, 4.3% of the region's workforce. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Berlin-based urban farming startup Infarm has secured a $25 million Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. (tech.eu)
Since its inception in May 2006, Demand Media has raised over $350 million in equity capital and pioneered a new formula for building an interactive media company. (web2innovations.com)
Driven1
Renatus is a boutique, impact-driven private equity fund focused on providing supportive equity capital (minority and majority) to ambitious SMEs across Ireland and the UK. (renatus.ie)
Group3
Fubon's investment comes alongside further funding from our existing backers, including Schroders, Balderton Capital, Pentech, Armada Investment Group and Nigel Wray. (nutmeg.com)
Renatus Capital Partners invests in Allied Imports Group, Northern Ireland's Euro Auctions is acquired, Glanbia acquires stake in German firm and much more in this weeks Renatus Private Equity weekly M&A newsletter. (renatus.ie)
We are delighted to announce that Renatus Capital Partners , backed by a collection of successful Irish business people and the Irish Strategic Investment fund, is now an investor and partner in the Allied Imports Group. (renatus.ie)
Round4
Astanor was also a relatively early backer of flagship European agritech Infarm, joining its $100m Series B round in 2019. (sifted.eu)
The equity part of the round was led by Northzone and Balderton Capital, while the source of the debt financing, to be used primarily for the cash advances Nested provides to sellers, was not disclosed. (balticmagazine.com)
In that first round the backers are Gemini Israel Funds and Genesis Partners. (web2innovations.com)
A funding round on this scale is considered extremely large and exceptionally rare in the Israeli venture capital industry. (web2innovations.com)
Investment6
For entrepreneurs seeing the new fundraising as an opportunity to fit into the Index investment spectrum and secure growth capital, Holmes says that the firm makes commitment decisions based on four different pillars. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
First they had to build the product and it took them years to do that, and I liked the resilience of the team," said Rob Moffat, the partner at Balderton who led the investment. (cybersecurityreviews.net)
A typical VC exit strategy involves exiting when stock markets are stable, interest rates are low, and valuations and investor confidence are high-to maximise return on investment. (beauhurst.com)
Venture capital exits are when a private company with investment from venture capital funds exits the private market, either through an initial public offering (IPO) or acquisition. (beauhurst.com)
Over the past decade, 215 high-growth UK companies have undergone an IPO, of which 36% are known to have received investment from a private equity or venture capital fund. (beauhurst.com)
Invest Europe aims to make a constructive contribution to policy affecting private capital investment in Europe. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Partners2
For the ninth year in a row, Forbes has teamed with TrueBridge Capital Partners to search for the 25 most likely to pass that mark. (forbes.com)
We have over 620 members, split roughly equally between private equity, venture capital and limited partners - with some 100 associate members representing advisers to our ecosystem. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Europe1
Those members are based in 57 countries, including 42 in Europe, and manage 70% of the European private equity and venture capital industry's €846 billion of assets under management. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Early1
The capital will be used to bring Modu's product onto the market as early at the end of 2008. (web2innovations.com)
Strong1
This commitment helps deliver strong and sustainable growth, resulting in healthy returns for Europe's leading pension funds and insurers, to the benefit of the millions of European citizens who depend on them. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Source1
It's not the case that the deals we do we're the only source of capital available, often they have other competitive offers. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Equity1
From seed to growth equity there is more capital, with more serious intent backing companies throughout the cycle, than there has been for some time. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Amazon1
In February 2008, Lovefilm acquired Amazon's DVD rental business in the UK and German markets, and in return Amazon became the largest shareholder of Lovefilm. (wikipedia.org)
Risk1
As with all investing, your capital is at risk. (nutmeg.com)
Global1
We are the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity, and automotive markets. (stateofeuropeantech.com)
Financial2
That period has seen Index make more than 20 new capital injections into spaces ranging from financial services to mobile technology. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
I don't want to have to optimize for financial return. (strictlyvc.com)
Fund1
In an era when getting money out of the door and then returning it to LPs in a profitable way is no mean feat, raising a new fund so quickly is a letter of intent. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Fintech1
Peter Ackerson has departed from his role as general partner at fintech-focused venture firm Fin Capital and started a new firm, Audere Capital. (awesomefintech.com)
Venture capital4
In September 2004, ScreenSelect followed up with the merger with Video Island, which combined ScreenSelect's management and brand with Video Island's venture capital. (wikipedia.org)
Corporate venture organisation Siemens' Venture Capital has led a $15 million (£9.6 million) funding round into LogRhythm. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Today's blog is by Alastair Goldfisher, managing editor of Private Equity Week and Venture Capital Journal in San Francisco. (pehub.com)
I normally edit the European Venture Capital Journal www.evcj.com and I'm a regular blogger on the PE Hub pehub.lndo.site. (pehub.com)
Funding round1
File sharing business Egnyte has outlined plans to open up a major UK base in London following a funding round backed by Northgate Capital Group and other investors. (growthbusiness.co.uk)
Largest1
In February 2008, Lovefilm acquired Amazon's DVD rental business in the UK and German markets, and in return Amazon became the largest shareholder of Lovefilm. (wikipedia.org)
Business1
When it comes to the cash you have in your business, you need to know where it is, and that you're not too exposed," Cook said, "and secondly you want to maximize any return you can on that cash. (ayudamecomputertechnology.com)