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Time for VCs to Get Their Act Together

This is going to be BIG.

Plus, I've heard, and can anecdotally corroborate, that most angel investors put 70% of all the money they will ever put into startups to work in their very first year of angel investing. The best funds will not only rise to the top, but they'll be free from catering to institutional thinking.

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OTPP Is Lead Investor in Instagrid’s US$95M Series C Funding Round

Pension Pulse

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Teachers' invests in portable battery company aiming to replace gas-powered generators: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$95-million funding round for Instagrid GmbH, a German maker of portable battery systems designed to replace gas-powered generators.