Lawrence Aragon

Distributions are key to an improved fundraising market. 'DPI tells the story,' says QED co-founder and chief investment officer Frank Rotman.

HATCo and Summa Health anticipate finalizing a definitive agreement in the next several months.

Vintage Investment Partners, which is an investor in funds from Accel, a16z and General Catalyst, closed its fourth growth-stage fund at $200m, bringing its AUM to $4bn.

Many of the 18 venture capitalists we spoke with expect M&A exits to become more viable this year, but most don’t see the IPO market rebounding meaningfully until late this year or more likely in 2025.

Luck was previously a partner at GGV Capital where she focused on investing in enterprise software.

The move comes just two months after Menlo announced that it had raised $1.35bn to invest in tech companies “leading the AI transformation.”

Cybersecurity specialist Ballistic Ventures, which is in market seeking to raise $300 million for its sophomore fund, has named Jaime Blasco and Marshall Heilman as threat intelligence advisers.

Investors in firm's new fund include Carnegie Mellon University, Cook Children's Health Care System, LGT Capital Partners and Next Legacy Partners.

Will VC fund investors start to seek relief from the pain of a historic lack of distributions?

Of our four most-read stories this year, three are focused on the venture secondaries market.