venture capital

VCs Are Flocking to Russia

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on May 29, 2012

Russia is experiencing a gold rush of sorts, as venture funds from the U.S and Europe attempt to cash in on the largest and fastest-growing Internet market in Europe.

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Financing The Future

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 7, 2010

A group of France's most successful entrepreneurs-turned-investors agreed in November to a one million euro investment in Restopolitan, an early-stage Paris- start-up, an example of how the state of Europe's venture capital industry is changing. Read on to discover the on-line version of Informilo's first print publication, created in partnership with Raconteur Media, and distributed at Le Web in Paris December 8 and 9.Read more

An Economic Argument For the Female Decade

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 17, 2010

I was a teenager in the 1970s, the heady days of the women's movement when bra burning and slogans such as "A Woman Without A Man Is Like a Fish Without A Bicycle"  were in vogue.  We were promised we could have it all.

There has most certainly been progress in the last 30 years. But there are still too few women leading venture-backed companies. Too few in top management of bigger companies in Europe and not enough women on the boards of companies of any size. If we women want to change that then we have to frame it in economic terms.Read more

European Internet Shoe Retailer Spartoo.com Secures 12 million Euros in Follow-on Funding

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 13, 2010

 Spartoo.com, a European site that sells  footwear over the Internet, announced Jan. 13 that it has  closed on a €12 million Series B round of financing to accelerate growth. 

This funding round was led by Highland Capital Partners and Endeavour Vision.  They were joined by existing investors A Plus Finance and CM-CIC Capital Privé. Read more

Israeli Mobile TV Chip Company Raises $24 million in Series D Round

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 13, 2010

 Siano Mobile Silicon, a supplier of mobile digital TV receiver chips, has raised $23.5 million in a fourth round of funding.

The round consists exclusively of all of Siano's existing investors: JVP, DFJ-Tamir-Fishman, Star Ventures, Walden Israel, and Bessemer Venture Partners.Read more

Daily Motion Announces $25 Million Funding Round

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on October 25, 2009

  DailyMotion, the French video sharing sites which attracts 60 million unique monthly visitors and one billion video views worldwide, announced October 22 that it has raised $25 million (€17 million) in a round led by the French Sovereign Fund and original investors Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity, Atlas Venture and Partech International.Read more

Russia's Serial Entrepreneurs Launch A New Crop of Hot Companies

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on October 24, 2009

U.S. skeptics said it couldn't be done but Natalya Kaspersky built a company inside Russia that today has annual revenues of $500 million and is ranked as one of the top five anti-virus companies worldwide. Now she is on to her next venture, InfoWatch, which is targeting another area of data security. Kaspersky is just one of the Russian serial entrepreneurs who presented their companies to global venture capitalists during a recent tech tour of Moscow, Tatarstan and Siberia. Click here to see the video and read the story.
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Frog Capital leads second round of financing in Britian's eCommera

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on September 21, 2009

WeFi reaches 30 Million Wi-Fi hotspots, Secures B Round Funding

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on August 5, 2009

 

WeFi, a community-based global Wi-Fi network, announced August 4 that it has secured an undisclosed amount of second round funding. The B round was led by venture capital firms Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pitango Venture Capital.Read more

France's Rising Tech Stars

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on July 8, 2009

The European Tech Tour Association served up France’s best start-ups to 60 venture capitalists from the U.S. and Europe during a hectic 48 hour road trip. Click “read more” to see the video and read the story.Read more

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