Lizette Chapman
Stories by Lizette Chapman
Founder of Alphabet’s GV Bill Maris said to leave VC arm he started
GV was the most active U.S. corporate venture arm in the first half of the year. Its largest investment is Uber Technologies Inc., and its holdings al
For Calpers, venture capital turns worst-performing asset among PE investments
The investments lagged behind all other private-equity assets for Calpers, partly due to “modestly decreased” activity in venture-backed initial
DCM Ventures raises $770m with backing from Baidu, Gree, Naver, SoftBank & Tencent
Baidu Inc., Gree Inc., Naver Corp., SoftBank Group Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. invested in the 20-year-old firm along with San Diego-based chipmak
Investors warn unicorns: share info evenly or get sued
Investors are pushing for startups to behave like their publicly listed counterparts. Even the Securities and Exchange Commission is starting to poke
Internet boom times are over, says Mary Meeker’s influential report
Growth of internet users worldwide is essentially flat, and smartphone growth is slowing, too.
Hoping to avoid burnout, some startups turn to pot
An embarrassing experience trying to get medical marijuana gave Mark Hadfield, chief technology officer of HelloMD Inc., the idea he needed to stimula
Sequoia looking to raise up to $1.5b to invest in Chinese tech startups
Last year, Sequoia closed a $625 million China growth fund. In 2014, it raised a $450 million China venture fund. For the new China funds, the venture
