Category Archives: Venture capital

Venture Capital Firm 83North Backs Israeli and European Entrepreneurs

Posted on January 14, 2017 by

In the first nine months of 2016, Israeli high-tech companies raised a total of $4 billion, a year-over-year increase of 27%.  Increasingly, these funds are geared towards long-term growth as Startup Nation is shifting into a Scale-Up Nation mode. The … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence: Funding and Acquisitions

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Economic Impact of U.S. Venture Capital

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Fastest $1B+ Exits For VC-Backed Companies

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

CB Insights: Walmart bought Jet.com for $3.3B a little over a year after the site was officially launched…Airwatch represents the fastest acquisition post-investment, selling the company to VMWare about a year after raising a gigantic $200M growth equity round (Airwatch … Continue reading →

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Top Investors in Digital Health

Posted on July 18, 2016 by

CB Insights: Digital health continues to be a hot category as the number of investors entering the space globally continues to increase, with more than 1,350 unique investors with at least one investment in a digital health company in 2015. … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence: Most Active Corporate Investors

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

CB Insights: Artificial intelligence dealmaking has exploded recently, leaping to a new quarterly record of over 140 deals in Q1’16. Corporates and their venture capital groups are among the most active investors in this category (tech corporates have also been … Continue reading →

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Apple, Uber, and the Ride-Hailing Investment Landscape

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

CBInsights: Just last week, Apple made waves by investing $1 billion into Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, its first disclosed private investment in recent years. The deal was just the third $1B+ equity financing round of 2016 to-date. The top … Continue reading →

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