Why success doesn't depend on your business idea, the quality of your product or your startup capital. The concept of “startup” has grown so big that its very essence has been mystified by industry norms, stories and the media. About 472 million entrepreneurs and 305 million startups are created each year. Of…...
Tech Startup Financing Hits Records as Giant Funds Dwarf Venture Capitalists
Big money-management firms expanded their dominance in Silicon Valley last quarter, crowding out venture capitalists in a once-niche business and putting 2021 on pace to nearly double last year’s record in startup financing. Investment in U.S. startups for the first half of 2021 hit $150 billion, eclipsing full-year funding every…...
More Opportunity Than Capital: Venture Dollars Spread Throughout the US
Nearly $161.5 billion of venture capital poured into U.S.-based companies last year, as the private markets and tech startup ecosystem had another banner year.While the country as a whole saw new highs reached in venture, so did states such as Washington, North Carolina and Minnesota — not just in the…...
Pandemic puppy boom fetches deals in Silicon Valley !
It's raining cat and dog deals in startupland. Venture capital investors are pawing at the door of startups in the pet industry, which have benefited from dog-loving millennials and a surge in animal adoptions during the pandemic.VC-backed pet companies have attracted more than $1.1 billion so far this year to surpass…...
Why investors are raising climate tech funds at a torrid pace
Climate tech has significantly evolved since the first cleantech investment craze of the early 2000s. Today a growing group of investors is tackling one overarching global threat: climate change. Today, the investment landscape is powered by a vastly broader base of investors who are marshaling billions of dollars to tackle…...
Blockchain start-ups raise record funding despite crypto slump
Funding for fintech companies as a whole also hit a new record. According to CB Insights, fintech start-ups raised an eye-watering $30.8 billion in the second quarter, up 30% from the previous quarter and almost triple the amount raised by fintechs in the second quarter of 2020. Venture investors appear…...
How ‘solo VCs’ are changing the venture game !
Individual investors have always been a part of the venture capital ecosystem, but they generally have written small checks for the earliest-stage companies. It's an open secret in Silicon Valley that this group of investors is willing to offer founders better terms and higher prices than traditional VCs in exchange…...
Global Venture Funding Hits All-Time High In First Half Of 2021
Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2021 shattered records as more than $288 billion was invested worldwide, Crunchbase numbers show. That’s up by just under $110 billion compared to the previous half-year record that was just set in the second half of 2020. A greater number of those…...
VC Pledged to ‘Do Better’ on Diversity. It’s Barely Changed
IT'S NO SECRET that the venture capital industry, for as long as it's existed, has been overwhelmingly white. Last summer, as the murder of George Floyd focused national attention on racial inequalities in the US, firms seemed committed to changing that. “Black Lives Matter,” the firm Benchmark tweeted last May. “Change starts with…...
Women in PE: Into the Man Cave
Private equity is catching a lot of flak at the moment — from politicians who see the investment class as plutocratic, investors who seek stronger regulatory scrutiny of the industry and insiders who aim to break the glass ceilings keeping women from rising through their ranks.The industry has made some progress…...
HR Tech Funding Explodes As Companies Grapple With Transforming Workforce
Venture capital money is flooding the human resources space as employers seek new ways to recruit, hire and retain their workforces.Human resource technologies — which can run the gamut from background checks to benefits and everything in between — already has seen nearly $3.6 billion in venture funding for 260…...
A secret pact between private-equity firms and headhunters is pushing associate recruiting into 2021
The private-equity arms race for junior talent is seeing a temporary ceasefire this year, with top recruiting firms pressing pause on courting first-year investment banking analysts for 2022 roles. Five recruiters told Business Insider that the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic is responsible for upending the timeline, which has moved earlier…...
