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Contabilizei raises $20 million to ease Brazilians tax pain
“In Brazil, one of the greatest frictions for a small company is meeting its tax reporting requirements,” said Pete Casella, head of Fintech & Financial Services Investments at Point72 Ventures. “By building an automated tax accounting service that can deliver services at a fraction of the cost of a traditional accountant, we believe that Contabilizei has established […]
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Private equity buyouts have become viable exit options even for early-stage startups
Ajay Chopra About 13 years ago I faced an excruciating decision: whether to sell my company, Pinnacle Systems, to a private equity firm or to another large public company. I felt that both suitors would treat my employees well (and I negotiated hard to make sure that was the case), and both offered a good […]
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In venture capital, its still the age of the unicorn
Howie Xu At the time, the piece defined a new breed of startup — the $1 billion privately held company. When Lee did her first count, there were 39 “unicorns”; an improbable, but not impossible number.. Today, the once-scarce unicorn has become a global herd with 376 companies on the roster and counting. But the […]
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Silicon Valleys sovereign wealth problem
John Vrionis
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Fund raises $200 million to lend cash to startup employees whose liquidity is locked up in equity
Troy Capital Group has closed its $200 million fund to provide loans to startup employees whose liquidity is locked up in company stock. The fund, backed by the multi-billion-dollar private equity giant Oaktree Capital, is the latest investment vehicle from Troy Capital Partners, a four-year-old venture firm founded by MySpace co-founder “As former operators of private […]
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PitchBook now offers users suggested companies when they search
This one’s for all the due diligence fiends and competitive landscape mapping mavens out there. PitchBook, the data and analytics service for private equity and public markets, is rolling out an automated suggestions feature for premium users when they’re doing searches on companies for market intelligence. The new service is based on machine learning technology […]