スタートアップに多額の資金が流れ込んだ2021年。この動きは“本物”なのか?

この2021年は注目のスタートアップがシリコンヴァレーを中心に次々に誕生し、しかも莫大な資金を調達したことが話題になった。ヘッジファンドやプライヴェートエクイティといった「非従来型」の投資家が参入してきたことが大きな要因だが、これはバブルなのか、それとも今後も定着する“本物”の流れなのか。

Katie Haun is splitting off from a16z to launch her own crypto fund

Katie Haun, who co-led Andreessen Horowitz’s $2.2 billion crypto fund, is splitting off from the firm and taking a number of colleagues with her — including operating partner Rachael Horwitz — to start a new crypto-centric fund, Axios reports. Haun joined the firm in 2018 after a career as a federal prosecutor for the Justice […]

ThreeFlow raises $45 million to scale its employee benefits placement software

ThreeFlow, which provides software for insurance brokers selling employee benefits, announced today that it raised $45 million in Series B funding. New investor Accel led the round alongside existing investors Emergence Capital, Equal Ventures, and First Trust Capital Partners. The Chicago-based company, formerly known as WatchTower, raised $8 million for its Series A round in […]

Vauban, an AngelList-like platform for VCs and angels to run and raise funds, closes $6.3m

It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for poorly served European startups. But the reasons are fairly simple when you look at them. For starters, the US tech industry boomed in the last […]

スタートアップへの投資が加速、ユニコーン企業の数が爆発的に増えている

ユニコーンとみなされる評価額に達する企業の数が爆発的に増えている。今年になって過去に例がない規模の資金がスタートアップに投じられており、その評価額を驚異的なスピードで押し上げているからだ。この状態を“小さな泡”と指摘する声もあるが、その流れが減速する気配は見えていない。

Eight Roads launches its fourth fund: $450M aimed at European/Israeli scale-ups

European VC Eight Roads is launching its fourth fund of $450 million for European and Israeli tech companies , aiming for another 15-20 across a broad range of consumer, software-as-a-service, fintech and healthtech areas. Cheque sizes wil range from around $5 million to $50 million per company, and as such, it tends to play more […]