Category: Private Equity
Calling Bucharest VCs: Be featured in The Great TechCrunch Survey of European VC
TechCrunch is embarking on a major project to survey the venture capital investors of Europe and their cities. Our survey of VCs in Bucharest and Romania will capture how the country is faring, and what changes are being wrought amongst investors by the coronavirus pandemic. We’d like to know how…
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Extra Crunch roundup: Antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, more
Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of finding a thread that connects each story in the weekly Extra Crunch roundup; there are no unified theories of technology news. The stories that left the deepest impression were related to two news pegs that dominated the week — Visa…
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15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund
David Teten Contributor More posts by this contributor 12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability Launching is easy; fundraising is harder. I’ve been fortunate to be a partner at two different VC firms over the past nine years,…
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Everlywell raises $75M from HealthQuest Capital following its recent $175M Series D round
At-home health testing kit startup Everlywell has raised $75 million, following the close of the $175 million Series D it announced in December. The new funding comes from HealthQuest Capital, and sees the fund’s founder and managing partners Dr. Garheng Kong join the company’s board of directors. The new funding is…
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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share
Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC: structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. We list here all the active flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: Revenue-based Compensation-based Blended-return streams Revenue-based flexible VCs These investors are paid back…
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LAUNCHub Ventures heading towards a $85M fund for South Eastern European startups
LAUNCHub Ventures, an early-stage European VC which concentrates mainly on Central Eastern (CEE) and South-Eastern Europe (SEE), has completed the first closing of its new fund at €44 million ($53.5M), with an aspiration to reach a target size of €70 million. A final close is expected by Q2 2021. Its…
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