November 2, 2021 137 Ventures Just Raised a New $350M Fund By Connie Loizos 137 Ventures, a 10-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm that provides liquidity to founders, executives, early employees, and other large shareholders of private, high-growth tech companies, has closed its fifth fund with $350 million. It’s the […]
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November 2, 2021 137 Does it differently, raises new fund By Alastair Goldfisher Growth investor 137 Ventures raised $350M for its latest and largest fund, showing again that providing liquidity to founders is a viable investment strategy. Read full article on Venture Capital Journal (subscription required)
October 8, 2021 Gusto Secures A $10 Billion Valuation Tailwind As Its HR Software Sails Toward IPO Gusto CEO Josh Reeves, pictured, tells Forbes his company closed on a $175 million funding round in recent weeks. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES Updated: Last year, as the pandemic left offices […]
September 20, 2021 SpaceX just brought the first all-tourist crew back from space. Here’s what’s next By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)Four people, all of whom just six months ago had no formal spaceflight training, strapped themselves into a SpaceX capsule atop a 200-foot-tall rocket and took […]
September 16, 2021 How the Best Workplaces for Women elevate women on the margins BY CLAIRE HASTWELL & GREAT PLACE TO WORK Read full article on Fortune Doliveira, vice president of human resources at convenience store chain Sheetz, was sexually harassed while working as a server at a restaurant when […]
September 7, 2021 Lattice Expands Internationally as People Strategy Becomes Key Differentiator in the New World of Work After an ambitious year of growth, Lattice opens its first European office in London with a pledge to invest $110 Million. Read full article on Yahoo! Finance SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2021 […]
September 1, 2021 Flexport heralds opening of new Toronto-based office By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport said this week it is increasing its presence north of the border, for Canadian importers and exporters, with the opening of a new office […]
August 10, 2021 137 Ventures Justin Fishner-Wolfson on why ownership is an overvalued heuristic, building lasting teams, and the current state of secondary markets. Listen to podcast on Venture Unlocked Today we’re thrilled to bring you my conversation with Justin Fishner-Wolfson, co-founder and managing partner of 137 Ventures, a growth-stage […]
May 24, 2021 Invest Like The Best – Justin Fishner-Wolfson – Secondary Investing in Private Markets Justin Fishner-Wolfson is the founder of 137 Ventures. We cover what early career experiences led Justin to start 137 Ventures, the counter-intuitive information asymmetry between public and private markets, and the interesting trend of […]
May 20, 2021 Workrise, once known as RigUp, raises $300M at a $2.9B valuation Mary Ann Azevedo, TechCrunch Workrise, which has built a workforce management platform for the skilled trades, announced today that it has raised $300 million in a Series E round led by U.K.-based Baillie Gifford that values […]