E-commerce investor Upper90 raises $55M for equity investments Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Anthony Ha - April 16, 20210 It might be strange to hear this from a firm that just raised a $55 million equity fund, but the team at Upper90 would like to remind you that equity isn’t the only funding that’s available. Upper90 is led by CEO Billy Libby (former head of quantitative education sales at Goldman
Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Annie Siebert - February 26, 20210 David Teten Contributor Share on Twitter David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this contributor 15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability Katherine Boe Heuck Contributor Katherine Boe Heuck is a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan
With compliance on the mind, corporate boards up cyber investments Data Breach by Teri Robinson - October 9, 20200 Despite the pandemic, boards are increasing investment in security, and organizations expect their security budgets to expand over the next year. Of the 900 global chief information security officers and information technology decision-makers tapped for Thycotic’s CISO Decisions survey, 77 percent said their boards have okayed investment in new security projects.
SEI Investments customer data exposed in ransomware attack on vendor Data Breach by Teri Robinson - July 27, 20200 A May ransomware attack on M.J. Brunner Inc. exposed data pertaining to clients of SEI Investments Co., among them money managers like Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco), Fortress Investment Group LLC and Centerbridge Partners. SEI Investments said in a statement that the attack was not the result of any flaw in
Cross-border investments aren’t dead, they’re getting smarter Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Walter Thompson - January 10, 20200 Yohei Nakajima Contributor Share on Twitter Yohei Nakajima is an investor at Scrum Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco, and Senior Vice President at Scrum Studio, helping global corporations connect and work with innovative startups. In recent years, the venture capital and startup worlds have seen a significant shift
Setting politics aside, Sequoia raises $3.4 billion for US and China investments Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Kate Clark - December 4, 20190 Noted Silicon Valley venture capital fund Sequoia Capital has raised nearly $1 billion for later-stage U.S. investments and roughly $2.4 billion for venture and growth deals in China, according to paperwork filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The firm, famous for its investments in U.S. companies
Corporate, public investments spur interest in Pacific Northwest startups Cyber Security by Walter Thompson - November 7, 20190 Dan Burgar Contributor Share on Twitter Dan Burgar is President of the Vancouver VR/AR Association, where he has helped develop the city's ecosystem into the second largest VR/AR hub globally. He's also a partner at Shape Immersive, which creates innovative solutions for top brands and enterprises. Kate Wilson Contributor Share on Twitter Kate Wilson is a Vancouver-based
Corporate, public investments spur interest in Pacific Northwest startups Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Walter Thompson - November 7, 20190 Dan Burgar Contributor Share on Twitter Dan Burgar is President of the Vancouver VR/AR Association, where he has helped develop the city's ecosystem into the second largest VR/AR hub globally. He's also a partner at Shape Immersive, which creates innovative solutions for top brands and enterprises. Kate Wilson Contributor Share on Twitter Kate Wilson is a Vancouver-based
Where VCs are looking for voice startup investments Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Eric Peckham - November 5, 20190 Led by Amazon’s Alexa, smart speakers’ install base is expected to reach 200 million units worldwide by 2020. A quarter of Americans over the age of 12 own a smart speaker, and the majority of those users have more than one device in their home. Moreover, Apple could sell 50
MaC Ventures, the brainchild of Adrian Fenty and Marlon Nichols, is quietly making its first investments Tech and Gaming Blog by Jonathan Shieber - August 3, 20190 MaC Ventures, the new Los Angeles-based investment firm formed from the merger of Cross Culture Ventures and M Ventures, has quietly started deploying capital from its fund. One of the firm’s first disclosed investments is Edge Delta, which announced a $3 million seed round earlier this week. The Seattle-based company, which has