Darren Bechtel, founder and managing director of Brick & Mortar Ventures, gets at least one call a week from other VCs, who are wanting to co-invest in early-stage construction startups or are looking for a pipeline of such deals to invest in the later rounds.
Investing in venture is all about risk. VCs gamble on the companies and industries they think will matter in the future. Apparently, though, women and minority-owned businesses are too big a bet. A recent survey of 200 U.S.-based VCs and diverse entrepreneurs by the Brunswick Group and Morgan Stanley found that while the majority of […]
U.S. funds are not the only star students in the venture class. A recent report from the British Business Bank found that the U.K. market’s venture performance regarding distribution and total value paid in, has been on par with the U.S. for more than a decade. For some vintage years, U.K. funds actually outperformed U.S. […]
As a preventative measure against igniting wildfires with its transmission lines, the utility Pacific Gas and Electric earlier this month shut off power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Northern California earlier this month. Prompted again by the weather conditions this week, PG&E warned 16 California counties that high winds and temperatures may bring […]
Since 1988, Commonfund Capital has invested more than $5.4 billion in venture funds. It oversees around $4 billion in venture assets.
Most venture investors have never managed through a downturn. This poses a risk both for novice investors lulled into complacency and the venture market that competes with the highest bidder on deals.
Ilana Stern has a lot of advice for startups. And for the past year-and-a-half, Stern, founder of Weddington Way, has been coaching founders, working with entrepreneurs and making a small number of angel investments. She said advising startups is something she enjoys. A lot. And she found it to be something she would do if […]
Most recently, LA Fire and Police committed $15 million to Longitude Venture Partners IV; $5 million to Pear Ventures III; $15 million to Pelion Ventures VII; and $15 million to in Oak HC/FT III, which closed on $800 million in August.
Good VCs aren’t afraid of getting their hands dirty. Maybe that’s why many of them are now rushing to invest in the camping sector. Over the past year, a troop of camping-related startups has successfully pitched their ideas to investors, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Part of the attraction is that […]
Internet of Things (IoT) companies are seeing a surge in venture funding while fewer dollars flow into other top technology sectors. U.S.-based VC-backed companies raised $25.9 billion in Q3, down 15 percent from the second quarter, while deal activity fell 16 percent from Q2 to 1,304 transactions, according to a recent report from CB Insights […]