The investors behind virtual hack.summit(), the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the Hack VC umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch in an interview. Ed Roman, formerly a solo GP, invested
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With new $20B fund, Insight Partners has a stunning $90B in assets under management
The New York-based, 27-year-old, global software investment firm Insight Partners has closed its twelfth flagship fund with a stunning-even-by-today’s-standards $20 billion in capital commitments. The fund marks the firm’s largest fundraise to date and very notably, its 350 employees, including
Europe’s Revent hits $68M hard cap on its climate, health & impact-focused fund
Last year I covered the launch of Berlin-HQ’d Revent — a new European early-stage with an “impact” focus — it was aimed to launch a €50 million ($60 million) fund to focus on climate tech, health, and well-being, and economic
Dem Groups Fundraised for BLM Bail Fund That Sprung Jailed Activist Shooter
A demonstrator holds up a “Black Lives Matter” sign in Rochester, N.Y., September 6, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Democratic groups helped facilitate the funneling of money to the Black Lives Matter–affiliated bail fund that secured the release of a Louisville activist recently
SME lender Funding Societies raises $144M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, plus $150M in debt lines
Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies. The fintech, which claims to be the region’s
Envisioning Partners closes on $64M fund for climate tech startups
Most companies today recognize the importance of global warming. As such, they are redefining their goals in an effort to address the climate change issue. Envisioning Partners, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, has secured its latest impact fund, the oversubscribed
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NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he trucker convoy in Canada is the most dramatic, and most effective, protest against Covid-era overreach and vaccine mandates in North America. Since the movement began, Canada’s Conservative party has changed its leader because the former
Artisanal Ventures closes $62M fund, takes ‘connected capital’ approach to investment
Cloud is the big buzzword these days, with people talking about why it’s a smart move for companies, and lots of venture-backed startups developing easy ways for companies to make the shift. Artisanal Ventures, a Bay Area venture capital firm
Exclusive: New Fund Launched In Singapore by MICE Industry Leaders
Landscape of Singapore city skyline at night. Image: Arena MICE Equity Fund Arena MICE Equity Fund is a unique thematic investment opportunity for global investors in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE) industry. We recently had the opportunity to
Meet Patrick Tan, a Pilot and Lawyer-turned Crypto Hedge Fund Manager
Patrick Tan is the CEO & General Counsel of Novum Alpha, a quantitative digital asset trading firm that has launched one of Singapore’s first fully-licensed and regulated digital asset hedge funds, the Novum Alpha Global Opportunity Digital Asset Fund, managed
First COVID fund charge for man who faked suicide sentenced
A Massachusetts man who attempted to scam the government out of more than half a million dollars in coronavirus relief funds intended to help small businesses stay afloat, then faked his own suicide, was sentenced to 56 months in prison, federal