Matthew Strozier

Chemistry Ventures, one of the strongest newcomers on the venture scene of late, is closing in on a $500 million sophomore fund, with the bulk of capital already committed, sources said. A fun scoop with my new colleague @sarahklearman! wsj.com/pro/venture-ca… via @WSJ

VCs worry about their startup founders becoming targets in the AI hiring spree. They can make money on related deals but also lose some of their prime assets via early exits. wsj.com/articles/ai-ta… via @WSJ

Startup founders are increasingly getting money from their existing investors via financing known as an insider round. Research says that for investors, such rounds are often good money after bad. wsj.com/articles/pro-t…

China’s booming technology market and a huge consumer base once attracted U.S. venture capital. Regulatory crackdowns in both nations have made investing challenging. wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…

A debut venture fund launched by two prominent women in technology, Jessica Verrilli and April Underwood, increases its target size, an anomaly in today’s slumping venture market wsj.com/articles/jessi…

Today marks one week since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian government. Reporting is not a crime. dowjones.com/press-room/a-n… Read more about Evan: wsj.com/topics/person/… #IStandWithEvan

“Kid, haven’t you heard of Friendster? Move on. It’s over!” A big venture-capital firm trumpets its biggest misses, such as shunning a Facebook co-founder years ago. on.wsj.com/3ZkLhCK

OrbiMed Advisors is seeking $1.75 billion for a new healthcare royalties and credit opportunities fund, according to a regulatory filing wsj.com/articles/healt…

Biotech venture financings are taking longer this year than in 2021, some investors and entrepreneurs said wsj.com/articles/biote…

A year into the role as CFO of Stripe, Dhivya Suryadevara is working to build out the payment processor’s finance team, strengthen its reporting capabilities and invest in its business, @Nina_Trentmann reports for @CFOJournal @WSJ. wsj.com/articles/strip…

Startup Watson Living says it can help real-estate owners and operators save money by better retaining tenants and getting their payments in on time wsj.com/articles/start…

Lee Fixel, formerly a Tiger Global investor, is looking to raise his next fund at Addition after collecting $2.6 billion for two others in quick succession wsj.com/articles/lee-f…

Driverless vehicles have generated excitement, but confidence in them lags. “We don’t have a business unless we can take the driver out,” says Gautam Narang, CEO of driverless truck startup Gatik. wsj.com/articles/koch-…

Max and Sam Altman's Apollo Projects, created to invest in breakthrough science startups, is now also backing fintech and software wsj.com/articles/max-a…

Only around 1% of venture-capital funding went to Black-founded companies each year from 2016 through 2020. That figure has ticked up as investors recognize the importance of backing diverse entrepreneurs. wsj.com/articles/the-c…

Harry Stebbings, an investor and host of a podcast about venture capital, has raised $140 million for two new funds wsj.com/articles/harry…

Ledger, a French startup that recently raised $380 million, sells hardware devices to store private cryptocurrency keys offline wsj.com/articles/ledge…

Soona Amhaz, of Volt Capital, expects a wave of crypto startups to use a traditional approach to fundraising and business development inspired by Coinbase wsj.com/articles/new-v…

Overall investor interest in Africa waned during 2020, but many tech-related sectors found success wsj.com/articles/techn…

Well-known investors and executives are launching blank-check companies to take biotech startups public, using their reputations to draw other investors wsj.com/articles/biote…