| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.03.2024 | DraftKings agrees to buy Jackpocket for $750 million | 7GC is thrilled to announce a milestone for our Fund II portfolio - Jackpocket has been acquired by DraftKings. 7GC invested in Jackpocket back in Q4 of 2021 in it's Series D financing round, marking the first successful exit for our Fund I... |
| 25.01.2024 | 7GC Completes SPAC Merger with Banzai Listing on Nasdaq |
7GC & Co. Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VII) (“VII” or “7GC”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Banzai International, Inc. (“Banzai” or the “Company”), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential ... |
| 25.01.2024 | 7GC Leads Series A Investment in Sway (formerly Returnmates) | Sway (formerly Returnmates) announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by 7GC, with Jack Leeney joining the Board of Directors. Additional investors who participated in the round include Blackhorn Ventures alongside existing investo... |
| 04.11.2023 | 7GC Nominated into Inc. Magazine's 5th annual "Founder-Friendly Investors List" | 7GC has been featured in Inc. Magazine 5th annual "Founder-Friendly Investors List"!
This list is known for showcasing the PE and VC firms with the best track records in supporting entrepreneurs and their startups. We are proud... |
| 04.10.2023 | Capsule: An event series designed for Women Professionals within Private Markets | 7GC recently partnered with Moonfare to host "Capsule," an evening designed for women in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The objective behind this series of events is to strengthen the female community within our industry and ... |
| 01.10.2023 | 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc. Announces S-4 Filing in Connection with Its Proposed Business Combination with Banzai | On December 9th, 2022, we announced that our publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC"), 7GC & Co.Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ Ticker: "VII"), had entered into a business combination agreement with Banzai ... |
| 30.04.2023 | SuperReturn features 7GC&Co in their April Insights e-mag. | 7GC was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur Steffen Pauls (ex KKR/ most recently known as the founder of Moonfare, a $2.5bn Fintech company and marketplace for private equity) and Silicon Valley based investor Jack Leeney.
7GC was founde... |
| 25.03.2023 | 7GC Fund II invests in Moonfare | We are proud to announce that 7GC is making its third investment from Fund II into Moonfare, as part of the Moonfare series C round led by Insight Partners.
Moonfare quickly became the global leading DTC platform for private equity, spearh... |
| 21.01.2023 | 7GC & Co Holdings Inc. Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement | We are proud to announce that 7GC & Co.Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VII) (“VII”), our publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Banzai International Inc., a leading ... |
| 22.03.2022 | 7GC Invests in Roofstock's $240m Series E Financing Round | In March 2022, 7GC announced it has invested in Roofstock’s Series E, a follow-on to its Series D, closed from Fund I in November 2019.
The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund II, with participation from other existing investors. These... |
| 01.12.2021 | 7GC Co-Leads Because Market’s $35M Series B Alongside Khosla and Index Ventures | In November, 7GC made its first investment out of the newly announced Fund II, in the The Because Market, a direct-to-consumer personal care company focused on older adults. We participated in a $35M insider-led round alongside Khosla Ventu... |
| 15.06.2020 | 7GC Invests in Jio Platforms | Jio Platforms is India’s premier digital platform and is a subsidiary to Reliance Industries Limited, India’s most valuable company founded by Mukesh Ambani. The company began as a wireless broadband company, consolidating and scaling up to... |
| - | hims & hers announces Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez as official spokespeople | Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are the official new spokespeople for 7GC portfolio company hims & hers.
The first advertisement launched publicly online on December 17th (link to the advertisement).
Jennifer wa... |
| - | 7GC Partner Jack Leeney Interviewed on “Fireside with a VC” Hosted by Andrew Romans | “Fireside with a VC” is a podcast series hosted by Andrew Romans, a General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital and Rubicon Venture Capital based in Silicon Valley. He talks to VCs, founders, and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all thin... |
| - | Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Partner with 7GC Portfolio Company hims & hers on Accessible Healthcare | Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have doubled down on their existing partnerships with hims & hers on Accessible Healthcare.
The celebrity duo announced they are expanding their existing role with hims & hers to help make health... |
| - | 7GC's Sister Company Moonfare Speaks to Founders Fund | Steffen Pauls, co-founder and managing partner at 7GC, shared the floor with Lauren Gross, COO and Partner, at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund in his third episode of Deal Talk.
Moonfare, a sister company of 7GC, created the Deal Talk series... |
| - | Portfolio Company Update: 7GC Portfolio Company hims & hers Response to COVID-19 | 7GC portfolio company hims & hers over the course of the past 18 has successfully grown its product offering – including its women line hers – and has now begun its move into mental health and broader primary care telehealth in the wake... |
| - | Chris Walsh joins 7GC as a Senior Associate to the firm | 7GC is proud to welcome Chris Walsh as a Senior Associate to the firm. Chris will be based in San Francisco and will work within the investment team.
He will assist on matters relating to due diligence, deal sourcing, and helping grow th... |
| - | WSJ: Cheddar, a TV Disruptor, Launches a Traditional Cable Channel | Article Link
By Benjamin Mullin
July 26, 2018 9:00 a.m. ET
Cheddar Inc. set out to upend traditional cable TV with its financial news-focused streaming service. Now it is making a push onto the cable dial.
The company this week went liv... |
| - | WSJ: Online Pharmacy Capsule Looks to Expand Nationwide | Article Link
Online pharmacy Capsule Corp. is readying to go national as retail and drugstore stalwarts scramble to reinvent the way people get their prescriptions.
The venture-funded startup, operating in New York City since 2015, provid... |
| - | Vanity Fair: With Felix Salmon, Axios continues his push to commandeer the bloomberg set | Article Link
BY JOE POMPEO
AUGUST 14, 2018 3:09 PM
Since it launched in early 2017, Axios has had a clear vision of its identity. After witnessing the historic success of reporter Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook, the company sought to h... |
| - | New York Times: Electric Scooters in New York City? They Just Might Work | Article Link
The dysfunctional subway system notwithstanding, there’s no shortage of ways to get around New York City these days — buses, bikes, taxis, mopeds, Uber, Lyft, Via, ferries, even roller skates. It’s a boon that has benefite... |
| - | Sarah Jones Simmer, COO of Bumble, share key learnings from their growth journey with Sumeet Jain, Partner at 7 Global Capital | Scaling Glocally - How to Build for Efficiency While Still Maintaining a Local Lens Sarah Jones Simmer, COO of Bumble, share key learnings from their growth journey with Sumeet Jain, Partner at 7 Global Capital |
| - | 7 Global Capital wins "Rising Star" Award for Best European Venture Capital Fund at 2018 Private Equity Exchange Awards in Paris | 2018 Private Equity Exchange Awards
The 17th edition of the Private Equity Exchange & Awards was held in Paris on November 21, 2018.
1,200 participants – Limited Partners, Private Equity Funds and Corporate Executives – gathered f... |
| - | 7GC Partner Jack Leeney Included on Venture Capital Journal's "Rising Stars 2021" List | Jack Leeney, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 7GC, was included in Venture Capital Journal’s inaugural “Rising Stars 2021” list.
The publication reached out to the venture capital community to find who are the industry’s up and comers.... |
| - | VentureBeat: WWE Teams up with Scopely | Article Link
Who needs a chokeslam or a clothesline when you can match blocks of the same color?
Mobile developer Scopely announced today that it has launched WWE Champions for iOS and Android. WWE Champions is a puzzle role-playing game ... |
| - | AltAssets: 7GC closes in on fourth deal for debut vehicle as $150m fundraise continues | Article Link
October 3, 2018
Newly launched VC 7 Global Capital has closed its fourth deal for its debut fund, after investing in pharmaceutical start-up hims, AltAssets understands.
Hims is a telehealth platform for prescribing dr... |
| - | hims & hers to Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange | On January 19th, hims & hers announced that it has successfully completed its business combination with Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Oaktree Capital Management.
The transaction was approved on January 19th by Oaktre... |
| - | 7GC Partner Jack Leeney Quoted in Financial Times | In May 2019, Carta announced its plans to build a share trading platform for private companies called CartaX.
The startup restated its intentions in its recent fund raise. It would allow companies with over $1Bn in revenues and at least ... |
| - | 7GC Portfolio Company hims & hers to Go Public via SPAC at a $1.9B Equity Value | Hims, a direct-to-consumer company selling health products and services, announced on October 1 that it will raise $280 million through a merger with a SPAC sponsored by Oaktree Capital Management that will value the company at a $1.9 billi... |
| - | Fashionista: TheRealReal raises $115M Series G | Article Link
Investors have clearly picked up on consumers' growing appetite for high-end used fashion goods, because the digital luxury consignment space is flush with venture capital. On Wednesday, The RealReal announced that it has ... |
| - | Announcing 7GC & Co. Holdings | We’re pleased to unveil 7GC’s newest investment vehicle, 7GC& Co Holdings, a $230M special purpose acquisition company, which began trading on the Nasdaq [VII] on December 28th, 2020. The IPO was upsized from $175M to $230M and immediat... |
| - | 7GC Invests in Jyve |
Jyve operates a machine learning powered marketplace to match variable "gig workers" to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and supermarket retailers. "Jyvers" can complete a variety of tasks related to inventory... |
| - | Portfolio Company Update: 7GC Portfolio Company Capsule Response to COVID-19 | 7GC portfolio company Capsule spoke publicly about the company’s performance and demand in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.
CEO Eric Kinariwala announced on Bloomberg and Fox News that the company saw a 5x increase in the past month... |
| - | 7GC Leads The Mom Project’s $25M Series B | On July 1st, The Mom Project announced a $25 million Series B funding round led by 7GC with Jack Leeney joining the Board of Directors.
Additional investors include Citi Ventures, Synchrony Financial, and Walton Enterprises, alongside ... |
| - | 7GC Portfolio Company Capsule Raises $200M Series C led by TCV | Capsule, NYC based digital pharmacy has announced a $200M Series C financing which was lead by TCV.
7GC and its Limited Partners participated in the round and increased cumulative invested capital in the company over 2x since initial inv... |
| - | 7GC Invests in Jackpocket’s $120M Series D Financing Round | In November, 7GC closed its second investment in fund II, participating in an oversubscribed $120 million Series D funding round in Jackpocket, the first online digital experience for lottery sales. The round was led by Left Lane Capital, a... |
| - | WSJ: Cheddar, the ‘CNBC for Millennials,’ Raises $22 Million for International Expansion | Article Link
By Benjamin Mullin
March 19, 2018 3:21 p.m. ET
Cheddar, the financial news streaming service aimed at millennials, is preparing to expand internationally and launch a channel on Snapchat Discover after securing a new inv... |
| - | 7GC Invests in Roofstock | Roofstock is a real estate technology business that enables institutional and retail investors the ability to invest directly in Single Family Rental (SFR) homes.
The company has raised a $50M Series D round with participation from 7GC, ... |
| - | Bloomberg: Now a German Broadcaster Wants a Slice of the U.S. Startup Pie | Article Link
By
Stefan Nicola
September 20, 2018, 7:00 AM GMT+2
7 Global Capital has raised $75 million, said sources
Investment an expansion of ProSiebenSat.1’s VC strategy
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE is backing a new venture capital... |
| - | Yvonne Baranyai-Alexander Joins 7GC as Head of Investor Relations | 7GC is proud to welcome Yvonne Baranyai-Alexander as Head of Investor Relations to the firm. Yvonne will be based in Europe and will be responsible for the firm’s fundraising, investor relations and communication activities as well as LP fo... |
| - | Fast Company: Hims launches Hers: Men’s wellness startup now has a “badass sister” |
Hims, the direct-to-consumer brand dedicated to boosting men’s self-esteem by way of penis pills, hygiene products, and hair loss gummies, now has an ambitious new venture: Hers.
Nearly a year since its launch, the startup is expanding i... |
| - | CNBC: Alphabet puts another $375 million into Josh Kushner's Oscar Health, just months after previous investment | Article Link
Jillian D'Onfro | @jillianiles
Published 12:30 PM ET Tue, 14 Aug 2018 Updated 1:50 PM ET Tue, 14 Aug 2018
Alphabet has invested $375 million in Oscar Health, a 6-year-old health insurance start-up co-founded by Joshua Kush... |
| - | 7GC's Sister Company Moonfare Speaks to Vinod Khosla | Steffen Pauls, co-founder and managing partner at 7GC, invited Vinod Khosla, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems and Founder of Khosla Ventures, to join him in his fifth episode of Deal Talk.
Moonfare, a sister company of 7GC, created the Dea... |
| - | 7GC Invests with KKR in Jio Platforms | Jio Platforms is India’s premier digital platform and is a subsidiary to Reliance Industries Limited, India’s most valuable company founded by Mukesh Ambani. The company began as a wireless broadband company, consolidating and scaling up to... |
| - | 7GC Portfolio Company Cheddar sold to Altice USA for $200M+ |
The deal will integrate Cheddar into Altice's existing News platform, which consists of News12 in the NY tristate area and i24 News in Israel. Cheddar CEO, Jon Steinberg will stay on at Altice and run the news platform.
7GC invested in... |
| - | Michael Polansky joins 7GC as Senior Advisor to the Firm | 7GC is proud to welcome Michael Polansky as a Senior Advisor to the firm. Michael is based in San Francisco and will advise on matters related to growth investing as well as leveraging his network among some of the Valley's most highly resp... |
| - | 7GC Promotes Chris Walsh to Vice President | 7GC has promoted Chris Walsh from senior associate to vice president. In this role, Chris will continue to work closely with 7GC’s San Francisco investing partners to identify technology opportunities in the early-growth venture ecosystem.
... |
| - | Roofstock on CNBC: "Foreign investors are piling into this US real estate play as a coronavirus safe haven" | In March, 7GC portfolio company Roofstock saw traffic from investors in Asia and Europe jump dramatically as a direct result of the coronavirus. Roofstock noted a 500% jump in traffic on its site from investors in Asia, a 450% hike in Germa... |
| - | Capsule Partners with Oscar Health | 7GC portfolio company Capsule has partnered with Oscar Health to deliver same day prescription delivery to all Oscar insured patients in New York.
Both company CEO's appeared on CNBC to discuss the partnership in a CNBC live segment enti... |
| - | Entrepreneur Magazine: How the Female Leaders of Hims Got Men to Happily Talk About Hair Loss and Erectile Dysfunction | Article Link
Founder Andrew Dudum knew that in order to build a company that would help men get honest about health, he'd need to do one thing: hire a lot of women.
October 18, 2018
It’s been a big year for Hims. Since launching in Nov... |
| - | 7GC Portfolio Company The Mom Project Announces Series C Financing Round | In October, 7GC portfolio company The Mom Project announced an oversubscribed $80 million Series C funding round led by Leeds Illuminate, a women-led growth equity investor launched last year with a core focus on education and workforce-dev... |