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Bloomberg

Discussing the Uber IPO Filing on ‘Bloomberg Tech’

April 12, 2019

Lead Edge Capital's Mitchell Green joins Bloomberg tech to discuss the Uber IPO Filing and the recent tech high-flying IPOs....

TechCrunch

Toast, the restaurant management platform, has raised $250M at a $2.7B valuation

July 25, 2019

This Series E is a big bump up for the company: in its previous round in July 2018, the company was valued at $1.4 billion — partly the result of strong growth at...

Bloomberg Tech

Why Spotify Is Betting Big on Podcasts in Battle Against Apple

February 7, 2019

Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital partner, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman discuss Spotify Technology SA's big bet on podcasts with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."...

VentureBeat

Signal Sciences raises $35 million to grow its security platform for web apps

February 6, 2019

Signal Sciences, a security platform for web applications, has raised $35 million in a series C round of funding led by Lead Edge Capital, with participation from Index Ventures, CRV, Harrison Metal, and OATV....

Fortune

Why This Venture Capitalist Believes Uber Is a Better Bet Than Lyft

January 18, 2019

LEC General Partner Mitchell Green is interviewed in Fortune's Term Sheet Newsletter...

Reuters

Ride-hail firm Lyft races to leave Uber behind in IPO chase

December 11, 2018

Uber investor Mitchell Green, a partner at Lead Edge Capital, said Lyft going public first bodes well for Uber, because if Lyft trades at a high multiple, the much-larger Uber will command...

VentureBeat

Utah’s Weave raises $37.5 million for its patient communication software

December 6, 2018

Lead Edge leads $37.5 million investment into Weave, which sells a patient communications platform primarily for the dental and optometry industries....

Forbes

Amplitude, Making Products Better With Analytics, Reaches $850M Valuation As Sequoia Leads New Investment

December 5, 2018

Amplitude announces an $80 million round led by Sequoia Capital with Lead Edge Capital....

TechCrunch

Asana, a work management platform, nabs $50M growth round at $1.5B valuation

December 5, 2018

Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project: to shape “the future of work,” in the...

Bloomberg

The Stock Market’s 67,000% Superstar Is Now a Huge Falling Knife

October 14, 2018

Lead Edge Capital Partner Mitchell Green comments on Tencent and the falling Chinese stock market. “They are cheap," said Mitchell Green, the Santa Barbara-based founding partner of Lead Edge Capital, which manages...

Bloomberg Tech

Tencent Starting to Crack the Code on Music Streaming, Lead Edge’s Green Says

October 5, 2018

Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital Founding Partner, discusses Tencent Music Entertainment Group filing for an IPO and the competitive environment in music streaming with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."...

Annual Meeting – 2018 in Pebble Beach

August 30, 2018

Lead Edge Capital 2018 Annual Meeting The Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach October 16-18, 2018Schedule of Events Tuesday: October 16th, 2018 7PM PT Welcome Cocktails & Dinner St. Andrews Room, Inn at...

Bloomberg Tech

Uber Has a Path to Profitability, Lead Edge’s Mehta Says

August 28, 2018

Nimay Mehta, Lead Edge Capital partner, discusses Uber's self-driving project and path to profitability with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." (Source: Bloomberg)...

Wall Street Journal

Lead Edge Capital’s Exits, Assets Step Up

August 23, 2018

This year alone, the New York firm founded by Mitchell Green saw two of its portfolio companies, Spotify and Delivery Hero, taken public. Along the way three others were acquired—Moat, ClearScore and...

TechCrunch

This New York Venture firm just closed on $520 million from 250(!) people, including former Schwab and Facebook execs

August 23, 2018

Lead Edge Capital, a New York-based venture firm, has been around since 2009, and it has been quietly growing like kudzu since. After closing its very first fund with $52 million back...

Reuters

Uber investor Lead Edge Capital closes $520 mln fund

August 23, 2018

Venture firm Lead Edge Capital, which has backed companies such as Uber and Spotify, has raised its largest fund to date in the latest sign of the rush of capital flowing into...

New York Times

‘Mega-Round’ Investors Shower Start-Ups With Millions

August 21, 2018

Start-ups raising $100 million or more from investors — known as a mega-round in Silicon Valley — used to be a rarity. But now, they are practically routine, producing a frenzy around...

FreightWeek

Arrive Logistics acquires VC funding

August 7, 2018

Freight brokerage company Arrive Logistics has closed a new round of funding led by New York-based Lead Edge Capital, a growth stage investment fund focused on software, Internet and technology-enabled services....

PYMNTS.com

Toast Notches $115M In Series D Round

August 6, 2018

To drive investment in R&D, recruiting and expansion, Toast announced on Tuesday (July 10) that it has raised $115 million in Series D funding. The funding round, which was led by funds and accounts...

TheStreet (The Deal)

Duo Makes Sense for Cisco: Target’s Backer

August 6, 2018

As Cisco buys Duo Security for $2.34 billion, backer Brian Neider of Lead Edge Capital discusses the evolution of the security unicorn....

Reuters

Cisco to buy cyber-security company Duo for $2.35 billion

August 6, 2018

Cisco Systems Inc said on Thursday it would buy Duo Security, a venture capital-backed cyber security company, for $2.35 billion in cash, as part of its push to expand into a faster...

MarketWatch

Cisco to acquire security unicorn Duo for $2.35 billion

August 6, 2018

Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $2.35 billion for security startup Duo Security, the companies announced Thursday morning, beefing up the networking company’s software offerings....

CNN Money

Spotify investor predicts the stock will be a smash hit

April 3, 2018

The company is going around the investment bankers and taking itself public. Nobody knows what the price will be when the stock starts trading. But Mitchell Green isn't concerned. He's the founder...

CNBC

The music business is fundamentally broken: NYU finance professor

April 3, 2018

Nimay Mehta, Lead Edge Capital partner, and NYU Stern School of Finance Professor Aswath Damodaran discuss why Spotify chose to not raise capital with a traditional IPO and what will drive the...