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The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 8/1/18

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This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the second half of July 2018. If you have NYC venture capital firm news to submit, please send us an email at vc@alleywatch.com.

Greycroft
$250M - Fund V

Greycroft has announced the close of Fund V at $250M. Greycroft now has over $1.3B under management. Founded in 2006 by Alan Patricof, Dana Settle, and Ian Sigalow, Greycroft has over 250 portfolio companies. Some notable companies in the portfolio that have exited include Venmo, Blue Apron, Shipt, Braintree, Vettery, Plated, Buddy Media, Klout, Maker Studios, Elite Daily, Floored, and HuffPost.

Mat Kaliski
Rubicon Venture Capital

Rubicon Venture Capital has promoted Mat Kaliski to Principal. Kaliski joined Rubicon as an Associate in 2016 and focuses on Late Seed/Series A investments in B2B and consumer startups. He is a graduate of Boston College.

Insight Venture Partners
$6.3B - Fund X

Insight Venture Partners has announced the close of its FundX at $6.3B. Insight now has over $23B under management. Founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock, Insight has over 150 portfolio companies with over 40 IPOS. Some notable companies in the portfolio that have exited include Twitter, HelloFresh, Cvent, Delivery Hero, Tumblr Inc., Yext, Wix, Shopify, Path, Moat, Buddy Media, Shutterstock, and Paisley.

The Fund
$2.8M - Fund I
A new fund, named “The Fund“, to support NYC entrepreneurs has announced the close of its first fund. Founded by Matthew Brimer, Jenny Fielding, Adam Carver, and Katie Hunt in 2017, The Fund’s inaugural fund of $2.8M is backed by over 70 of NYC’s startup founders and operators. The Fund will write checks ranging from $50-$250K

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