Raising venture capital is tough – difficult for a seasoned entrepreneur, a minefield for the novice. The time and effort required to raise venture capital is often underestimated, and can seriously disrupt a company with dozens of other business priorities. In this article I cover the VM Index process for raising venture capital. These best [...]
Read more →I regularly like to review recent venture capital financings against the VM Index venture capital database to ensure our investor search process and methodology maintains its accuracy. Today I was looking at the funding history of Netherlands-based Biotech arGEN-X who have recently announced their second round VC fund raising in which they raised €27.5 million [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s VC Investment Company news HBM Partners raises €90m for healthcare fund HBM Partners will invest in private European and North American companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics sectors through its HBM BioCapital II fund, according to a source close to the matter. The firm will focus on [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent IT venture capital investment activity North America First Venture Round 15.02.2012 – Long Island City, NY Aereo Raises $20.5M in Series A Financing Aereo (formerly Bamboom Labs), a Long Island City, NY-based new Internet based television solution for consumers, raised $20.5m in Series A financing. The round was led by IAC (NASDAQ: [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent Life Science venture capital news. North America First Venture Round 15.02.2012 – Nashville, TN WellNow Urgent Care Launching with $35 Million of Committed Capital WellNow Urgent Care, a new urgent care company focused on treating patients in underserved markets, has launched operations with $35 million in committed capital, according to CEO Kevin [...]
Read more →A round up of deal activity in IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Biotech Venture Capital Investment over the past week. Total No. Deals NA EU Total Raised $ Total Raised € 57 46 11 388.4 294.4 North America No. Deals Total $ Total € Average $ Average € 46 356.1 270.1 [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent IT venture capital investment activity 09.02.2012 – Oakbrook, IL Access Media 3 Receives $30M in Funding Access Media 3 (AM3), an Oakbrook, IL –based provider of comprehensive Internet, TV and Voice services including design, installation, maintenance and management of these services for multi-dwelling units, has received $30m in funding. Backers include ORIX [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent Life Science venture capital news. 06.02.2012 – Austin, TX Apollo Endosurgery Announces $47.6M Financing Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., a company focused on the development of devices that advance therapeutic endoscopy to enable an entirely new generation of minimally invasive, scarless surgical procedures, today announced a $47.6 million financing. New investors Novo A/S, Remeditex [...]
Read more →A round up of deal activity in IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Biotech Venture Capital Investment over the past week. Total No. Deals NA EU Total Raised $ Total Raised € 73 57 16 535.4 406.6 North America No. Deals Total $ Total € Average $ Average € 57 466.6 354.3 [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s VC Investment Company news Venture Capitalist Confidence Index Falls in 4Q for Third Straight Quarter Early-stage investing is chugging along at a nice pace. But Silicon Valley venture capitalists are less confident about the months ahead than they were during the financial tumult of the fall. This is according [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent IT venture capital investment activity North America First Venture Round 31.01.2012 – Palo Alto, CA CardSpring Raises $10M Series A from Accel and Greylock Payments infrastructure startup CardSpring announced today the raise of a $10M Series A investment led by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, with SV Angel, Morado Ventures, Felicis Ventures, [...]
Read more →Highlights from recent Life Science venture capital news. First Venture Round 02.02.2012 – Menlo Park, CA Auxogyn Completes $20 Million In Series A Funding Auxogyn Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.-based company that focuses on products for women’s reproductive health, has closed a final tranche in its Series A financing. Investors in the round include Kleiner [...]
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