Published on EdSurge by Sydney Johnson, 1/10/2018 Darrell Silver is a unlikely critic of coding bootcamps, the 9- to 12-week intensive courses in computer science and programming skills. “Bootcamps as an entity aren’t working,” he

Brooklyn, NY – January 9, 2018 – Thinkful, the school that brings high-growth careers to people everywhere, today announced a $9.6 million Series A funding to reach students and employers in up-and-coming tech hubs. “The tech

One of my favorite parts of being a VC is the amount I get to learn from our entrepreneurs. For our latest investment, Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI), I went back to school—six of them in fact. I spent time with leading scientists and

Every year for the past three, Forbes has gone looking for 25 young U.S. companies with a strong shot at reaching a valuation of $1 billion or more. Last year’s list included hot companies like the crowdfunding site GoFundMe, online

I drove up to Cornell University last week for the ELAB’s Entrepreneurship Kickoff event held at POPSHOP, their coworking space. As a Cornell grad it was a great excuse to make the beautiful drive up Route 17 along the southern flank of

Brian and I are excited to welcome Zander Farkas to the TVP family as a Principal. He comes to us by way of Bain & Company, four years with our friends at Greycroft Partners and most recently Wharton, where he earned his MBA degree.

We’re thrilled to announce the close of our newest fund, cleverly named Tribeca Venture Partners II. We set out to raise $100M and were fortunate to be oversubscribed with a final close of $107M, a sizable increase over our $65M first

By Chip Meakem Congrats to AppNexus on an incredible run. In the past six months the team has closed $100M+ with a world class public/private crossover lead plus strategics, acquired Xaxis For Publishers and signed a deeper strategic

By Chip Meakem Congratulations to the Maxwell Health team on the $26.4M Series B they just closed with a great group of strategic and VC investors. A little more than a year ago Veer and Vinay Gidwaney, the founding brothers of Maxwell

By Chip Meakem We are pleased to announce our latest investment: Backtrace I/O. This one was kind of a no-brainer. I got an email from our LP and advisor Brian O’Kelley a few months back that said something like “Bad news, we