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How Chicago is changing who raises early-stage venture capital

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For those of us who cover the venture capital industry, two narratives are ubiquitous: There’s the story of how much capital has been invested of late; you’ve seen the data — 2020 and 2021 set nearly every record around the world for private-market investment.

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Data show 2021 was a bonkers, record-setting year for venture capital

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Venture capitalists went hard in 2021. Data collected from a number of sources indicates that last year set venture capital records around the world. Today’s startup boom, from a venture capital perspective, is a wide-ranging and incredibly expensive enterprise. A record year ‘round the world.

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Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?

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Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. The result of those rising prices was a huge gain in the pace at which paper wealth was generated.

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Meet the mobile therapy startup backed by Christian Angermayer’s re:Mind Capital

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Mental health startup Ksana Health has received $2 million in seed funding led by re:Mind Capital, the mental health VC arm of Christian Angermayer and Apeiron Investment Group. It’s a move informed by two trends: passive data collection, and a burgeoning mental health crisis in teens and young adults. .

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Searchlight puts new capital to work with expanded talent intelligence tools

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The latest round of funding was led by Founders Fund with participation from Accel, Shasta, Kapor Capital, Operator Collective and a group of angel investors including executives at companies like Coda, Confluent and Plaid. Searchlight collection of behavioral data. million seed round in 2019.

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Evabot secures fresh capital to inject AI into corporate gifting

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million in a funding round led by Comcast Ventures with participation from Alumni Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Precursor Ventures, Forefront Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. million in capital to date, which includes a previously undisclosed $3 million seed round. Investors agree.

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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures

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Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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