Indian Startup Funding — Startups Raised $171 Mn This Week
After seeing a massive resurge, funding across the Indian startup ecosystem in the third week of December took a hit.…
Cat Labs Raises $5.4M Seed Round To Combat Crypto And Ai-enabled Crime
CAT Labs, a startup building tools to fight the misuse and abuse of emerging technologies like Crypto and AI, today announced it has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by M13. Existing pre-seed investors Castle Island Ventures, CMT Digital and Hash3 also doubled down...
Lgps Central Launches Buy And Maintain Credit Fund With Seed Investment Of £650M
LGPS Central launched a buy and maintain sterling investment grade credit fund with initial seed investment of £650m from the West Midlands Pension Fund (WMPF).
Tessl, A London-based Ai Firm, Hits A $750M Valuation Just Nine Months Post-launch
Tessl, a London-based firm founded in February, has raised $100million in a Series A venture capital round led by Index Ventures.
Animoca Brands Raises $10M For Open Metaverse Platform Mocaverse
Animoca Brands has raised an additional $10 millino for Mocaverse, a platform for building an open metaverse. :
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Animoca Brands has raised an additional $10 millino for Mocaverse, a platform for building an open metaverse. Participating investors include OKX Ventures, CMCC Global, Hong Shan (formerly Sequoia China), with attached MOCA Coin. Animoca had previously raised $31.88 million last year for the Mocaverse to build out the interoperable infrastructure tech stack for consumer crypto adoption with large user base ecosystems.
What Can Football Scouts Teach The Vc Industry About Risk Management? | Portfolio For The Future
By Ros Bazany, Head of ESG and Impact at Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm. Key takeaways::
I don’t know much about football, but having recently enrolled my eldest son into the Real Madrid kids club, I am learning more - particularly about Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was the team’s all-time top scorer in 2015-16 and, to my son at least, is one of the best players in the world. Ronaldo was scouted at 12, and he made his international debut at 16. With this new-found knowledge, I couldn’t help but make a comparison between VC and football.
The Twenty Minute Vc (20vc): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch: 20vc: Investing Lessons From Seeding Uber, Airtable And Coupang | Why Pro Rata Is The Original Sin In Vc | Why Liquidity Has Died In 2024 | Why Lps Are Pissed With Vcs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics With David Frankel @ Founder Collective
David Frankel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, one of the best seed firms of the last decade. David has led rounds in companies such as Suno, Coupang, SeatGeek and PillPack (sold to Amazon for ~$1B). Previously, David was Co-Founder and CEO of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa, ultimately acquired by NTT Japan. David has been named to the Midas List six times.
Nanotech Firm Concretene Secures £3M Vc Investment To Develop Its Carbon-saving Building Technology
Molten Ventures and LocalGlobe commit to Manchester firm. :
A concrete nanotech firm has secured £3m in venture capital investment to help it bring its green technology to a wider market. Manchester’s Concretene has developed a graphene-enhanced concrete mixture that helps to reduce the carbon footprint of the building material. It has now secured backing from two investors – tech-specialist VC fund Molten Ventures has led the Seed+ investment round while European investor LocalGlobe, which put seed investment into Concretene in 2023 – has further committed itself to the project.
Writing Venture Capital’s New Playbook
Post zero-interest-rate-policy (ZIRP), venture capital is a new animal. :
Signage for Sand Hill Road, with flowers, in the Silicon Valley town of Menlo Park, California, ... [+] August 25, 2016. In Silicon Valley culture, "Sand Hill Road" is used as a metonym for the venture capital industry, as many prominent venture capital firms have offices along the road. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images). OpenAI’s $6.6 billion fundraising event affirms the historic firepower of venture capital. But, even as the private markets soar, OpenAI’s round dynamics are irrelevant to most founders.
How Sri Pangulur Became The Co-lead Of Mayfield's Series B Fund
Sri Pangulur, partner at MayfieldSri PangulurSri Pangulur started his own syndicate while working as a sales executive in Silicon Valley.He parlayed that syndicate experience to transition working in to venture capital at Tribe Capital.Last year, he joined Mayfield to co-lead its Select/Spring Fund, targeting new Series B investments.Sri Pangulur embraced the after-work hustle to invest in early-stage startups. By day, he was a CloudFlare sales executive.