Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund closes new $24 million fund
After making investments in 57 startups together, Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra and Eventjoy founder Todd Goldberg are back at it with a new $24 million fund and big ambitions amid a venture capital renaissance with fast-moving deals aplenty. “Tod.....»»
Merge raises $4.5M to help B2B companies build customer-facing integrations
Merge, a startup that helps its users build customer-facing integrations with third-party tools, today announced that it has raised a $4.5 million seed round led by NEA. Additional angel investors include former MuleSoft CEO Greg Schott, Cloudflare C.....»»
Quix raises $3.2M from Project A and others for its ‘Stream centric’ approach to data
Quix, a platform for Python developers working on streaming data, has secured a £2.3 Million ($3.2M)Seed funding round led by Project A Ventures in Germany, with participation from London’s Passion Capital and angel investors. The Quix Portal is a.....»»
Hustle Fund wants to help spawn a new generation of angel investors
Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor. Hustle Fund is coming out of stealth today with Angel Squad, a new init.....»»
Would You Tell an Angel Investor How to Start a New Country?
Angel investor Balaji S. Srinivasan (also the former CTO of Coinbase) is now focused on 1729.com, which wants to give you money to do his bidding — or something like that. He's calling it "the first newsletter that pays you. "It has a regular.....»»
Index closes $200 million dedicated seed fund to intensify multi-stage thesis
The once quiet world of seed investing became frenetic a few years ago as dedicated seed funds and angel networks increased in scale and velocity. That environment has now crescendoed into the present world of the seed capital hurricane: funds galore.....»»
Cash-and-send fintech startup Diem raises $5.5M seed led by Fasanara Capital
Diem, a London, U.K.-based fintech startup, has raised a seed round of $5.5 million led by Fasanara Capital, and angel investor Chris Adelsbach, founder of Outrun Ventures. Additional investors include Andrea Molteni (early investor in Farfetch), Ben.....»»
Cash-and-send fintech start-up Diem raises $5.5M Seed led by Fasanara Capital
Diem, a London, UK-based fintech start-up has raised a seed round of $5.5 million led by Fasanara Capital, and Angel investor Chris Adelsbach, founder of Outrun Ventures. Additional investors include Andrea Molteni (early investor in Farfetch), Ben D.....»»
Credit-and-collect fintech start-up Diem raises $5.5M Seed led by Fasanara Capital
Diem, a London, UK-based fintech start-up has raised a seed round of $5.5 million led by Fasanara Capital, and Angel investor Chris Adelsbach, founder of Outrun Ventures. Additional investors include Andrea Molteni (early investor in Farfetch), Ben D.....»»
There have never been more $100M+ fintech rounds than right now
"Today, there is a greater number of mature fintech companies, so this could be slowing down the pace at which seed- or angel-stage fintech companies are forming or receiving funding." We’re putting aside the IPO news cycle this morni.....»»
Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds
The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi, co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. This continued even as Aboyeji joined and le.....»»
Statistical study: Geographical inequalities responsible for 16 causes of death in Spain
Miguel Ángel Martínez, professor at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Valencia (UV) is the coordinator of MEDEA3, a statistical study on the geographical distribution of mortality from 16 causes in 26 Spanish cities of 11 autonomous c.....»»
Action RPG Steelrising, a game about robots set during the French Revolution, is seeking playtesters
Steelrising is an action RPG set during an alternate version of the French Revolution. Players take control of Aegis, an android bodyguard of Marie Antoinette who gives off a strong Alita: Battle Angel vibe. She must find and kill her creator to stop.....»»
Are SAFEs obscuring today’s seed volume?
SAFEs have effectively pushed a lot of public signal regarding seed deals, and even smaller rounds, underground. Just over a year ago in our coverage of the 2019 venture capital market, we noted that “United States-demarcated angel.....»»
As location becomes irrelevant, Greek VCs eye local talent and spread their wings
Venture capital and venture debt have continued to grow in the country, although the angel scene remains low-key. According to a recent report on Greece’s startup ecosystem by management consultants Found.ation, venture capital and ve.....»»
Ben raises $2.5M seed to fix employee benefits for SMEs
Ben, a London-based employee benefits and rewards platform, has raised $2.5 million in funding. The seed round is led by Cherry Ventures, and Seedcamp. A number of angel investors with backgrounds in fintech and HR tech also participated. They includ.....»»
Vietnam investment opportunities: Q&A with Wiziin CEO Tien Nguyen
Many startups are confused about how to find angel investors, while investors are discouraged by the lack of transparency of information about startup investments. Nguyen Ngoc Tien (aka Tien Nguyen), founder and CEO of Wiziin Vietnam, saw this pain p.....»»
Drata raises $3.2M for its compliance audit platform
Drata, a startup that helps businesses get their SOC 2 compliance, today announced that it has raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Cowboy Ventures and that it is coming out of stealth. Other investors include Leaders Fund, SV Angel and a group of.....»»
Poland’s GeneMe secures €5.2M seed funding for its rapid COVID-19 test
GeneMe, Poland-based biotechnology company with a COVID-19 test, has secured a €5.2M round of seed funding led by Robin Tombs, co-Founder of Yoti and previously of Gamesys, and other angel investors. The startup has developed and patented a univers.....»»
Walnut raises $3.5M from Ron Conway and others to stop remote sales pitches breaking
Amid the rise of remote selling due to the pandemic, Walnut, billing itself as a ‘Wix for Sales teams,’ has raised $3.5m from SV Angel (Ron and Topher Conway) and A.Capital by Ronny Conway and former a16z partners. This brings its total amoun.....»»