Pitchbook reported that Andreessen Horowitz is raising roughly $15 million for a new fund geared toward backing black celebrities, athletes and media figures, according to The Wall Street Journal. The confirmed LPs on this project is Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant, actor Will Smith and Richelieu Dennis, who’s the publisher of Essence magazine. Apparently the three […]
Corporate venture capital is seeing an unprecedented growth. Even though there are concerns over investment in startups by companies, venture capital markets are becoming irrationally exuberant as the large corporations are not showing any signs of doing away with their venture investing activities. Corporate venture capital is generally understood to be some kind of equity investment […]
The following are some inspirational notes from PureVC, a commentator on VC, PE, and Technology. Sharks & Valuations I’ve had the chance recently to watch that relatively new TV show called “Shark Tank”. For those of you not familiar with the show, it’s essentially a pitch show where entrepreneurs pitch their business to 4 or […]
