New VC Firm Level Equity Seeks Tech Investments

A new venture capital firm, Level Equity, has started up in New York and raised $120 million, according to an SEC filing. The firm will invest in technology, media, and services companies, its website says. Level Equity’s team includes Insight Venture Partners veterans Benjamin Levin, George McCulloch, and Sarah Haas.

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Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.