Earlybird Venture Capital has announced the $100m first close of its fourth venture fund.
Paris-based VC Partech has announced the announces the €100M first close of its new venture fund, Partech International VI.
Some 49.9% of this first close of $28M is coming from the European Investment Fund, set up to invest in venture capital.
Ventech, a French venture capital firm, has begun raising its third fund seeking 150 million euros (about $180 million), with a first close of 80 million euros expected in June.
VentureFriends, the Athens-based VC that has backed the likes of Homie and Weengs, is announcing its new fund, with a first closing of €45 million.
They are set to close their first round of venture money this month.
DeWitt came to Azul in late 2002, in time to close its first round of venture financing.
Turkish startup BeFunky has closed its first round of venture funding from Golden Horn Ventures in Istanbul.
Openspace Ventures just announced the close of its newest $135 million fund, Golden Gate Ventures hit the first close on its upcoming $100 million vehicle, and a third Singapore-based fund is also raising big right now: Qualgro.
"To change people's behavior you need body awareness," said Mr. Teller, whose company is near closing its second round of venture capital financing after initially receiving $15 million from underwriters, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Genius.com this morning announced that it has closed its fifth round of venture capital funding, led by Emergence Capital.
