Blue Bear Capital has raised a new $150 million fund that will be used to find and invest in startups developing technology aimed at
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VC Mark Suster: “The bet we’re making now is on founder skills,” not customers or products
We recently caught up with longtime VC Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures, which last raised both an early-stage fund and a growth stage
The GoPro-ification of the iPhone
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we talked about some sunglasses from a company that many people do not
SoftBank’s Marcelo Claure is coming to Disrupt next week
SoftBank has been on a tear in Latin America. The Japanese investment conglomerate just announced it has launched its second Latin America-focused fund with
1 change that can fix the VC funding crisis for women founders
Claire Diaz-Ortiz Contributor Claire Diaz-Ortiz is a venture capitalist and author of nine books that have been translated into 11 languages. Her next book
What we can learn from edtech startups’ expansion efforts in Europe
Rhys Spence Contributor Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where he works with portfolio companies to help
Longtime VC, and happy Miami transplant, David Blumberg has a new $225 million fund
Blumberg Capital, founded in 1991 by investor David Blumberg, has just closed its fifth early-stage venture fund with $225 million, a vehicle that Blumberg
The responsibilities of AI-first investors
Ash Fontana Contributor Ash Fontana, a managing director at Zetta Ventures, is the author of “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with
Logistics startup Stord raises $90M in Kleiner Perkins-led round, becomes a unicorn and acquires a company
When Kleiner Perkins led Stord’s $12.4 million Series A in 2019, its founders were in their early 20s and so passionate about their startup
Creative adtech is on the cusp of a revolution, and VCs should take note
Casey Saran Contributor An ad tech veteran who has logged time at Google and The Rubicon Project (now Magnite), Casey Saran is co-founder and