Disrupting Venture Capital: Accelerators, Incubators and Network Effect Platforms - Part I
In the past decade, the most valuable technology investors have evolved to become platform-enabled incubators and accelerators. The opportunity to generate outsized returns at seed and pre-seed stages has become increasingly evident. Accelerator and incubator models have become the supreme investors in the venture space for several reasons:
VC Recap: LPs See Less Exits, More Mega Funds; China, Russia Launch Joint VC Fund
Introducing Trusted Insight's Venture Capital Recap, a compilation of the most important venture capital news of the previous day. Here are the stories you may have missed:
Real Estate Data Startup Raises $13M in Series B Funding
Founded in 2013 by Rich Sarkis and Charlie Oshman, Reonomy provides lenders, brokers and investors with a platform to simplify commercial real estate property and market-level research. Through its p...
Xiaomi Confirms $1.1m Funding Round at $45 Billion Valuation
Investors include private equity funds All-Stars Investment, DST Global, Hopu Investment Management, and Yunfeng Capital, as well as Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC
UC Plans a $250M Venture Capital Fund to Finance Campus Startups
The University of California is planning a $250 million venture-capital fund to finance startup companies stemming from research conducted by its faculty and students....
Advances on Gene Therapies Influence Venture Investors to Fund Treatments
Advances in gene therapy are leading venture investors to fund treatments for conditions affecting a wider range of body systems....
Google Invests $145M in SunEdison's Solar Project Regulus
Google Inc. ( GOOGL ) is investing $145 million in equity funding to SunEdison, Inc. ( SUNE ), a manufacturer and provider of solar energy, for the construction of Regulus, its solar plant in southern California..
Wheeler REIT Announces Pricing of $18M Financing of Series B
The offering consists of 144,000 units priced at $125.00 per unit, which will immediately separate into five shares of Preferred Stock and six Warrants that permit investors to purchase one share o...
Delta ID fetches $5 mln Series A From Intel Capital and Others
Delta ID Inc., a company focused on bringing secure and convenient biometric authentication to mass-market computing devices, announced today it has close...
PatSnap, a Startup Search Engine for Patents, Raises $3.6M
The patent system, while crucial to innovation, can become a hindrance. With millions of patents out there, startup founders would have a nightmarish time searching for them, and they would need to k...