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Husband and wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands
Samyr Laine and his wife, Ayanna Alexander-Laine, started Freedom Trail Capital in 2023 and are working toward a $50 million fund. Both are former Olympians who…
Industry Ventures Raises $900M Fund to Invest in Small, Early-Stage VCs and Their Startups
The trend in venture capital raising in 2024 is pretty clear so far: Large, established VC firms continue to attract capital from limited partners, while smaller,…
Anthropic is launching one program to fund the development of new types of benchmarks capable of evaluating the performance and impact of AI models, including production…
While startup valuations have plummeted since the bull run of 2021-2022, a factor that particularly hit the European startup ecosystem, there is one region of Europe…
Artificial intelligence Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, a startup incubator that supports small teams of experts who want to solve basic problems using artificial intelligence, plans to…
On Monday, Fearless Fund co-founder Ayana Parsons announced she is stepping down from her leadership role at the company. She will no longer be its general…
Paris-based VC Breega closes first $75 million fund in Africa to support start-ups and startups
Paris-based VC firm Brega has seen Africa’s tech ecosystem mature over the years. From receiving less than a billion dollars in venture capital annually to a…
Venture firms raised $9.3 billion in the first quarter according to PitchBook datameaning this year likely won’t match or surpass 2023’s $81.8 billion total. While emerging…
Zal Bilimoria just raised a fourth $50M Refactor Capital fund and is still enjoying his status as a solo GP
Zal Bilimoria has been a solo general partner since 2018 and has no plans to stop. And he credits the decision to his former colleague, David…
What StepStone’s $3.3B venture secondaries fund tells us about current LP appetite for venture
StepStone raised the largest fund dedicated to investing in secondary venture companies, the company was announced Last week. This fundraiser not only speaks volumes for the…