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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Venture Fund Backing Already Tops 2021
Venture Fund Backing Already Tops 2021
October 13, 2022  |  Investments

Investors backed venture funds with more money so far this year than all of 2021, with a flurry of activity in recent months that offset...

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FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
October 09, 2022  |  Supply Chain

Africa’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding last year, twice as much as in 2020. For Zekarias Amsalu, founder and...

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VC Firm Newion Opens $128.3M Investment Fund for B2B Software Startups 
VC Firm Newion Opens $128.3M Investment Fund for B2B Software Startups 
October 05, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Amsterdam-based venture capital firm Newion has opened its fourth investment fund with an initial closing of 130 million euros (about $128.3 million) and said it...

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VC Firm QED Acquires FinTech Executive Search Company
VC Firm QED Acquires FinTech Executive Search Company
September 30, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Global venture capital firm QED Investors is acquiring boutique search company Lingua Franca Search (LF Search), a startup specializing in placing FinTech and financial services professionals. Acquired for...

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VC Firm Point Nine Raises €180M to Back B2B Marketplaces, SaaS
VC Firm Point Nine Raises €180M to Back B2B Marketplaces, SaaS
September 26, 2022  |  Investments

German venture capital firm Point Nine, which backs companies including Delivery Hero, Revolut and Typeform, has raised €180 million in a new seed fund to...

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Pound, Euro Instability Signals Stress Ahead for Europe’s FinTech Ecosystem
Pound, Euro Instability Signals Stress Ahead for Europe’s FinTech Ecosystem
September 26, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

How a currency trades on the world stage is a form of shorthand for how traders and investors view the prospects and the perils facing...

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German VC Firm Visionaries Club Raises €400M to Improve Supply Chains, B2B Finance
German VC Firm Visionaries Club Raises €400M to Improve Supply Chains, B2B Finance
September 22, 2022  |  Investments

Berlin-based VC firm Visionaries Club has raised a new €400 million fund to invest in B2B technology, a press release said. It will be divided...

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FTX Helps Raise Crypto Startup Mysten Labs Valuation to $2B
FTX Helps Raise Crypto Startup Mysten Labs Valuation to $2B
September 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency startup Mysten Labs has raised $300 million, bringing the valuation of the firm to more than $2 billion. As the Wall Street Journal reported...

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FTX, Alameda Research, Combine Crypto VC Operations
FTX, Alameda Research, Combine Crypto VC Operations
August 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX absorbed the venture capital operations of Alameda Research to combine portions of billionaire co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s businesses as crypto prices continue to...

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