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The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 11/4/2019

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This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the second half of October 2019 featuring must-know news including news for Avenue Capital Group, Courtside Ventures, Acronym Venture Capital, and much more.

If you have NYC venture capital firm news to submit for consideration in this column please send to vc@alleywatch.com.

Avenue Capital Group
$100M - Fund I Close
Avenue Capital Group, the global investment firm founded by the brother and sister duo of Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner is moving into the venture business with its inaugural $100M fund that just closed. The funding companies from a single LP according to the recent SEC filing.
< a href="https://www.alleywatch.com/tag/courtside-ventures/">Courtside Ventures
$100M - Fund II Filing
< a href="https://www.alleywatch.com/tag/courtside-ventures/">Courtside Ventures, the sports tech venture firm, is raising its second fund according to a recent SEC filing. The filing lists the total offering amount at $100M. Founded by Deepen Parikh and Vasu Kulkarni in 2015, Courtside Ventures has made investments that include ompanies like Player's Lounge, The Athletic, Livelike, StockX, and Drone Raciting League in its portfolio.
TQ Ventures
Fund II Filing
TQ Ventures, the early stage consumer-focused fund, is raising its second fund according to a recent SEC filing. The filing does not list a total offering amount. TQ is founded by music executive Scooter Braun, Andrew Marks, and Schuster Tanger and has invested in brands like Ro, Chief, Noom, and Kindbody in its portfolio
Sababa Ventures
$7.1M - Fund I First Close
Sababa Ventures, an early-stage venture firm founded by Jared Kash and Yaron Kniajer earlier this year to invest in Israeli companies, has closed $7.1M for its first close for Fund I. According to the SEC filing, the total fund offering is for $35M and this close comes from two LPs.
Acronym Venture Capital
$40M - Fund I Filing
Acronym Venture Capital, the early stage venture firm is raising $40M for its first fund according to a recent SEC filing. Acronym Venture Capital was founded by Joshua Siegel earlier this year.

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