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Marc Andreessen, Sequoia again back Kearny Jackson, this time in $65M Fund III

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After securing $14 million for its second fund in 2023, early-stage VC firm Kearny Jackson is back with a third fund, this time bringing in $65 million in capital commitments, including from a number of first-time institutional funds. The bi-coastal Kearny Jackson invests in B2B SaaS and infrastructure as well as fintech infrastructure, often leading […]

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Deep tech startups with very technical CEOs raise larger rounds, research finds

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SaaS founders trying to figure out what it takes to raise their next round can refer to Point Nine’s famous yearly SaaS Funding Napkin. (The term refers to “back of the napkin” plans or calculations.) Now, European hardware deep tech teams have a similar resource from First Momentum, a pre-seed fund investing in technical B2B

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Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is set to welcome an impressive lineup of judges for the Startup Battlefield 200 competition, presented this year by Google Cloud. These judges will decide which company will win the coveted Disrupt Cup and $100,000 prize. We’re pleased to announce that Navin Chaddha, the managing partner of Mayfield Fund, will be joining

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Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC Seaya close €300M climate tech fund

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According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023. In the latest confirmation of this upward trend, Madrid-based VC fund Seaya has closed Seaya Andromeda, an “Article 9” €300 million climate tech fund based out of Madrid. Article 9 refers to the EU’s Sustainable

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Forestay, Europe’s newest $220M growth-stage VC fund, will focus on AI

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Forestay, an emerging VC based out of Geneva, Switzerland, has been busy. This week it closed its second fund, Forestay Capital II, at a hard cap of $220 million. The VC wasn’t well known in Europe until it started to lead rounds in enterprise startups a couple of years ago, notably scanning software startup Scandit

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Deep tech VC Sidney Scott explains why he’s closing his firm as this area booms

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Sidney Scott decided to take himself out of the venture capital rat race and is now jokingly auctioning off his vests — starting at $500,000.  The Driving Forces solo general partner announced on LinkedIn this week that he was shutting down his $5 million fintech and deep tech VC fund that he started in 2020,

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