The Chicago-area venture firm Origin Ventures is raising the biggest fund in its history, according to a regulatory filing, and a smart bet -- and new partner -- may explain why.
Venture investors have poured $6.9 billion into Asian e-commerce companies in the past 3-1/2 years, hoping to make a killing on an Amazon-like powerhouse in promising markets from China to Russia.
With 15 healthcare IPOs year-to-date in the general market, Terry McGuire and others say the resurgence is overdue
After falling the previous month, the Post-Venture Capital Index rises to 860.83 at end of May
Best-performing funds from CalPERS’ self-directed portfolio include those manage by Asia Alternatives Management and Khosla Ventures
The funding of Airware in late May helped to spotlight VC-backed drone technology, which potentially has more than just military applications
The entrepreneur-turned-investor chats about how Ron Conway helped him, the future of bitcoin and why people think he needs to get out more
Prospective revenue “quality” can dramatically alter the exit value you ultimately attain from a company, says guest columnist Scott Johnson, a managing partner with New Atlantic Ventures.
Knocking a Google-like grand slam out of the park has never been the rule in local investing, despite the potential of luring large consumer audiences deeply interested in neighborhoods and area merchants. This hasn’t kept venture capitalists from continuing to try.
Karim Fair, the general partner at Google’s venture arm, sits down with VCJ and talks about the group’s enterprise, big data and security investments.