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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?” The answer is: not much.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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Peer-to-peer lending is back! I’m now the permanent host for TWiVC (until such time as they kick me off). Thank you to anybody who sent Jason a note on Twitter on my behalf. The episode isn’t yet live but it should be in the morning (probably when you’re reading this) – you can find it here. Really!).

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How public markets can help address venture capital’s limitations

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British venture capital firm Draper Esprit recently moved its listing from the AIM to the main board in London, the LSE. Draper has always felt like something of an anomaly from our perspective, a generalist venture capital firm that was itself public. It’s a reasonable point. But the model is not perfect. The future?

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SwipeRx lands $27M from MDI and Gates Foundation to digitize the pharma industry in Southeast Asia

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SwipeRx , a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and existing backers. Certainly, SwipeRx — which raised $6.3

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Edtech leans into the creator economy with cohort-based classes

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Students move through the class together — ergo “cohort” — with the expert on-demand as a sounding board. It’s not a theory; it’s a venture-backed business. Revitalized by the pandemic, entrepreneurs are on the hunt to refresh some of education’s most traditional tenets, from flashcards to tutors to after-school programs.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted.

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Environmental, social and governance tracking gets easier with ESGgo

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You can’t swing an ethically sourced, locally produced, sustainably raised dead fish these days without hitting a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals in a company’s board meetings or annual reports. ” The company raised $7 million led by Israeli venture firm Glilot Capital at an undisclosed valuation.