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Three Partners Leave Venture Firm Social Capital Amid Strategy Changes

Chamath Palihapitiya's venture firm says it will double down on its data-driven investment approach. What's going on at venture firm Social Capital is less of a shake-up and more of an upheaval. We first learned .....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneJun 19th, 2018

Glade Brook pitches "extraordinary opportunity" in tech debt amid coronavirus

Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC, the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson, is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the debt of private technology companies impacted by economic disruption from COVID-19......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 14th, 2020

Tesla Autopilot chief decamps for VC world amid Elon Musk"s Autopilot restructuring

Tesla’s head of Autopilot has left for a job at Menlo Park venture capital firm Greylock Partners, possibly amid a reported dispute with Elon Musk over Musk’s timeline for achieving fully self-driving cars. Stuart Bowers left his role as vice.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsAug 22nd, 2019

Ex-Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya"s VC firm just lost 3 partners in 2 weeks, and it signals more changes to come

TechCrunch / Flickr Social Capital is bleeding top investment partners. The venture firm, run by legendary investor Chamath Palihapitiya, has lost three partners  — Tony Bates, Marc Mezvinsky, and Arjun Sethi — in two weeks. .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 19th, 2018

The VCs who defected from ex-Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya"s firm have made their first investment as Tribe Capital

Tribe Capital, the new venture firm founded by partners who quit Social Capital en masse, is co-leading a $22.7 million investment into a hot crypt.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 16th, 2018

TJ Mayes" new venture to focus on lack of SA biomed VC funding

Alamo City lawyer T.J. Mayes is launching a new firm to try to draw more biotech venture capital to the region. Mayes said a lack of significant funding needed to grow San Antonio’s biomedical industry could leave the city further behind .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 9th, 2021

Woman-owned venture capital firm hits fundraising milestone

A venture capital firm geared toward investing in consumer goods companies has hit a fundraising milestone. H Venture Partners, the Cincinnati firm run by founder Elizabeth Edwards and partner Madeleine Ludlow, announced Tuesday it has reached .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 26th, 2021

Venture firm Benchmark raises new fund without early Uber investor: source

The Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for its early backing of companies such as Uber Technologies Inc is raising a new fund, but without one of its most prominent general partners, a source close to the firm said on Wednesday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 22nd, 2020

Key Words: Fed should pay every American more, let hedge funds and billionaires ‘get wiped out,’ says Social Capital CEO

Is the Fed’s massive coronavirus stimulus package helping the ultra-rich at the expense of ordinary American workers? That’s what Chamath Palihapitiya, chief executive of venture capital firm Social Capital, argued Thursday......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 11th, 2020

Company dumps handshakes amid coronavirus concerns

A famous venture capital firm in Silicon Valley posted a sign saying "Due to the Corona Virus, No Handshakes Please. Thank You.".....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralFeb 6th, 2020

Company dumps handshakes amid coronavirus concerns

A famous venture capital firm in Silicon Valley posted a sign saying "Due to the Corona Virus, No Handshakes Please. Thank You.".....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralFeb 6th, 2020

Dubai Partners With VC Firm To Launch "Crypto Valley" In Tax-Free Zone

The government-run Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has partners with Crypto Valley venture capital firm (CV VC) to launch a "Crypto Valley" in the tax-free zone in Dubai. 0 read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaJan 28th, 2020

London VC Basinghall Partners Announces $109m European Fund

London-based venture capital firm Basinghall Partners has announced its its first VC fund, aimed at early-stage startups across Europe. The Basinghall Tech Fund, which totals $109 million, will inv.....»»

Category: topSource: redherringDec 9th, 2019

Electric bike-sharing startup Wheels raises $50 million in latest funding round

Electric bike-sharing startup Wheels said it has raised more than $50 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital firm DBL partners, as the company looks to expand into the U.S. and international markets......»»

Category: topSource: reutersOct 15th, 2019

Thiel"s Founders Fund sells remaining Facebook shares

Early Facebook Inc backer, Founders Fund, has sold all of its holdings in the social media giant as part of a previously established trading plan by the venture capital firm's partner, Peter Thiel, according to a regulatory filing from late Monday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersAug 27th, 2019

Cushman & Wakefield partners with Fifth Wall

Cushman & Wakefield announced a strategic partnership with Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on te.....»»

Category: realestateSource: realestateweeklyAug 2nd, 2019

Midas VC Mary Meeker raises $1.25B as she pulls away from Kleiner

Top-ranked venture investor Mary Meeker has $1.25 billion in capital commitments for the first fund at her new firm, Bond Capital. Meeker spun the San Francisco-based firm out of Kleiner Perkins last year as new partners Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fus.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 25th, 2019

Warby Parker founder"s VC firm leads $42M round into cosmetic surgery website

Elephant Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm started by one of the co-founders of Warby Parker, is leading a $40 million round of investment into a Seattle-based website you might describe as a Yelp for cosmetic surgery. The company, cal.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 19th, 2018

Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter joins VC firm

Former Gov. Bill Ritter, who championed the renewable-energy focused New Energy Economy for Colorado during his four-year term, has joined Boulder’s Blackhorn Ventures, a venture capital firm, as a strategy partner. The former governor, who led Col.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 18th, 2018

What Apple, Warren Buffett and Facebook critics get wrong, according to Social Capital founder

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of the venture firm Social Capital and part owner of the Golden State Warriors, is known for making bold pronouncements and he made some more of those in a round of TV interviews on Tuesday. During stops at Bloomberg, C.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 9th, 2018

Form D Friday: Fort Worth venture capital firm to invest in New York cancer drug maker

Bios Partners is preparing to make an investment in a New York cancer treatment developer Incysus......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 18th, 2018