Jason D. Rowley
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It's Not Just You, Seed Rounds Are Actually Getting Bigger
One thing's for sure: most seed rounds aren't very big, but they are getting bigger. → Read More
Supergiant VC Rounds Weren’t Limited To Late-Stage Startups
Supergiant venture capital rounds are on the rise across all stages, data from Crunchbase shows. → Read More
Upfront Ventures Targets $250M For Third Growth-Stage Fund, Its Largest To Date
On Monday, Upfront Ventures filed paperwork with the SEC, disclosing its intent to raise as much as $250 million for its third growth-stage investment fund. General partners Mark Suster and Yves Sisteron are listed on the filing. → Read More
Metabase, An Uber Co-founder's New Big Data Startup, Raises $13M
Metabase, the latest startup to spin out of Expa, raises $13 million from a number of investors. → Read More
Last Week In Venture: Hearing Help, Soirée Sites, And Death Deals
Hello and welcome back to Last Week In Venture. It’s the weekly rundown of rounds announced by neat companies that may have flown under your radar this week. Follow Crunchbase News on Twitter This week, the Crunchbase News team covered a number of emerging trends. We looked at where seed and early stage funding is … → Read More
SaaS Strikes Back: Early-Stage VC Investment Snaps Years-Long Cold Streak
As investments in early-stage SaaS companies rise worldwide, startups snap a long-term downtrend. → Read More
WeWork is just one facet of SoftBank’s bet on real estate
This week WeWork announced that its Chinese subsidiary — WeWork China — raised an additional $500 million in capital in a deal led by SoftBank, Temasek Holdings and others. → Read More
Inside the rise and reign of supergiant venture capital rounds
There was a time not so long ago when nine-figure venture capital rounds weren’t a near-daily feature of tech business news. → Read More
In Q2 2018, late-stage deals led the world’s venture capital market
Here is what you should take away from the state of the global venture capital market: late-stage deals dominated Q2. → Read More
Satellite startups turn to reinventing broadband, mapping and other industries
Smartphones have disrupted transportation, payments and communication. But the underlying technology has tangentially changed a completely different sector: satellites. → Read More
Old VC firms hold entrenched position in fundraising despite fresh entrants
Apart from the sheer size of its third “Global Growth” investment vehicle, there isn’t anything surprising about an old stalwart like Sequoia raising a big-dollar fund. But the fact that it’s unsurprising points to an important trend in venture capital fundraising. → Read More
The largest buys of tech’s Big Five: a look at M&A deals
In startup land, the mandate is to get bought, go public or die trying. And, as far as getting bought goes, one of tech’s Big Five could be a desirable acquirer. → Read More
VCs like what they are hearing out of the podcasting sector
Podcasts are television for the earbud generation. And although many podcasters make money, typically through sponsorships, the podcasting industry (such as it is) hasn’t received much in the way of venture funding -- until quite recently. → Read More
The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile. Of course, the full realization of the “auto” part of the word — in the form of fully autonomous automobiles — is a long way off, but there are nonetheless companies trying to build that future today. → Read More
With at least $1.3 billion invested globally in 2018, VC funding for blockchain blows past 2017 totals
Although bitcoin and blockchain technology may not take up quite as much mental bandwidth for the general public as it did just a few months ago, companies in the space continue to rake in capital from investors. One of the latest to do so is Circle, which recently announced a $110 million Series E round led by bitcoin […] → Read More
Looking for a better exit? Get out of the game early
Jason Rowley Contributor Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor In Canada’s cloud services market, venture investment opportunities abound What did VCs study in college? VC investing is a game of putting money into a company and hopefully getting more out. In an ideal world, the […] → Read More
In Canada’s cloud services market, venture investment opportunities abound
Canada will be home to a new venture capital fund that will invest in enterprise cloud startups. Its backer? Salesforce Ventures, the global investment arm of Salesforce, a leading cloud-hosted business software provider. → Read More
What did VCs study in college?
Although some colleges may offer a major program in business or entrepreneurship, there isn’t exactly a major in venture capital or angel investment. → Read More
Charting the adoption of direct startup investments by family offices
There’s money, and then there’s wealth. In all likelihood, money is what most of us have (or don’t have). It’s what we use to buy lunch, pay rent or put a down payment on a house. Wealth, on the other hand, is what buys yachts. But more than superficial material things, wealth also buys financial security (and all the good and ill that comes with it) for subsequent generations. → Read More
Here are the top Midwestern states and cities for startups
The American Midwest has a long history of making stuff. During the 20th century, it was the manufacturing center for the nation, and indeed much of the world. It’s still where a surpassing majority of agricultural commodities are grown and processed. But is it also a major producer of technology s… → Read More