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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AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections

AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
January 09, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous animation platform Soul Machines has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Temasek, with new participation from Lakestar and Salesforce...

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Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
January 09, 2020  |  Investments

Bestselling author J.D. Vance, who penned the popular memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” has started a VC fund called Narya Capital, according to a report Thursday (Jan....

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Israeli Tech Startups Boost Funding 30 Pct. YOY
Israeli Tech Startups Boost Funding 30 Pct. YOY
January 08, 2020  |  Investments

Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3 billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG law firm announced...

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Hundreds Of FinTechs Move From UK To EU Ahead Of Brexit
Hundreds Of FinTechs Move From UK To EU Ahead Of Brexit
January 08, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

No one knows just what Brexit will mean for commerce, for international trade, for currencies across the Continent.  The only certainty is that the effects...

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ClassPass Lands $285M To Scale Fitness Marketplace
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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...
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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