So the National Venture Capital Association released a report which looked at the fastest growing regions for venture capital outside of Silicon Valley and the results were interesting to say the least.
While the Valley and New England remain the country’s leading regions for investments, they are not the fastest growing according to the report which […]
Entries from March 2008
Investing Outside the Valley - It’s Happening
March 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Raising Money · Reports · State of Venture
Zivity Pulls in $7M for Adult Content Social Network
March 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Zivity (San Francisco, CA) seems to have broken the barrier between mainstream and adult by securing $7M in VC money from some very reputable sources for an online adult content social network. The Series A Round led by BlueRun Ventures and FoundersFund (Peter Theil of PayPal fame and co.) comes on the heals of a […]
Tags: New Funds · Series A Financing · Venture Capital · social networking
Laszlo Lassoes in an Additional $6.6M in Series C
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Laszlo (San Mateo, CA) pulled in another $6.6M in its latest round of funding which included backers from WI Harper Group, General Catalyst Partners, Mitsui & Co Venture Partners and Sofinnova Ventures. This $6.6M is in addition to the $8M they had already taken in just last month ago putting the total round at $14.6M.
These […]
Tags: New Funds · Series C Financing · Software
Pequot Ventures Spins Out - Now Called FirstMark Capital
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
FirstMark Capital (New York, NY) is the new name of the spun out venture arm of Pequot Capital. The decision to separate the businesses and also add a new name comes at a time when it is growing increasingly hard for these funds to raise capital. While the firm has had a lot of success […]
Tags: Venture Capital