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Diversis Capital Raises $675M Fund

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor Diversis Capital Management said this morning that it has raised a new, $675M fund. The company said its new fund, Diversis Capital Partners II, exceeded its target of $500M. The new fund is led by Managing Partners Ron Nayot and Kevin Ma.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

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More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. The end of the product lifecycle is where Murthy and Kaplan feel Ghost has β€œan enormous opportunity to help people be more efficient in that process,” Murthy added. That’s our vision.”. Last week, Syrup Tech raised $6.3

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New Program Aims To Connect Startups, Series A Funding

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A new program, run by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, is looking to connect startups with Series A funding, according to the group. According to the two, the program recruits and selects top SoCal-based startups that have demonstrated clear market traction and provides introductions to leading venture funds.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. Taken together these β€œmega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. We’re in a new tech bubble!”

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Rael Raises $2.1M For Feminine Products From Thrive Market Ventures

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Buena Park-based Rael , a developer of feminine hygiene products, has raised $2.1M in a "pre-series A" funding, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding came from SoftBank Ventures Korea and Thrive Market Ventures. Thrive made its very first investment in March, in organic snacks marker Square Organics.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’sβ€Šβ€”β€Šwe all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? People were building.

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Movio wants to make your marketing videos with generative AI

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The platform is going after marketers with a Canva-style drag-and-drop interface. It has so far raised around $9 million in funding from investors including IDG, Sequoia Capital China and, most recently, Baidu Ventures. How China’s synthetic media startup Surreal nabs funding in 3 months.