Original Source: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/01/29/self-driving-car-tech-mit-spinoff-nutonomy-receives-3-6m/ Some of Nutonomy’s team, which is split between Cambridge and Singapore. At an office in Kendall Square, an MIT spinoff called Nutonomy is working on technology that could very well power many of the self-driving cars we’ll start seeing in the next decade or so. Even a year after being co-founded by MITRead more
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By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Transportation, Venture Capital | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2016 | 0
Original Source: http://pitchbook.com/news/articles/7-top-vcs-on-what-will-be-the-biggest-change-in-tech UpFront Ventures, which is hosting a VC conference this week in Hollywood, recently released a video where they asked likes of Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla and Josh Kopelman, among others, what they think the biggest change to tech will be in the next five years. The responses vary, ranging from VR to mobile messaging.Read more
Four term sheet provisions that protect VC interests Robin Riddell, Alyssa Riddle and George Gaprindashvili November 23, 2015 Venture investing is risky. That’s why VCs are experts at building downside protections into their deals to limit their chances of losing money if an investment declines in value. It’s important to understand these protections, how they areRead more
Secretive, Sprawling Network of ‘Scouts’ Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley Sequoia Capital has funneled millions of dollars to scores of well-connected entrepreneurs and academics, who invest and look for ideas ROLFE WINKLER Updated Nov. 12, 2015 9:45 p.m. ET 31 COMMENTS Startup investor Jason Calacanis took a $25,000 gamble five years ago on a companyRead more
Maya Kosoff For startups, it’s getting tougher to raise money in Silicon Valley right now, according to Keith Rabois, a Khosla Ventures partner and former executive at LinkedIn, PayPal, and Square. The investor went on a tweetstorm on Tuesday morning in response to a story from The Information’s Amir Efrati and Peter Schulz, which says top VC firms are spending less investingRead more
BY TESS TOWNSEND Staff reporter, Inc.com@Tess_Townsend As a question, “Are we in a bubble?” has reached that “Is climate change real?” stage.Yes, we are, and The Information has published some interesting numbers showing what it looks like when a bubble starts the trek toward bust, or at least springs a few leaks. The subscription publication reports thatRead more
The recent large Series A financings in digital health caught my attention. Clovergrabbed $100 million in equity and debt financing, Color Genomics raised $15 million, Cure Forward raised $15 million,Honor raised $20 million and Lyra Healthraised a whopping $35 million. One could argue that a data-driven insurance company like Clover will absolutely need every penny ofRead more
Most people I talk to are genuinely confused by eSports. I often hear, “who in their right mind watches this stuff?”, or “those nerdy dudes make how much money!?” The incredulity goes on. The fact is, eSports is happening and it’s happening in a big way. Some quick facts: 200-300M global viewers according to NewZooRead more
I started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well, I did. A friend introduced me to Clayton Christopher, who was raising money for his new liquor company Deep Eddy. Their first product, a sweet tea vodka, was amazing andRead more
We live in an age of disruption – and that’s a good thing. Industries will be transformed. Major companies will fall. Old systems will collapse as entrepreneurs figure out how to optimize and reinvent inefficient businesses, products, and services to provide consumers (us) with all things better, faster and cheaper. According to the Olin SchoolRead more