venture capital

Sagetap looks to bring enterprise software sales into the 21st century

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When the founders of Sagetap, Sahil Khanna and Kevin Hughes, started working at early-stage enterprise software startups, they were surprised to find that the companies they worked at were trying to sell their innovative tech through old-school methods like repeated cold emails and calls. Khanna, a former product marketer, and Hughes, a former sales manager, […]

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Seraphim’s latest space accelerator welcomes nine companies

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U.K.-based Seraphim Space is spinning up its 13th accelerator program, with nine participating companies working on a range of tech from propulsion to in-space manufacturing and space situational awareness. The intense 12-week program is designed to get seed and Series A companies “investment ready,” the firm says, by providing specialist mentorship, networking opportunities and intensive

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Dietitian startup Fay has been booming from Ozempic patients and emerges from stealth with $25M from General Catalyst, Forerunner

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For years, Sammy Faycurry has been hearing from his registered dietitian (RD) mom and sister about how poorly many Americans eat and their struggles with delivering nutritional counseling. Although nearly half of all adults in the country are affected by chronic conditions linked to unhealthy diets, health plans have a limited number of in-network registered

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Venture orgs form alliance to standardize data collection

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Seven venture capital and startup organizations focused on diversity within tech have announced the Diversity Data Alliance, a commitment to standardizing the way that data is collected and shared. Data transparency remains a pressing issue within venture for people looking to better track where and to whom money is allocated. Many firms already privately compile

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Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoa

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Climate change is not just about removing carbon from the atmosphere or making more fuel efficient cars. It’s also about the food we eat. That’s the focus of PeakBridge, a global fund manager in the agri-foodtech sector. It recently closed on $187 million in capital commitments for its PeakBridge Growth Fund II to invest in

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From Miles Grimshaw to Eva Ho, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move

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A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing

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Thousands of new venture capital funds have launched over the past few years, each hoping to carve out a long-term, lucrative place for themselves. PitchBook is tracking over 10,000 funds currently trying to raise money, and 45% of them are emerging fund managers, defined as a firm with less than three funds. Those funds are

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VC fund performance is down sharply — but it may have already hit its lowest point

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Venture capital has been hit hard by souring macroeconomic conditions over the past few years and it’s not yet clear how the market downturn affected VC fund performance. But recent data from the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) give us something to chew on. SFERS’s venture portfolio recorded a -.9% internal rate of return

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