Teddy Grant

Michael Pia previously worked as a director at Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Nebraska Investment Council committed to funds from New Enterprise Associates and HarbourVest Partners at its June meeting. The system, which said in March that it was considering an additional investment with the venture firm, committed $50 million to New Enterprise Associates’ 17th fund, which is targeting $3.6 billion for its largest fund to date. The […]

Texas Municipal Retirement System upsized its commitment to the flagship fund of growth-stage investor Updata Partners. The system’s investment of as much as $25 million to Updata VI, which focuses on growth investments in software companies, will apply to its 2018 pacing plan rather than its 2019 PE pacing model, according to a presentation from its […]

Public pensions usually don’t get access to top performing venture capital funds. But Nebraska doesn’t have that problem. Nebraska Investment Council said at its March meeting that it was considering investing in New Enterprise Associates’ flagship fund. The council, which manages $27 billion in assets across 32 investment programs, has a current relationship with NEA. In […]

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association at its January meeting approved $270 million in commitments. The system also gave an update on a secondary sale of a chunk of its PE portfolio. LACERA voted to commit up to $100 million to LAV Biosciences Fund V, which focuses on venture, growth and public equity in the […]